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Template: Post-Activity Usability Survey (Optional)

Use this template as an outline to create a usability survey for a participant after they have completed activities. A survey can help capture reactions to tasks/activities from participants in a uniform way. The content on this survey is intended as inspiration and uses a Likert scale to assess participants’ thoughts; free to add, omit, or edit content as it suits your research.


Post-Activity Usability Survey

Moving on to a post-activity usability survey, please rate the following statements from 1-5, with 1 being “Strongly Disagree” and 5 as “Strongly Agree.”

  1. I think that I would like to use [this system] frequently.
  2. I found the [system] unnecessarily complex.
  3. I thought [the system] was easy to use.
  4. I think that I would need the support of a technical person to be able to use [this system].
  5. I found the various functions in [this system] were well integrated.
  6. I thought there was too much inconsistency in [this system].
  7. I would imagine that most people would learn to use [this system] very quickly.
  8. I found [the system] very cumbersome to use.
  9. I felt very confident using [the system].
  10. I needed to learn a lot of things before I could get going with [this system].
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