Holomua Elementary Kokua Site – Usability Study

The professional relationship between teachers and parents is key when promoting a positive academic and social journey for students. The foundation of this relationship starts and is fostered during the child’s early childhood years. With technology also becoming increasingly more prevalent in society, there is no reason why information can’t be readily available on all connected devices. The use of websites to keep both parents and teachers involved will revolutionize how we think of increasing and maintaining a positive academic and professional relationship between all members of the school team. The Holomua Kokua Program will assist Holomua’s preschool teachers initiate and foster the relationship between teachers and parents. This has be accomplished by providing a “one stop shop” website where parents may access anytime, anywhere for anything.

The usability study of this website included 9 participants who are current and past preschool parents and other teachers. The participants were spread out amongst three rounds of testing. After each round of testing modifications were made and a new improved version was used in testing. Participants have evaluated the websites navigability and judge the richness of the content provided. The Website is now a working and functional website with all the key design components with a many tools to help and assist in navigation and usability. The completed website incorporate design concepts from Gasalt’s theory of design and embraces colors and design techniques that draw users to the website and promotes easy user navigation. This session will go into detail about my projects design and development, as well as discuss the usability study’s results and website changes.