How to test with children (Polish IA Summit 2012)1. How to test with children?
based on a few catastrophes and many (sweet) monsters
Iga Mościchowska
Barbara Rogoś
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2. WHY TESTING WITH CHILDREN IS DIFFERENT?
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5. Looks like for babies,
too childish.
I no longer participate in such
webpages, I have time.
Too many animations, it stops
pointlessly all the time.
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Older kids are eager to take challenges
10. Make sure the research lab
is cosy and attractive
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13. Arrange a waiting room
(fairy tales, coloring books (!))
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14. An example of kid’s creation
– a screen from a tested game
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16. Choose the children carefully
in terms of experience with computer
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18. Connect with both the parent and the child
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19. Start with a safe topic
(favourite story, game, class etc.)
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Choose a drink/snack with
little potential of disaster
22. Before and after – never during the test
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24. The maximum time is
1 hour meeting, but
aim for 30-40 minutes
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27. Create a hardly structured
scenario…
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… and a special tool for measuring satisfaction
30. Allow an easy help from moderator or
resigning the task completely
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Have some picklocks ready… contact@witflow.com
33. Make sure the chair is matched to the child’s height
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Ask more questions (about
understanding the phrases)
edit
understood as
eliminate
35. If it doesn’t work, focus on observations
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37. Be ready for any
catastrophy, because
kids are unpredictable ;)
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39. Contact the parents a day after the test
to get additional feedback
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40. Questions?
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