User Testing Continued

I also sent user testing forms out to my friends on facebook because some of them have young children. Below are the responses I got back from people I know:

Amy Elizabeth Wingfield Fox

Is the website fit for purpose of promoting the Olympics to Primary School children?

Really easy to use, fun drawings, nice big text and bright colours!

Does the navigation work ie Home, Venues buttons?

If you click on a location button, then the back red back button, none of the other orange buttons along the top work anymore.

Do all the links work ie the Venues buttons?

Only found that one bug, everything else worked well, even the print buttons on the colouring in drawings.

Is the website easy to use?

Very, kids should easily be able to navigate around this site.

Are the games to hard or easy for the children?

Thought the jigsaws could have been harder as compared with the wordsearch they were too easy.

What could be improved if anything?

Really liked it. Perhaps the use of the althletes first names only after you have already stated their full names in the text about them, but otherwise very impressive.

Marie Brumby

Hi I think it is very colourful,and an easy to follow and understand site and ideal for primary school children. All the links worked and found the website easy to use. i would say the site is suitable for 5-10 yr olds. I dont think anything could be improved but unfortunately we dont have a printer so was unable to print the pictures out. Would it be possible to colour it in online using 'paint' or some other program.Good luck with your site.

Mike White

I got Adam, EJ & Maisie to try this out so you've got the feedback of a 7-year old & two 9-year olds.

Liked:

Games - particularly the word search

Sound effects

Ali

Wanted:

To see Ali more animated on the different pages (e.g. bouncing a basketball)

More information on each venue (e.g. details of the various types of event - 100m, long jump etc)

Also, just a couple of typos which you may have already spotted but I'm guessing it might factor into your assessment (accuracy/quality checks). They are:

Swimming: Freestyle reads 'freestlye'

Basketball: It says 'go' instead of 'to'

Aside from that, agree with most of the other comments above. Perhaps a small, watered down history of the Olympics (how it began etc) as well as some info on the last time they were hosted in London.

Hope this helps.

Mike White

Phillip Shakesby

you need a button to mute the sound because some people will not like the sound and try to keep the theme/design of your site consistent throughout the quizzes and other interactive elements, I know its late but here is a tutorial for the colouring pages that may give you another element for more marks http://www.drooza.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52%3Ahow-to-create-a-coloring-book-in-flash-cs3-using-actionscript-30&catid=38%3Aflash&Itemid=56&limitstart=1

Other than that well done mate

Catherine Davison

answers below

1.yes i would think this website would be useful for promotion to primary school children of a younger age 5-8 yrs maybe?

2.all the navigations buttons worked fine

3.yes all the links seemed to work ok

4.i thought the website was very easy to understand for younger children,clear straight forward and colourful!

5.i think the games are simple enough for children to understand and non complicated

6. only improvements i can think of would be to add another game and 1 or 2 also more picture choices to print out? on the quiz have a few more questions to answer.

hope these answers help chris, great website!:-)

Stephen Stempczyk

Is the website fit for purpose of promoting the Olympics to Primary School children?

The site looks good and would be appealing to kids. The games and colouring sections are great. My only thought with Venues, it doesn't really mention much about the venue size etc,

Does the navigation work ie Home, Venues buttons?

On the whole yes but if you click on venues by accident you have to click on one of the four options, it wont let you for example click home or colour in. So if you click the wrong one it wont let me go back for example

Do all the links work ie the Venues buttons?

yes

Is the website easy to use?

yes, Games section works well

Are the games to hard or easy for the children?

about right

What could be improved if anything?

If im honest I hate music on web sites and usually would close a page if it appears could a mute button be added?

Obviously im not a child so i would always want more detail which a lot of kids probably wont but these days who knows? The home page gives a brief outline of the Olympics, more info about when the games start and finish maybe? The torch could be mentioned.