KDE Usability Test

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Hardware and Software Setup
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Install KDE on the target machine.  The packages that should be installed are:
	-qt
	-arts
	-kdelibs
	-kdebase
	-kdenetwork
	-kdemultimedia
	-kdegraphics

Create a user named "test" with a password of "kdetest" on your machine.

Ensure that the user is visible from the KDM login manager, and that the user can connect to the internet as normal.

Create the following directory structure in the user directory.  The script "create_environment.sh" will copy the necessary files for you.

~test
	README.html
	kde.txt
	images/konqi.jpg
	images/kdelogo.jpg
	music/welcome.mp3
	.bash_logout

Install the included logout script, ".bash_logout", in the "test" user's directory to ensure that the environment is clean when the user exits the KDE login environment.

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Test Administrator Guidelines
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Ensure that the user receives a copy of the test subject guidelines, the task instructions, the questionnaire, and the consent form.  Ensure that the consent form is signed before the user begins the test.

Have a watch ready to monitor how long the test subject takes to perform each of the tasks detailed in the user instructions. Take notes on each of the tasks - did anything cause the user difficulty? Did the subject do things in a different way from what you expected?  Were there system behaviours that frustrated the subject? Did the subject get "stuck" and have to ask for help?

If the test administrator cannot personally witness each test, then ask that the users read over the documentation carefully before they start.  Ensure that they do not feel confused or frustrated as to the purpose of the test.  Remember, they are not obligated to perform all of the objectives, and remind them that the test is totally voluntary.  It is not a test of their abilities, but instead a test of the system.