The Appearance of Online Links
Location
CSU 255
Start Date
13-4-2004 8:45 AM
End Date
13-4-2004 10:30 AM
Student's Major
English
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Roland Nord
Mentor's Department
English
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
Research has shown that effective navigation contributes to website usability; however, researchers don't agree about what constitutes the best form for links. Students from two sections of Technical Communication (Eng 271) completed tasks requiring that they navigate Ucompass using either graphic links or underlined text links. Software developed for this study measured task success as well as time to complete a task. Participants completed a pre-test and a post-test questionnaire.
The Appearance of Online Links
CSU 255
Research has shown that effective navigation contributes to website usability; however, researchers don't agree about what constitutes the best form for links. Students from two sections of Technical Communication (Eng 271) completed tasks requiring that they navigate Ucompass using either graphic links or underlined text links. Software developed for this study measured task success as well as time to complete a task. Participants completed a pre-test and a post-test questionnaire.
