-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 12
Prototypes
Here are examples of prototypes that were created during ELLEs early design process. We created both low- and high-fidelity prototypes during autumn and winter 2020-2021.
Low-fidelity prototypes were created on paper and uploaded for testing to Marvel POP website. There it was possible to link the screens and allow the users to go through the tasks as if using a real website, albeit drawn on paper.
We tested the prototypes with 10 stakeholders and we found several issues to address. Most common issue was with the navigation. The users also wanted to reorder the menus and rename some terms used. Furthermore, we identified some parts of the site where they needed additional help and easily accessible explanations. PS! The paper prototype testing was held virtually, however, if possible, it would be best to test paper prototypes in-person to find even more problematic areas earlier in the design process.
When creating the high-fidelity prototype, we accounted for all the issues the users had in the previous sessions and tried to improve their experience. The high-fidelity prototypes were created in Figma and tested virtually with Google Meet, as was the case before. The testers could share their screen while going through the tasks and the results could be recorded with their permission.
We created 3 high-fidelity prototypes: 2 for learners and 1 for language teachers and researchers. The learner prototypes were respectively in English and in Estonian. The prototypes can be found and clicked through here:
The prototypes were tested with 5 users, since we discovered previously that having more would result in largely overlapping problems. However, it is always good to have more testers if it is possible. During the testing, there weren't outlying problems with navigation anymore, however the testers wanted some changes to the contextual menu. They also wanted more detail to the style and complexity analysis and even more simplified wordings for some of the help sections we provided. In the high-fidelity prototype, the users could also assess the visual aspect of the website. The feedback varied - the pink color was occasionally found to be too much, but in other cases the users enjoyed it. One user even marked that it would be nice to change the color scheme on their own.
There are still some issues from the high-fidelity prototype testing sessions that we have to address and we would do that as we go forward. Furthermore, we need to hold additional testing sessions with language researchers to hone the corpus part of ELLE even more.