A facility specifically designed for evaluating the usability of a product. The OCLC Usability Lab contains video, audio, and computer equipment for the archiving and analysis of a user's behavior while using OCLC products.
The typical usability lab consists of two rooms: one observation room and one control room. A test user performs tests of an executable prototype or of “real” software, or a paper prototype! The test user's behavior is supervised from the control room, through a one-way mirror, by three or four evaluators. The actions of the user are registered with a video camera or some type of logging program which may be analyzed later on.
A usability lab is a facility specifically for user testing. It can be portable or fixed and may vary widely in how it is equipped. It is usually a quiet room with computer equipment and a place for an observer to sit, along with a special observation area (possibly behind a one-way mirror), and equipment for videotaping. Computers in a usability lab are also often set up with logging software to capture user keystrokes and mouse movements and with scan converters, used to videotape computer screens. For more information see: Labs.
Rooms set up to conduct usability testing. There are often two rooms, one in which the participant resides, and one in which the tester stays and directs the participant. There may be a one-way mirror between the rooms, or the tester may watch the participant through a video camera.
a lab designed for user testing, typically room width computer equipment and a space for a observer to sit, along with a observation area and equipment for videotaping.Computer are set up with logging software to capture users keystrokes and muse movements, and with scan converters, used to videotape computers screen.
A Usability lab is an environment where users are studied interacting with a system for the sake of evaluating the system's usability.