Today the last fffunction workshop was about information architecture, sketching, prototyping and user testing.
This was all done through simple sketches and the group I was working in really thought about how it would translate across different devices and platforms. This is really important when you are working on the content and how it will work across multiple devices with different people, each with different needs.
This then led to a prototype sketch with a model iPhone to mock up what we had produced in the small timeframe.
Every site needs focus grouping or user testing and this was no difference. We used students who were not in the group to user test the site for us, this enabled us to check and see if we had considered each choice and we presented each task differently to each user. To aid us we also asked the user if they could think out loud when they were deciding on their choices.
The whole workshop led by fffunction was incredibly valuable and I would like to thank Adam and Dan for coming down each Friday. I am interested in keeping in touch to join in with their 'hack days' as this sounds very interesting and positive.