Personas Assignment
Part 1: Preparation
I selected the Roku remote for our living room TV as my accessible interface.
Questions:
Were you able to navigate to the channel you were trying to access?
Did every button on the remote communicate its feature effectively?
Did you have any difficulties navigating the main menu?
Did you understand how to navigate to your desired feature?
I selected the Roku remote for our living room TV as my accessible interface.
Questions:
Were you able to navigate to the channel you were trying to access?
Did every button on the remote communicate its feature effectively?
Did you have any difficulties navigating the main menu?
Did you understand how to navigate to your desired feature?
Part 2: Recording Observations
Observer 1:
Started by pressing the power button directed at the TV
Proceeded to navigate from the home menu to the YouTube screen using the directional buttons
At the YouTube screen, pressed the OK button
Did not report any difficulties using the remote to navigate to their desired channel
Questions and Answers:
Were you able to navigate to the channel you were trying to access? Yes
Did every button on the remote communicate its feature effectively? Yes
Did you have any difficulties navigating the main menu? No
Did you understand how to navigate to your desired feature? Yes
Observer 2:
Started by pressing the power button directed at the TV, had to re-aim the remote as the sensor did not detect the remote
Proceeded to navigate from the home menu to the Spotify screen using the directional buttons
At the Spotify screen, pressed the OK button
Showed some difficulty locating the volume buttons on the side of the remote
Questions and Answers:
Were you able to navigate to the channel you were trying to access? Yes
Did every button on the remote communicate its feature effectively? No, had issues with the volume control buttons
Did you have any difficulties navigating the main menu? Yes, couldn’t find the Spotify channel
Did you understand how to navigate to your desired feature? Yes
Observer 3:
Started by pressing the power button directed at the TV
Proceeded to press the Netflix button on the remote to navigate directly to the Netflix channel without navigating through the main menu using the directional buttons
Showed no difficulty navigating to the Netflix channel using the built-in button
Questions and Answers:
Were you able to navigate to the channel you were trying to access? Yes
Did every button on the remote communicate its feature effectively? Yes
Did you have any difficulties navigating the main menu? N/A, used the Netflix button and thus did not need to navigate the main menu
Did you understand how to navigate to your desired feature? Yes
Observer 1:
Started by pressing the power button directed at the TV
Proceeded to navigate from the home menu to the YouTube screen using the directional buttons
At the YouTube screen, pressed the OK button
Did not report any difficulties using the remote to navigate to their desired channel
Questions and Answers:
Were you able to navigate to the channel you were trying to access? Yes
Did every button on the remote communicate its feature effectively? Yes
Did you have any difficulties navigating the main menu? No
Did you understand how to navigate to your desired feature? Yes
Observer 2:
Started by pressing the power button directed at the TV, had to re-aim the remote as the sensor did not detect the remote
Proceeded to navigate from the home menu to the Spotify screen using the directional buttons
At the Spotify screen, pressed the OK button
Showed some difficulty locating the volume buttons on the side of the remote
Questions and Answers:
Were you able to navigate to the channel you were trying to access? Yes
Did every button on the remote communicate its feature effectively? No, had issues with the volume control buttons
Did you have any difficulties navigating the main menu? Yes, couldn’t find the Spotify channel
Did you understand how to navigate to your desired feature? Yes
Observer 3:
Started by pressing the power button directed at the TV
Proceeded to press the Netflix button on the remote to navigate directly to the Netflix channel without navigating through the main menu using the directional buttons
Showed no difficulty navigating to the Netflix channel using the built-in button
Questions and Answers:
Were you able to navigate to the channel you were trying to access? Yes
Did every button on the remote communicate its feature effectively? Yes
Did you have any difficulties navigating the main menu? N/A, used the Netflix button and thus did not need to navigate the main menu
Did you understand how to navigate to your desired feature? Yes
