Walkthrough Testing - Focus Group 1

Cognitive walkthrough is a method that evaluates whether the order of cues and prompts in a system reflects the way people instinctively anticipate the order of steps. 

Using the mini models we talked through each installation with a small focus group of three people. After the installation was explained users were then encouraged to talk out loud about what they thought about it and describe what they might do if they encountered the installation.

A summary of the results are below.

The Text Model

The letters light up

- If the letters lit up then people would be interested and it would make them stop. They would wonder what happened and would want to go up to the letters and press them and wonder what they did to trigger them. 

- They would wonder about the word and wonder what it means. 

- Looks nice, slight disconnect between the colourful letters and the sad word. 

- The two pieces (the words and the information) need to be close together or people wont make the connection. Need to make a link and make it obvious - maybe with the colours.

The Map Model

- People would be willing to go up to the lantern and touch it, move it if it was outside

- People would want to pick it up and move it toward the map to make something happen

(WE NEED TO TEST THE LANTERN FROM AND AESTHETIC & A TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW)

- The whole thing needs more information and more context and more explanation

- Switching off the lantern sort if implies killing Nano Nagle. Perhaps the concept needs to be more obvious

The Projection Model

- People would not touch the lantern if it was inside - unless they had already come across the one outside

- The lantern needs some kind of sign or indication that it is ok to touch and interact with

- Each video piece should have its own lantern so that each video can be played individually

- What do the books mean? They should have some kind of connection to the themes of the videos

Overall Findings

• Each installation needs more explanation
• The Text installation needs to be planned out a bit more to make sure that it makes sense and works in the way we want it
• The lantern needs to be tested as an interactive piece

Based on the results the design of the three installations will be address and then further walkthrough testing should be conducted with different groups.