Checklists and Tools

• NASA Portal Standards and Guidelines
  • On-line Version (NASA only)
  
  
  • Download PDF (7.2 MB pdf)


• Return on Investment (ROI) Calculations


• Usability Test Plan Checklist

Sample Forms and Scripts

• Heuristic Evaluation Report (pdf)


• Opening Script for Phone Recruiting (doc)


• Participant Screening Questionnaire (doc)


• Consent Form (doc)


• Test Tasks


• Pre-Test Interview Questions


• Post-Test Interview Questions


• Post-Test Survey

Templates

• Wireframe Template (ppt) - Standard PowerPoint template for creating wireframes.


• NASA Portal Affinity Kit - xHTML templates for designing web sites that adhere to the portal guidelines.

General Usability Links and Guides

• IBM's Web Design Guidelines


• Usability.gov: Department of Health and Human Services


• useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's collection of usability articles and publications


• Usability First: usability basics and glossary of usability terms


• User Interface Engineering: articles, publications and white paper son usability topics


• Usable Web: large collection of usability and design resources


• Human Factors International


• OMB Web Guidelines (49 KB pdf)

Articles and White papers

• The Value of an Expert Review (pdf) - Wendy Yee


• Implementing a Corporate Web Design Standard (pdf) - Dick Rubenstein


• Keeping Users Stuck (pdf) - Colin Hynes

Web Accessibility Links

• NASA's Section 508 Web site


• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)


• Macromedia's Accessibility Resource Center


• aDesigner: disability simulator to ensure web pages are accessible and usable