Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Usability Study"”.
-
Comparison of Three Angle of Attack (AOA) Indicators: A Usability Study
… of AOA, visual display design principles, and usability. This experimental study examined three different AOA indicators provided by the flight department. The goal was to conduct a usability study in order to understand which of these indicators was better suited for student training. …
-
A Usability Study of Nomon: A Flexible Interface for Single-Switch Users
… single motor-impaired participant. We provide a usability study following seven participants with motor impairments and compare their performance with Nomon against a row-column scanning system. Most participants were faster with Nomon in a picture selection task, while entry rates varied more in …
-
Evaluating data classification methods for choropleth maps in South Africa : a usability study
… service centres. This was achieved with a user study. The user study included the design of an online questionnaire featuring map interpretation questions specifically related to geographic accessibility. Subsequently, the results from the user study were compared to a recommended mathematical …
-
User interface design and usability study of a mobile application for a crowdsourced fencer database
… their opponents. The goal of this project is to study the needs of fencers and design the user interface for a mobile app that allows fencers to contribute and receive information on other fencers' fencing ability and fencing style. This thesis describes a case study of the design and development …
-
Digital Repositories in Private Clouds
This study explores the use of digital repositories in private cloud environments. Private cloud computing is a cloud computing deployment model where compute and storage infrastructure are hosted on-premise by institutions. Digital repositories are used to manage institutions’ generated content. …
-
Design and Evaluation of a Wearable System for Facial Privacy
… when users wore the device and by performing a usability study with 21 participants. We found that FacePET was successfully able to block 15 of the 21 participants' faces, yielding a success percentage of 71%. We found through the usability study that a majority of the participants would be …
-
Evaluating and improving the Usability of MIT App Inventor
… I designed several tasks and conducted a usability study on the existing, publicly-available App Inventor service. Users encountered 75 unique issues and a total of 157 issues. This is an average of 5 unique issues and 10.5 total issues per user. I made changes to the App Inventor source …
-
Help or hindrance? : an investigation into learning through web interfaces
A usability study was designed with these issues in mind, to determine the influence of interface design on learning in an educational institution in Namibia. A pilot study identified obstacles and served to enhance the main study in which two web interfaces were used; one poorly designed and one …
-
Quantifying architects' and engineers' use of structural design software
… to identify problems in current tools and to study the design process to find areas for improvement in design software programs. This paper presents a discussion on the limitations of structural design software and a study on the differences between architects and engineers during the design …
-
EnsleyEdits: Creating a Style Resource for Professional Writers
… on Instagram, and the results of an IRB-approved usability study highlight insights from the resource’s target audience. Collectively, these research components reveal how the <em>EnsleyEdits</em> style resource can help writers produce effective, conscious, intentional writing. </p>
-
Total knee replacement serious game for surgical education and training
… recalled and applied a real world scenario. A usability study to address user perceptions of the game’s ease of use, and the potential for learning and engagement was conducted. Results indicate that the serious game is easy to use, intuitive, and stimulating.
-
Visualizing inference
… clustered by their semantic relatedness. A usability study was performed and the results show users were able to successfully use Alar to determine the cause of an incorrect inference.
-
Civil War Twin: Exploring Ethical Challenges in Designing an Educational Face Recognition Application
… with diverse prospective users, and conduct a usability study with crowd workers. We iteratively formulate design goals to incorporate transparency, inclusivity, speculative design, and empathy into our application. We found that users' perceived learning about the strengths and limitations of …
-
Development of two heliodon systems at MIT and recommendations for their use
… through Radiance simulations. The results of a usability study with student volunteers and a case study on an existing research space on the MIT campus are also presented as a means of illustrating the potential value of such devices for building design investigation and development.
-
Migrating Three Dimensional Interaction Techniques
… to other VE systems could result in decreases in usability. We also claim that device specificity can be used to increase usability on these other VE systems. In this thesis, we have chosen three manipulation 3DITs to naively migrate across a set of four VE systems. We use an exploratory usability …
-
Supporting Digital Conservation through Mediated Communication on the Appalachian Trail
… impact on the outdoors. In this research, I study the role of information and communication technologies in promoting collaboration between these trail agencies and visitors. I identify the need for a formal communication channel between the stakeholders by examining the existing …
-
Examining older users’ online privacy-enhancing experience from a human-computer interaction perspective
… their online behaviors. Thus, my thesis aims to study older users’ online privacy-enhancing experience by examining the following questions: 1) what older users know and do to protect their online information privacy, 2) how their emotional state influences their adoption of privacy-enhancing …
-
ASSESSING THE USABILITY OF MONTEREY PHOENIX SOFTWARE
… thesis presents an examination of the software usability reported by a group of DOD military and civilian personnel who were exposed to one such application, the Monterey Phoenix (MP) modeling tool, for the first time. The objective of this analysis is to test the hypothesis that, among new …
-
An exploration on the use of Gilberts behavior engineering model to identify barriers to technology integration in a public school
… to accurately identify them. The purpose of this study is to investigate (a) whether or not Gilberts Behavioral Engineering Model is an appropriate instrument for identifying barriers to technology integration in an educational setting, particularly a public school and (b) can Gilberts Behavioral …
-
minimUML: A Minimalist Approach to UML Diagraming for Early Computer Science Education
… ease of use, it was run through a small usability study. While a number of issues were raised, the tool generally received positive evaluations that lead us to believe that we have reached our goal.
Page 1 of 3