User tests - Data logging

Datalogging

A technique for taking notes during a field-research session with users, in particular for user testing.


Also: The 5 habits of highly effective field researches

Marker definitions

Code	Definition description
X	Usability problem
D	Duplicate usability problem (described earlier)
V	Video highlight — an "Ah-ha!" moment
C	Comment (general comment by participant)
P	Positive opinion expressed by participant
N	Negative opinion expressed by participant
B	Bug
F	Facial reaction (e.g. surprise)
H	Help or documentation accessed
A	Assist from moderator
G	Gives up or wrongly thinks finished
I	Design idea (design insight by logger)
M	Misc (general observation by logger)