User Centered Design Resources

What is Usability?

• Usability.gov: Usability Basics

The UCD Process

• Usability.gov: Methods of Designing Usable Websites
• CNET Builder.com – Conceptualize Your Site
• Yale Web Style Guide
• Microsoft.com Backstage: Creating an Affective Web Interface
• Macromedia Website Production Management Techniques
  

Usability Testing

• Usability.gov: Conducting and Using Usability Tests
• User Testing: Does Your Site Need It?
• Usability Testing Basics
• Remove Stumbling Blocks with Usability Testing
• Digital Library of MIT Theses usability test results

Number of Usability Test Participants

• UseIt.com: Why You Only Need to Test With 5 Users
• AIR: Usability Test Sample Size
• How to Recruit Usability Test Participants
• Testing for Usability