Here's a reminder for our meeting of the BayCHI Usability Engineering BOF / Bay Area UPA Chapter on Tuesday, May 16th. We also have 4 openings for the lab tour prior to the meeting--if you are interested, send your RSVP to Joanna Sim. See more details below. We'll see you Tuesday! Mary VanRiper, Emily Hebard, Kaaren Hanson On 5/5/06, Mary Van Riper <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > We are pleased to announce that *Emily Hebard* and *Joanna Sim* will be > presenting at our *Tuesday, May 16th* meeting of the BayCHI Usability > Engineering BOF / Bay Area UPA Chapter. They will present about their > experience using the *Morae Suite* in their user research activities. > > Snacks and socializing will begin at 7:00pm and our speakers will start at > 7:30pm. Our location will be at *Intuit - 2550 Garcia Ave, Building 5, > Mountain View*. (See below for more information about the presentation, > and a URL for directions to the meeting.) > > Additionally, Joanna Sim will provide an *Intuit* *Usability* *lab tour*prior to the meeting, for the first 20 people who > *RSVP* to Joanna Sim. (See the end of this announcement for more > information about the lab tour.) > > We hope to see you on Tuesday, May 16th! > > Mary VanRiper, Emily Hebard, Kaaren Hanson > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > *Presentation Topic: Hello Morae, Farewell VHS!* > > Come learn about the benefits of using Morae, and learn how the different > components of the Morae Suite can work together for your different research > needs. > > In early 2005, Intuit started using Morae from Techsmith to support > usability and customer experience lab activities. Joanna Sim and Emily > Hebard are user researchers at Intuit who currently use Morae to support > their research. They will present an introduction to Morae's capabilities > and will demonstrate how to use Morae through an interactive demo video. > They will also discuss how to avoid common pitfalls, techniques for > troubleshooting, and best practices to seamlessly adopt Morae at your user > research facility. > > The Morae Suite allows you to record high-quality digital video/audio of > user research activities, automatically analyze data Morae captures (such as > keystrokes, mouse clicks, window events), as well as create video clips for > sharing and archiving. > > *Emily Hebard* is a user researcher in Intuit's QuickBooks group. Prior to > working in the usability field, Emily taught courses designed to introduce > professionals and students to new technologies, including TechSmith's > Camtasia software and video editing software. > *Joanna Sim* is a user researcher in Intuit's Customer Centered > Development group. While Joanna was at the University of Toronto pursuing > her bachelor's of applied science in Industrial Engineering, she developed a > passion for human computer interaction is now pursuing her masters in Human > Factors. > > *For directions to the meeting,* see: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20060516/directions/ > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > *Intuit Usability Lab Tour: 6:30pm-7:15pm > *[Limited to the first 20 people to RSVP to Joanna Sim] > > Intuit cares about their customers – it is really important that customers > can use their products effectively, confidently and efficiently. Researchers > at Intuit regularly interact with their customers to ensure that products > are easy to use. To meet growing user research requirements, Intuit has > built world-class usability labs as part of their Usability Center. Today, > they bring in about 100 people a month for research and they range from > Accountants, to small business owners, to everyday people who just need to > do their taxes. Join Joanna Sim, User Researcher with Intuit's Customer > Centered Development for a comprehensive tour of the usability center. Find > out what has been done and what goes on behind the glass today that make > their labs optimal for usability testing. > > The lab tour will be limited to the first 20 respondents. Please *RSVP to* > *[log in to unmask] * <[log in to unmask]>to confirm your > participation in the lab tour. An e-mail confirmation will be sent to you > with further instructions for the tour. > > _______________________________________________ > This is the BayCHI UE BOF mailing list. To change your subscription > options, or to unsubscribe, visit http://www.baychi.org/bof/ usability /<http://www.baychi.org/bof/usability/> >