Formal usability testing of Drupal 7 at the University of Baltimore, February 2009

One week before Drupalcon DC, we will be conducting a usability sprint on Drupal 7. The first half of the sprint will involve a round of formal usability testing at the University of Baltimore (UB) led by Becca Scolan, who produced the previous Drupal usability report from UB. She will be joined by members of the Drupal community: Drupal documentation team lead, Addison (add1sun) Berry; Key members of Drupal's usability team, Brad (beeradb) Bowman, Nathaniel (catch) Catchpole and Bojhan (Bojhan) Somers.
Previous usability testing at the University of Minnesota (UMN) and the University of Baltimore (UB) highlighted a number of issues with Drupal's usability and resulted in several solutions. We've already fixed several usability issues in Drupal 7 as a result of past usability sprints. This round of testing represents a unique opportunity to field-test these Drupal 7 improvements for the first time, when we still have some time to make adjustments before release. Learn more in the "how you an help" section below.
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