A USABILITY STUDY WITH CHILDREN AND SMARTBOARD TECHNOLOGY: IMPROVING OUR METHODS IN DATA COLLECTING AND GATHERING TECHNIQUE Laili Farhana Md Ibharim & Maizatul Hayati Mohamad Yatim Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris 35900, Tanjong Malim Perak, Malaysia

Problem We Face A method of collecting and gathering data used by researcher in their studies against children is sometimes a bit messy and the results are less accurate. Method use not appropriate to the environment and the acceptance of children. Usability issues using technology with children.

Solution We Offer A new method how to collect and gather data for children using Smartboard technology. Objective of this paper is : To evaluate the usability of Smartboard application as a new tool to collect and gather data for usability testing with children.

Research Process Theoretical Stage Methodology Stage Paper objective

Development Of Smartboard Application Refer to DDD-E model Using SMART Notebook 10 The application is mainly about to introduce icon design and its function to early age children. The combination of drill & practice and game approach implemented in 6 activities. (fun and interest element injected)

Usability Testing Participant Location Nine children aged 7 to 12 years old. This level of age are concrete operations and formal operational for children's development. (Jean Piaget) Animation Lab of Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia. Convenient place to conduct usability testing with complete facilities and requirements

Usability Testing (cont) Method : Intensive use, fun and creativity test & Usability Testing Guidelines. Instrument : Observation with video recorder. Strategy : SessionTimeActivity / Test 17 minutes X 9 participants Participants play with the application one by one continuously in a separate room. All inputs (child artifact and questionnaire saved in each individual file). Researchers do observation on participants and record it using video recorder. 2 Researchers collect all the data and analyze it

Video During Usability Testing

Result 1 : Efficiency Efficiency measured based on time taken for each participant to finish the activities. Summary : Six participants have completed each activity were below from the researchers estimated time (7 minutes).

Result 2 : Effectiveness Effectiveness measured based on marks or scores for each participants in Matching, Drag and drop and Pairing activity. Summary: Matching activity : All participants got full marks (Very good) Drag & Drop activity : 6 participants got full marks and none got 0 (Good) Pairing : All participants got score above 5 (Very good)

Result 3 : Satisfaction Five categories of expression recorded by the researcher for each participant to see their level of satisfaction when handling the activities on Smartboard. Summary: Researchers can see the positive form of expression that was dominating the participants while handling the activities on Smartboard

No.1 : Similarity and familiarity of Smartboard application with real world make it function well. No.2 : Collecting and gathering data from children can be easy using Smartboard application. No.3 : Children show good behavior and attitude while using Smartboard application. No.4 : Multimodal interaction enhances children performance in giving idea and information. Findings

Summary Smartboard is very helpful in collecting and gathering data from children through activities that allow them to communicate, give ideas and opinions openly and clearly. Advantage to researchers in the field of children to obtain data for their studies through the Smartboard as compared to the common methods such as questionnaires and interviews. The applicability of this study is to prove that Smartboard as a tool to gather and collect data to create new methods of study in children to be more interesting, effective and accurate.

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