Christmas Break; User Testing

Survey Monkey

The next step in the project for me after creating a rough layout of the e-book in illustrator, was user testing. This was the most ideal time as it allows the opportunity to adapt to any suggestions or from feedback. 

Below are images of the questions and options created for my survey. When thinking of the questions I wanted them to include any doubts I may have had or comments from what peers have already said. It also helps that other people who are around or who have young children may have a different perspective. 

I have sent the survey out to a few friends, family and peers, some who will have knowledge or experience with children, and a few unrelated to the topic. This should give an idea of perspectives from insiders and outsiders, and I will hopefully receive data from about 10 people. 

The results

The feedback I received was very useful, especially the comments. It was mainly the comments that I used to adapt the layouts I had as this was most helpful. Here's a sample of the most helpful comments: 

"Place pics of some of the people featured in the book on the cover. Choose a different bolder font, and/or place in a light coloured block and make font a darker colour." 

"Really good! Like the idea of the picture frames for faces. Looks inviting." 

"The use of lined sections will help children maintain organised answers" 

"Defining words like 'significant' would be useful as it's quite a challenging word for a 5year old. Instead of saying guess who they are and writing. Could they maybe fill in the blanks (i.e Q--E-N)? Also first question is for British and World history, the second is only for British- 5-7yo might not notice this if not made obvious (in bold)" 

"Space is used well and text clear to understand and enough space for answers. The white text needs to stand out more, change font to a bolder one, try different colour or in a coloured block." 

"Characters at the bottom of each paragraph is a very good idea- very visual for the young learners. Task 2s instructions are slightly complicated. Use more child friendly language. For example..after reading your expert information Pretend you are that person and act like you think they would act, see if your group can guess who you are!" 

"The white text needs to stand out more, change font to a bolder one, try different colour or in a coloured block." 

"Some tasks are too similar" 

"not so much for visual learners" 

"not many visuals" 

Checking the Welsh Language Version

As the welsh language can be fairly confusing with 'mutations' and such, I decided it was best to visit an old teacher to check the suitability and Grammar. When she checked the text, I was sent the amended version via email.