Meeting minutes, Evaluation

Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date: February 25, 2025 Meeting Location: MVB 2.11 Attendees: All team members

Agenda

1. Think Aloud Testing
   • Study Planning (20 minutes)
     • Assign a Facilitator and two Observers.
     • Select two short tasks for the participant to complete.
   • Recruit a participant (from a neighboring group).
   • Conduct the test (10 minutes)
     • Explain the tasks to the participant.
     • Remind the participant to Think Aloud.
     • Observers record critical moments.
   • Data Integration (10 minutes)
     • Observers compile and organize key findings.
   • Follow-up Tasks
     • The team will analyze the test data.
     • Findings will be documented and uploaded to the GitHub repository.
2. Heuristic Evaluation
   • Assign a Facilitator to ensure the game runs smoothly.
   • Invite an external observer (Expert) for evaluation.
   • Phase 1 (10 minutes):
     • The observer familiarizes themselves with the game and explores the gameplay.
   • Phase 2 (10 minutes):
     • The observer records usability issues independently using the provided form.
   • Optional Approaches:
     • Conduct a second evaluation in parallel (requires an additional setup).
     • Or, conduct a second evaluation after the first one.
   • Follow-up Tasks:
     • The team will analyze expert feedback and identify areas for improvement.
     • Findings will be documented and updated in the GitHub repository and report.
3. Team Assignments
   • Game Difficulty Adjustments
     • Implement two difficulty levels (e.g., adjust speed, increase level difficulty, strengthen enemies, remove power-ups, etc.).
     • Ensure players can select between different difficulty levels.
   • Write and Submit User Evaluation Report
     • Document findings from Think Aloud and Heuristic Evaluation, then upload them to the GitHub repository.
   • Plan Further Qualitative Evaluation
     • Recruit more testers outside the group for deeper evaluation.

Decisions Made

• Testing Assignments:
  • Facilitator: Shuyin Deng
  • Observers: Jiaxin Fan, Jiahao Liu
  • Participant: To be recruited from Group 2
  • External Observer: Shiyu Fan (Group 2 team member)
• Task Distribution:
  • Test Execution:
    • Shuyin Deng is responsible for the Think Aloud test.
    • Jiaxin Fan is responsible for the Heuristic Evaluation.
  • Data Analysis:
    • Jiaxin Fan will compile and analyze Think Aloud feedback.
  • Report Writing:
    • Shuyin Deng will write the report and update GitHub.
  • Game Development:
    • Peixuan Li and Yibu Ma will implement difficulty adjustments and selection functionality.