Our Services

Usability North
Innovation North Faculty of Information and Technology
Leeds Metropolitan University
Headingley Campus
West Yorkshire
LS6 3QS
0113 283 8608

t.renshaw@leedsmet.ac.uk

 



KEY Benefits of usability Evaluations:

  • Improves the return on the investment in your website, software products and other interactive technologies.
  • Reduces production costs and time to market.
  • Measures real consumer acceptance and satisfaction.
  • Fixes problems before the product is released.
  • Identification of usability issues by customers using a real system, based on realistic task scenarios.
    Used throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • External validation of your system gives a market advantage.

KEY FACTS ABOUT usability north:

  • Yorkshire-based consultancy service, supported by experienced usability practitioners and researchers.
  • Using portable state of the art eye tracking and video observation testing equipment
  • Our testing equipment is and can be used in our specialized usability lab or at your workplace.
  • You can benefit from a large population of students and staff, who can participate in an evaluation.
Read more about the services we provide....
  • May 2006: Evaluation of the “Family Hub” Leeds City Council Website
  • CHI 2006 We are running one-day workshop in partnership with Amberlight - in Montreal April 2006 on Eye Tracking and Usability entitled "Getting a measure of satisfaction from eye tracking" Read More...
  • UpA 2006: We are running one-day workshop in partnership with Amberlight in June 12-16th entitled "Usability through Storytelling" . Read More...
  • "My Week Project": We are working in partnership with Leeds City Council to design and evaluate an online diary to gather information on sport and leisure activities for disabled children and young people in leeds. Read More...