[Talk-us] User testing OSM.org

[stevea]

There was a similarly themed training course almost two years ago run 
by Andy Allan, author of the OpenCycleMap layer.  Please see the 
notes he wrote up about it in his blog entry:

http://blog.gravitystorm.co.uk/2012/03/01/make-the-hard-things-simple-and-the-simple-things-occasionally-surprisingly-hard/

It, and the associated blog posts, make for enlightening reading 
before beginning a similar endeavor, even though OSM tools mentioned 
may not be exactly the same.

SteveA
California


>I'm working with a Chicago organization called CUTGroup [0] to set up a user
>testing event for the OpenStreetMap website and the iD editor. The goal of
>this testing is to get feedback on the experience of navigating, signing up,
>and editing data from users that are new to OpenStreetMap. At the end of the
>day we'll generate a list of observations and actions that the OSM community
>can take to improve the new user experience.
>
>The event is scheduled to take place here in Chicago on January 22nd. If
>you're around and would like to attend, please let me know.
>
>I am also interested in getting from this list some questions or topics we
>should be sure to cover. Is there some hypothesis you've had about how new
>users use the site that you'd like to have tested? Is there some piece of
>the site that feels too technical or too "newbie friendly"?
>
>Thanks,
>Ian