Usability Study: Pats Pulpit
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1. LAYOUT

Study the overall quality of the page layout.

This anonymous survey is being conducted as part of a student project in Coms 363, a course in Professional and Technical Communication at the University of Calgary . This survey is being administered via SurveyMonkey, an online survey tool that does not track respondents’ names or e-mail information. No names will be connected with any of the responses collected. By completing and submitting this survey, you are indicating your informed consent to participate in this research project. You may withdraw at any time while completing the survey simply by exiting the survey. Since results are not tracked, you cannot withdraw your participation once you hit submit.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Arthur Bury-Jones (403-837-6856; email psychosonic.speed@gmail.com) or my instructor, Jo-Anne Andre (403-220-7429; email andre@ucalgary.ca). Thank you.

1. Go to http://www.patspulpit.com/

What is the first thing you notice on the site?

Go to http://www.patspulpit.com/ What is the first thing you notice on the site? Pats Pulpit Banner in top right corner

Headline of first article

Left hand side navigation bar

The box score of the last game

Advertisements

2. How appealing do you find the home page overall?


Left is high appeal, right is low appeal.	*How appealing do you find the home page overall? Left is high appeal, right is low appeal.	Left is high appeal, right is low appeal.	Left is high appeal, right is low appeal.	Left is high appeal, right is low appeal.

3. Do you find the narrow left hand navigation sidebar and the wide right hand links side bar to be a good organizational layout for this web page?

Do you find the narrow left hand navigation sidebar and the wide right hand links side bar to be a good organizational layout for this web page? Very good layout

Good layout

Bad layout

Very bad layout

4. Do you think that there are too many advertisements, both website and product related, such that it clutters the page and detracts from overall quality?

Do you think that there are too many advertisements, both website and product related, such that it clutters the page and detracts from overall quality? Yes, there are far too many advertisements.

There are a few too many but I mostly ignore them.

No, the quantity is fine.

Ads? I hardly notice them.

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