Checklists Application Accessibility and Usability for Redesign of Site Accessible for the Elderly users

Authors

  • Anne Lesinhovski Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
  • Márcia Barros de Sales Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).
  • Marilia A. Amaral Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i1p31-56

Keywords:

Elderly, Redesign, Accessibility, Usability.

Abstract

This paper presents the evaluation of the accessibility and usability of four sites with information and services for the elderly user. With the results, the site with the lowest score was selected and underwent a process of Redesign in order to improve their accessibility. In this study the methodology used the ergonomic approach and the use of Design in phases. For this, adopted action research, which stands out for its characteristic of knowing and acting, and then study the results. Participated in this study 21 elderly users voluntarily reviewed the four selected sites, helped in some stages of prototype development and its assessment of accessibility. Among the results, after the Redesign process of prototype and evaluation, it became clear that there was a gain in accessibility and usability over the original version of the site. Fact verified through the application of two Checklists, specific to review sites and for its assessment of accessibility and usability held with the participants of the study elderly.

Keywords: Elderly; Redesign; Accessibility; Usability.

Author Biographies

Anne Lesinhovski, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Graduação em Design pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (2014). Experiência na área de Design, atuando profissionalmente como desenvolvedora Web. Aluna do Mestrado em Tecnologia no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia da UTFPR.

 

Márcia Barros de Sales, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

Doutorado em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento, com ênfase em Mídia na Educação, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Mestrado em Engenharia de Produção, com ênfase em Ergonomia da Informática, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Atualmente é docente da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Líder do grupo de pesquisa Grupo de Pesquisa de Inclusão Digital (GPID/CNPq/UFSC).

 

Marilia A. Amaral, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR).

Doutorado em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Mestrado em Ciências da Computação, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Atualmente é docente da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) no DAINF no e PPGTE.

 

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Published

2015-03-30

How to Cite

Lesinhovski, A., Sales, M. B. de, & Amaral, M. A. (2015). Checklists Application Accessibility and Usability for Redesign of Site Accessible for the Elderly users. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 18(1), 31–56. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i1p31-56

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Papers

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