EDTC 6320 Library Tutorial Evaluations at

Interest Level and

AttractivenessBy: Claudia Salinas

Tutorials purpose:

To help students prepare for and conduct online research

Are tutorials encouraging for students to use the library?

Interest Levels in TutorialsTopic • Audience appealing • Introduce with an attention grabber• Must have a purpose• Consistent message, length

Page Layout• must be appealing to target audience• good contrast between text and background• Good use of basic design principles• Special effects, graphics and animation use • Text must be kept simple and readable

Interest Levels continuedColor and Graphics• use contrasting colors between texts and background• use colored screen backgrounds• Graphics used must be related to text content

Content presentation• Meaningful and useful• Organized data• Techniques such as use of bullets, headings, short sentences

Attractiveness in TutorialsImages• Used according to audience * clipart appropriate for children * realistic photos for older young adults• Should be proper, cropped and visible• Consistent designs or symbols• High quality• Are included to inform about the topic, entertain or create a

response.

Attractiveness ContinuedDesign

• Simplicity is the best model to apply• Creativity is important• Designer uses basic design principles and uses multimedia

effectively * color, text, graphics, special effects

Negative feedback• compromised viewer’s attention• voice narration a bit boring, and non-motivational• Poor use of contrasting colors• Images too large and overlapped with text,

unsynchronized• Poor use of text organization in tutorials• Some tutorials were too long (over 5 min)

Evaluating Interest Levels of Tutorials

Evaluating Interest Levels of Tutorials

Positives Feedback:• Quizzes kept interest of the audience• Good use of images and graphics• Voice narration sound adequate• Great brainstorming keywords • Design on some were really good• Use of special techniques was adequate

Evaluating attractiveness of tutorials

Negative Feedback:• Improper use of contrasting colors in some• Some slides were too plain (white background with black letters)• Poor use of design principles

Evaluating attractiveness of tutorials

Positive Feedback:• Effective use of large photos (relevance to

topic and non-distracting)• High quality images• Consistent designs used• Good use of websites

Recommended Improvements for Interest level and attractiveness

• Use an attention getter from the beginning• Make narration more interesting• More Use contrasting colors• Edit length of tutorials• Be more creative with design use

Answer to ?

AttributionsCavanaugh, T. (2001). Effective Presentation Design. University

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