Website Design & Research at UX Lab

Purpose/Objective: Redesign websites for the Libraries and the Law School at Texas Tech University to better connect existing students with resources and attract new students, respectively.

Goal(s): Design and research to create updated websites that provide content and experiences expected by prospective users.

Role(s): As the Assistant Director, I worked with the Director of the UX Lab to conduct UX design and research for websites. I was responsible for meeting with clients, reviewing internal data (e.g., webtrends and surveys) and interviewing prospective users, creating test plans, running UX studies, analyzing data, creating and presenting reports and recommendations to clients, and designing and testing work flows, information architecture, navigation, content, and experience.

Navigation flow 1
Navigation flow 2
Navigation flow 3
Navigation flow 4
Paper proto 1
Paper proto 2
Paper proto 3

Morris, J. R. (2008, April). A Flow-Diagrammatic Approach for Presenting Participant Navigation Patterns during Web Site Usability Testing. Poster presented at the Texas Regional HFES Conference, Austin, TX.

Wireframe Homepage
Wireframe Homepage Faculty
Pre-screen responses
Scenarios and Tasks
Task and Test completion times
Blank Page 1
Blank Page 2

Still, B., & Morris, J. R. (2010). The Blank-Page Technique: Reinvigorating Paper Prototyping in Usability Testing. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 53(2), 144-157.

Still, B., and Morris, J. R. (2008, July). The Blank Page Technique: Re-Employing Paper Prototyping to Encourage User Involvement in Web Site Design. Paper presented at the International Professional Communication Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 13-16, 2008.

Morris, J. R., and Still, B. (2008, January). Introducing the Blank Page Technique. URL Technical Report #012908.

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