Usability Internship
The usability for digital libraries internship will provide students with hands-on experience applying various user-centered design methods for assessing and developing digital resources. Students will be exposed to quantitative and qualitative evaluation methodologies from surveys, logs analysis and task/scenario-based testing to interviews, walkthroughs and field observations; evaluation planning including human subjects compliance; techniques for administering user-centered studies; formal and informal analysis of data gathered; requirements development; and prototyping.
Duties:
- Assist in planning, organizing and administering user-centered studies
- Assist in data analysis using tools such as spreadsheets, databases, and models
- Develop reports and functionality requirements
- Conduct paper- and web-based prototyping
Qualifications:
- Familiarity with spreadsheet and database applications such as Microsoft Excel and Access for data analysis and reporting
SLIS Prerequisites:
- S516 Human-Computer Interaction
- S603 Usability-related Workshops
Contact
If interested, please send résumé and list of courses taken to: Julie Hardesty, Usability & Interface Specialist, jlhardes@indiana.edu.
