The Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the Digital Technology Center is sponsoring a free program of events on Thursday, November 12, for World Usability Day. The purpose of the program is to promote awareness of the benefits of usability engineering and user-centered design. World Usability Day was started in 2005 by the Usability Professionals Association and involves 36 hours of usability-related activities around the world in 30 countries.
You are invited to join us for a program including speakers on usability topics, a participatory activity dealing with recycling, and an Open House at the Usability Services Laboratory.
All students, staff, faculty, and the general public are invited to the World Usability Day events. Events will take place in Coffman Union and Walter Library on the East Bank of the Twin Cities campus. All events are free of charge and no registration is necessary.
A schedule of events is listed below. For more detailed information and directions to the World Usability Day events, please see the Usability Services Web site.
We hope you can join us for these great events!
World Usability Day Schedule of Events on November 12
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Program Introduction: "About World Usability Day"
by David Rosen (Usability Services Manager, OIT)
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Presentation: "Mobile Application Design: Best Practices and Where the University is Heading"
by Nick Rosencrans (Usability Consultant, OIT) and RaJeev Cyrus (Software Developer, Office OIT)
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Presentation: "Usability and Enterprise Applications: The Case of UM Survey"
by David Rosen (Usability Services Manager, OIT) Keith Brown (Technology Specialist, OIT) and John Starr (Technology Specialist, OIT)
Noon - 1:30 p.m. 303BC Coffman Union
Participatory activity: "Recycling Race"
The student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) will hold a participatory activity to evaluate different methods of sorting recyclables.
2:00- 4:00 p.m. B-26 Walter Library
Open House at the Usability Lab B26 Walter
The lab will be open for tours, and Usability Services staff will be available to do demos and answer questions. The lab recently upgraded its eye-tracking hardware and software.