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    * 1 Description
    * 2 Skills Needed
    * 3 Difficulty
    * 4 Work Product
    * 5 Extra Credit (optional)

Description

This task involves user interface research. The goal of the task is to
identify areas in where users make errors or are confused. The report from
this research can then be used by developers to improve the user interface
in future versions of Joomla!.

For this task the focus will be on the Joomla! front end interface for
users who are authors.

For this task you will work with three people who have never used Joomla!
before.

Using a Joomla! 1.5 site with one of the default templates and no
modifications have users attempt tasks such as:

   1. Registration
   2. Logging in
   3. Searching for content
   4. Submitting a weblink
   5. Submitting an article.
   6. Editing an article. 

You can add additional tasks that you think will be useful.
Skills Needed

   1. Knowledge of Joomla!
   2. Good observational skills 

Difficulty

Basic
Work Product

A report describing your research process and what you learned about
strengths and weaknesses of the Joomla! user interface.
Extra Credit (optional)

1. Expand your research to more than three users.

2. Develop specific suggestions to address issues that you identify.