Online help : design and evaluation

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Online help : design and evaluation

by Thomas M. Duffy, James E. Palmer, Brad Mehlenbacher

(Human/computer interaction)

Ablex Pub., c1992

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and indexes

内容説明・目次

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ISBN 9780893918583

内容説明

This text is designed to bridge the gap between research and practice, by emphasizing practice from a conceptual viewpoint. The authors discuss and review the literature on online help and they provide a cognitive perspective on the design and evaluation issues. The goal is to provide a review and analysis of the issues in the design and evolution of online help systems. The book should be of interest to those conducting research on document design and technical writing in English and psychology and in the college of engineering; interface design in computer science, psychology, and human factors; and human factors issues in government and industry labs, the defence industry, the communications industry, and the computer industry.

目次

  Series Editor's Preface               xi Chapter 1       Online Help in Context               1                        Designing Usable Systems               5                        Helping the User               9                        Online Help Defined               18                        Conclusion               20                        An Overview of the Book               20   Chapter 2       Medium of Delivery and the Design Process               23                         Description of the Study and its Participants               27                         Interview Analysis               27                         Core Issues Influencing the Design of Online Help               28                        Constraints on the Design of Online Documentation               32                        The Relationship between Online and Hardcopy Documentation               34                                                       Training Writers to Develop Online Documentation               35                        The Writer's Responsibility               [3]46                        Issues and Principles for Online Document Design               37   Chapter 3       A Task Model for Online Help               41                        The Audience for Online Help: What we have                              Learned from Research in Document Design               43                        The Audience for Online Help: What we have                              Learned from Research in Interface Design               48                        A Task Model for Online Help               57                        Summary               68   Chapter 4       Designing Interactive Help Systems               69                        Dealing with Advice               70                        Design Principles for Online Help: Assumptions               72                        Designing a Help System: Principles and Pitfalls               75                        Final Questions               117                        Summary               120   Chapter 5       Understanding the Design Process               123                       Characterizing our Participants               124                       Characterizing Help Design Teams               125                       The Design Process Elaborated               129                       An Overview of the Design Process               151                            Research and Review               152                            Project Management               153                            Create Design Specifications for the Content               153                            Create Design Specifications for the Interface and for Functionality               156                            Prototyping               156                            Produce Help Text               157                            Implement Help               158                            Pre-release Testing/Quality Assurance               158                            Post-release Testing and Maintenance               159                       Summary of Design Process Findings               160   Chapter 6       An Overview of Evaluation Requirements and Options               161                       Defining a "Good" Help System               161                       The Audience for the Evaluation?               163                             End-Users and their Representators               163                             Designers and Developers               165                       Sources of evaluation data               165                             Data from Experts               166                             Data from End Users               169                       Effective evaluation strategies               177                             A Formative Evaluation Strategy               177                             A summative Evaluation Strategy               178   Chapter 7       The Help Design Evaluation Questionnaire (HDEQ)               181                        Goals for the Design               182                        Evaluating Content vs Design               183                        Evaluating the Design of Online Help               184                              Structure for HDEQ               184                              Selecting items for HDEQ               184                              The Help Design Evaluation Questionnaire               186                              Administering HDEQ               186                        The HDEQ Questions               187                              User Task 1: Representing the Problem               187                              User Task 2: Accessing the Help System               189                              User Task 3: Selecting a Topic               192                              User Task 4: Scanning the Information               194                              User Task 5: Obtaining the Required Content               198                              User Task 6: Understanding the Information               199                              User Task 7: Navigating               200                              User Task 8: Applying the information               205                        Summary               207   Chapter 8       Findings from the Evaluation of Help Systems               209                        Evaluation Goals               209                       Overall Ratings               211                       Summary               216   Appendix       The Help Design Evaluation Questionnaire               217                        References               235                        Author Index               251                        Subject Index               257  
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ISBN 9780893919115

内容説明

Presenting pedagogical materials useful in the design and delivery of the most frequently taught communications courses, Lederman writes in a clear lucid fashion that assumes no previous knowledge of communication teaching. The structure of this text will be of value to the first-time instructor who is unfamiliar with designing course outlines. While the focus is on the new teacher, all those intrigued by genuine teaching of communications will value this text. Part One investigates the undergraduate communications classroom including the basic elements of the learning process, generic teaching strategies, and challenges facing instructors in the next century. Part Two provides an expanded course analysis of 13 frequently found courses in undergraduate communications curricula. Each chapter is an instructor's answer to a fundamental question- How Do I Teach Communications? This collection of answers will inform first-time instructors' own teaching models. Of particular value will be the course descriptions, including goals, central concepts, student profiles, assignments, suggested readings, and methods of evaluation.

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