Blueprint Usability

Morae Essentials

For new users of Techsmith's Morae 3.2 who want to run a usability test, "Morae Essentials" is a 1-day seminar that shows delegates how to set up, observe, log and analyze a usability test with Morae. Unlike training from software vendors, this workshop shows delegates real-life examples of how Morae is used in practice by usability experts.

Overview

Morae has rapidly become the tool of choice for people carrying out usability tests. With the insight Morae provides, you can make critical design changes that will improve sales and conversion rates, boost Web site traffic, and increase customer satisfaction. But with the release of Morae 3.0 (now upgraded to 3.2), the software has become more complex and it's not always clear how to start using Morae to run a usability test, log data and analyze and report the results. The aim of this Morae training seminar is to show you how Morae is used in practice by usability experts.

About your trainer

This seminar is led by Dr. David Travis who has over 20 years experience in the field of usability testing and user-centered design.

Just to say a huge thanks from the team for a superb training day yesterday. One of the team said it was the best course they'd ever been on.

Course Delegate

Duration

This is a one-day seminar.

Course requirements

To take part in the course, you must bring with you:

  • A laptop running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 with Morae 3.2 installed*
  • A pair of headphones for your laptop.
  • A webcam.

* If you don't have Morae 3.2 yet, you can install a trial version for the period of the course: please contact us ahead of the course so we can tell you how to obtain it.

Before attending the course, please check that your installation works by opening Morae Recorder and running a pilot test.

Here's what people say about this course:

  • "Hands-on skills that I can apply in the workplace tomorrow."
  • "I'll now be able to use Morae for more than just screen capture."
  • "Full of content that I can use straightaway."

This seminar is for you ...

... if you are involved in carrying out usability tests. This is a hands-on seminar for usability testing practitioners who want to understand the details in using Morae for usability tests. Delegates receive a 98-page handbook containing hints and tips for using Morae 3.2.

You will learn how to:

  • Confidently use Morae Recorder to set up and record a usability test, capturing clickstreams and picture-in-picture video.
  • Create video recordings that you can hand to observers the instant the participant has finished.
  • Customize Morae's marker terminology so that it matches your own.
  • Use Morae's built-in survey tool to collect end-of-test participant ratings and comments.
  • Log and observe important moments quickly and accurately (and get hands-on practice by watching real usability tests).
  • Rapidly carry out sophisticated analysis in Morae Manager by creating and saving search profiles.
  • Quickly and automatically analyze data, calculate usability metrics, and create graphs.
  • Assemble graphs and important moments from the recording into a highlights video to share those "ah-ha!" moments.
  • Export your results to Excel and quickly create a bug list to hand to the development team.
  • Use keyboard shortcuts to work faster.

Detailed lesson plan for this Morae training seminar (pdf format, 184 kb).

Questions about the course?

Call us on 312-238-9490 or e-mail your question to info@blueprintusability.com