TAXONOMIES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS QN USABILITY TESTING IN INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS

Abstract

In this work we present a study that comes to contribute with concepts and taxonornies for the development of a methodology of structuring, implantation and application of Usability Testing on interactive multimedia systems in distance education. The used case study is the » Metodología GIM para la formación a distancia» pro ject developed by the “Grup de Recerca Escola Multimedia UPC”. Previous works such as the selection of bibliographic references and a study about modelling, evaluation and improvement of the software process of this pro ject, were used as support material. The principal discoveries of our research include (1) the proposed taxonomy, and (2) the rnethodological considerations for the proceedings of Usability Testing application in the interactive multimedia systems used in distance education. We comment on the conclusions obtained from analysing the result of this research and we put forward sorne suggestions for future works.