WRT 406 Usability Studies

Fall and Spring Semesters

Usability testing focuses on the rhetorical effectiveness of text, graphics, fortmat, and medium, and this course introduces students to the concept of usability testing within the context of technical documentation and process-related texts (in either print or online environments), various methods of conducting usability tests, and interpreting usability results and subsequent revisions to documentation. Students will have the opportunity to design and conduct their own usability studies. Prerequisite: FCO 105 and FCO 215.

3 credit hours