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Development and Usability of a Samoan Vocabulary Mobile App Raisa Ongosia University of Hawaii at Manoa rongosia@hawaii.edu About Me ! Masters Student Learning Design and Technology ! Community Desk Coordinator ! Samoan Background !

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Development and Usability

  • f a Samoan Vocabulary Mobile App

Raisa Ongosia University of Hawai’i at Manoa rongosia@hawaii.edu

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About Me

! Master’s Student Learning Design and Technology ! Community Desk Coordinator ! Samoan Background ! Interested in designing a mobile vocabulary app

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Overview

! Problem ! Purpose ! Goal ! Design and Development ! Usability Study ! Issues ! Changes ! Personal Reflection

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Audience Poll

Have you built or help anyone developed an app?

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Audience Poll

Do you have any experience with Samoan language?

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Problem

! Loss of culture, language, and its roots ! 20,000 Samoans living on the island of Oahu alone ! Learning about the Samoan culture and language ! Very few mobile application

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Purpose

The purpose of this usability study was to develop and evaluate the ease of use of a Samoan vocabulary mobile app for beginner- intermediate Samoan students at a large university of Hawaii.

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! Develop a user-friendly Samoan language mobile application ! Examine the usefulness and effectiveness of the mobile app ! Improve the ease of use of the application

Goal

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Start Screen Content Screen Beginner Screen Intermediate Screen

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About Screen Resources Screen

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Design and Development

! Mobile Application Platform Search ! Designed for iOS devices ! Requirement Criteria ! Free or low-cost ! Platform with language learning building components. ! MIT App Inventor 2

! http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/

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Design and Development

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Design and Development

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Design and Development

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Design and Development

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Develop Samoan Vocabulary App Conduct first round of testing Edit working prototype Conduct second round of testing

Usability Study

Edit working prototype

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Usability ¡Test ¡Observation/Interview ¡Guide ¡

¡ Participant’s ¡Name:_______________________ Test ¡Date:_______________________ ¡ Test ¡Location:___________________________ Participant ¡Number:_______________ ¡ Starting ¡Time:___________________________ Ending ¡Time:____________________ ¡ ¡ Task ¡#1 ¡ Navigate ¡Samoan ¡Vocabulary ¡Application ¡Homepage ¡ Notes: ¡ ¡ Task ¡#2 ¡ Reviewing ¡Beginner’s ¡Lessons ¡of ¡Vocabulary ¡ Notes: ¡ ¡ Task ¡#3 ¡ Reviewing ¡Intermediate’s ¡Lessons ¡of ¡Vocabulary ¡ Notes: ¡ ¡ Task ¡#4 ¡ Testing ¡Your ¡Vocabulary ¡Knowledge ¡ Notes: ¡ ¡ Task ¡#5 ¡ Navigate ¡App ¡to ¡Find ¡Help ¡and ¡Resources ¡

Usability Study

! Consent Form ! Pre-Survey ! Usability Protocol ! Observation/Interview Guide ! Post-Survey

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Usability Study

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Usability Study

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Usability Study

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Usability Study

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Usability Study

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Usability Study

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Usability Study

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Usability Study

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! “I would definitely refer back to this app if I needed to refresh my memory on certain words and vocabulary.” ! “I would very likely use this app if I ever wanted to learn more or test my knowledge in the Samoan language.” ! “Only for samoan class.” ! “I would definitely download this app as it would be a good resource to have on mind.” ! “I would use if it were published.” ! “Yes”, “Often”, “Likely”, “Very”, and “Very Possible.”

Usability Study

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Round 1 Issues

! The red color for buttons was too bright ! Fonts are too small ! Add instructions for Lessons ! Shade the background for questions in the test ! Remove the title from the flag ! Change answer buttons in test to gray

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Round 2 Issues

! Flashcards don’t look appealing ! Change the names for Test 1, Test 2, and Test 3 ! Shade the buttons white for Resources ! Change the color for family picture in the beginner’s lessons

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Changes to the App

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Changes to the App

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Changes to the App

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Changes to the App

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Changes to the App

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Changes to the App

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What worked?

! Critical Friends ! Setting Timeline for project ! Samoan Apps, Textbook, an online sources. ! MIT App Inventor Components ! Participant Recruitment

Personal Reflection

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What didn’t work?

! Limitations of screen ! Interface preview on laptop vs. the interface on an android device ! Copy and add components ! “Companion Connection Error”

Personal Reflection

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Next time

! Start earlier ! Start recruitment early ! Time management ! Explore more app developer for iOS ! Recruit a team

Personal Reflection

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LTEC Instructor

  • Dr. Fulford

My Critical Friends: Ashley, T, and Kim My Classmates

Thank You!

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Questions?