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Exact costs will vary, but an unmoderated 5-participant study may be 20–40% cheaper than a moderated study, and may save around 20 hours of researcher time. (4 min. to read)
Policy pages often fail to follow basic usability guidelines: they are not readable, lack high-level summaries and inside-policy navigation, have poor formatting, and are not available in expected places. (9 min. to read)
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A simple method for visually identifying strong vs. weak themes in qualitative data from user research: by placing individual observations in a spreadsheet and color-coding them. (4 min. video)
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Virtual UX Conference: A World of UX
Taken together, the 4 Virtual UX Conferences provide
full planetary coverage, for easy attendance by people in any time zone around the globe:
Full event program describing all full-day UX training courses and the virtual conference format.
This week's Virtual UX Conference targeting the Asia-Pacific region has participants from 34 different countries and territories. Biggest attendance in order: 🇸🇬 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇭🇰 🇯🇵 🇳🇿 🇸🇦 🇰🇷 🇮🇩 🇮🇳 🇲🇾 (#3 is a surprise, given that this conference targets time zones in the Asia-Pacific region).
1-Hour Online Seminars
See list of all 1-hour online seminars, including on-demand courses.
Call for Entries: Intranet Design Annual Award, Year's Best Intranets
Now accepting entries for the annual competition to find the world's best intranet designs.
More information: https://www.nngroup.com/intranet-call-for-entries/ (deadline August 17).
