Use the Validate a prototype Quick Answer option to confirm that your prototype is structurally sound and addresses user needs. |
This article applies to: UserTesting
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On this page:
- About Quick Answer: Validate a prototype
- When to use Validate a prototype
- How to set up Validate a prototype
- Launching a test
- Results
About Quick Answer: Validate a prototype
- Validate a prototype is one of the available Quick Answers.
- Quick Answers allows you to collect recorded video feedback from customers or prospects as they complete tasks and answer questions.
- The focus of Validate a prototype is to understand how people react to a prototype or wireframe in order to make more informed decisions during the development process.
When to use Validate a prototype
Use Validate a prototype in the Design phase of the development process to:
- Test a prototype or wireframe before building the product
- Understand if a prototype or wireframe solves people's problem
How to set up Validate a prototype
- Click the Create test dropdown menu and select Template Library.
- From the Template Gallery, click the Quick Answers filter.
Note: Depending on your subscription, you may not have access to all the Quick Answers shown above. - Then, find and click Validate a prototype.
- Provide a link to a publicly accessible page or document that shows or describes the content.
Note: The link needs to point to a single document hosted online. The link can be to a Microsoft or Google doc, a Slides or PowerPoint presentation, a PDF, image, text, or anything similar.
Important: Make sure the link to the document is set to View so the contributor can't make any changes. Here's some information on sharing a file. - Describe the activity you want participants to try. Start with a verb, but don't include exact steps, such as "Click on this button. Then, this link. Then, go..."
- The description is added to a pre-written sentence, so it's a good practice to use a lowercase letter for the first word and not end with a period or other punctuation. Quick Answers converts your description into the test questions, so the wording you enter is what people will see.
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Examples:
- sign up for the newsletter becomes "Take as much time as you need to sign up for the newsletter."
- find out when to report for jury duty becomes "Take as much time as you need to find out when to report for jury duty."
- change your profile picture becomes "Take as much time as you need to change your profile picture."
- If you haven't already, add your audience.
Launching a test
- Preview your test.
- Once you've ensured everything is correct, launch your test.
Results
- After you click Launch Test, we send the test to contributors who match your chosen demographics.
- As contributors finish, the software uploads the recorded video to our system.
- You'll be emailed when the videos are ready to watch (to configure notifications, see "Email notification preferences".
- After all the contributors finish, a summary of the results will appear below the test title.
- From the Dashboard, click on a test title to be taken to the Results page.
Results tab
- After the Quick Answer test, the Results tab shows contributors' open-ended feedback on their recent experience completing your task.
- It summarizes the findings from the test:
- Do more contributors find the activity likable?
- Did the contributors express any frustrations?
- Videos of your contributors' open-ended feedback will display as Key takeaways under the Results tab.
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