What is Rapid Usability Testing?


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An infographic on User Experience Research and Rapid Usability testing

Preparing a rapid usability test


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A screenshot of Slack that shows 'Reply in thread' as tooltip content.

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Given a single task (“Show how you would participate in multiple, separate conversations in one channel”), success can still be achieved in multiple ways: A screenshot of Slack that shows someone tagging another person in a comment and another person replying in a thread.


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A script for an interview shown along side four phases: orientation, rapport building, presenting tasks, and wrap up.

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A screenshot of Google Forms showing two questions: What is your participant ID? and Overall the task was 'blank.' The second question has the option to respond on a 1-5 scale of very easy to very difficult.

Recruiting and tracking participants


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A screenshot of a Google Sheet with columns for Participant ID, Name, Email, Session date and more.

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Two screenshots of different Google Drive folders with annotations indicating which content should be shared and which should be confidential. Raw data and the participant tracker are marked confidential.

Conducting a rapid usability test


Analyzing data and reporting results