Procedure

The interview/computer usage demonstration data were collected in McBryde 407 at individually scheduled times during November 1997.  All of the one-on-one interviews were conducted by the same interviewer, and the same procedure was used for each participant.  After signing an informed consent form, participants were asked to: 1) describe the three most common goals that they pursue while using the CS 3604 web pages, 2) describe their overall impressions of the web pages, and 3) describe as well as demonstrate how they accomplish goals when using the web pages.  While pursuing goals using the CS 3604 web pages, participants used Netscape Navigator 3.02, and the interviewer served as an observer/learner.  The interview/computer usage demonstration session took approximately 30 minutes to complete.