Testing - classmates

The first place to start is testing with your classmates. You will each be required to test 3 sites.

1. Access the list of who tests what.

2. The team will need to develop a "testing instrument" which is a series of questions which can be used to test the site. An example of a questionnaire has been provided. Feel free to modify or create you own original form - sample questionnaire

3. Next the CD will send out the questions to the class mailing list. product@listserv.santarosa.edu
Please include these items in the email questionnaire:

  • URL for your site
  • which 3 groups will test your site and who the responses are to be sent to. The responses must to be sent to one of the CDs on your team. The evaluations should not be sent to the class mailing list.
  • questions to be answered

4. The team member who is conducting the classmate testing needs to decide if everyone who was supposed to fill out the form, has done so.

The team assignment page will let you know who is on what team so you can make sure everyone did return the email questionnaire. Five days before the evaluation is due send any missing students a reminder and cc me. If a classmate misses the deadline for submitting an evaluation the CD needs to send me an email reporting this problem.

Students who submit their evaluation on time with helpful feedback will receive 20 points per project evaluated for a total of 60 possible points.

5. Create a Web page which displays the testing data. This page can be stored within the CDs Web account, but must be linked to - from the Web Project site.

Sample Classmate Testing Reports from former students are listed below:
Harmony Garden Project by Roni Savage
Routes for Youth by Marcy McNeil