How to use LifeGuide Leanne Morrison 04 August 2010

2 How do you create your web pages using LifeGuide? Creating the pages… –Just like MS word and powerpoint Insert text boxes Insert images or videos Order all the items on your page Change the style and formatting of your text Change the style and formatting of your text box

How do you create your web pages using LifeGuide? Filing of your intervention pages is just like ‘my documents’ –Give each page, and each component on a page a unique name (this unique name is used to write the logic) 3 Alphabetical list of every page and image within your intervention Open, close and modify your pages at anytime

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

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

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

7 How do you write logic using LifeGuide? Writing the logic… –Is like writing a story –Tells the website or intervention exactly what you want it to do at each stage You name everything in your logic Just like using predictive text on your mobile

8 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

9 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 >= 5) 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

10 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

11 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