LifeGuide: Experiences of a new user Leanne Morrison 07 July 2010

2 What is it like to use LifeGuide? Creating the pages… –Just like MS word and powerpoint Writing the logic… –Is like writing a story –Tells the website or intervention exactly what you want it to do at each stage

3 What can you create using LifeGuide? Tell users if they’ve made a mistake Insert links Ask users questions

4 What can you create using LifeGuide? Insert images Set page backgrounds

5 What can you create using LifeGuide? Insert Buttons Setting variables – present user with their selections from a previous page

6 Logic: A simple example begin dietsection show p5adietintro show p5dbalanceddiet show p5eavoidfood show p5fdietroutine end Simple commands – “show” is like telling the website to turn a page Create sections – just like chapter headings in a book or piece of writing The start of every logic command begins with a page name

7 Logic: A more complex example show p1habits if (p1habits.q1 = “yes”) set habit1 to 2 if (p1habits.q1 = “maybe”) set habit1 to 1 if (p1habits.q1 = “no”) set habit1 to 0 … set habitscore to (sum(habit1, habit2, habit3, habit4)) show p2habitfeedback1 if (habitscore >= 5) show p2habitfeedback2 if (habitscore >=10) Possible answers to the questions on a page “set” function allows you to allocate your user a score based on their answers to a quiz “if” functions are like directions – think about “choose your own adventure” story books Items on a page e.g. quizzes or questions for the user to answer Numeric functions – just like Microsoft Office Excel

8 What’s it really like to use LifeGuide Frustrating, at times Time consuming BUT… Excellent support available –LifeGuide team, LifeGuide Community Website ( Researcher help manualwww.lifeguideonline.org LifeGuide gives you greater control over your intervention

9 Top Tips for using LifeGuide Plan ahead (e.g. order of pages, location of images etc…) Keep records (e.g. page names, solved errors…) Develop consistent labels (makes the logic a little easier) Write logic as you go (this will keep it fresh in your mind) Break the logic down into small steps User testing