# Usability session guide and notes

## Setup
- Research question:
- Participant reference (avoid names in shared notes):
- Relevant experience and access needs:
- Device, browser or assistive technology:
- Version of the design:
- Consent confirmed and recording choice:

## Task (repeat for each task)
- Situation:
- Goal in the participant's language:
- What the prototype supports:
- What would count as completion:

## Observation log
- What happened:
- Task outcome: completed / partly completed / not completed
- Assistance provided:
- Effect on the participant:
- Interpretation (keep separate from observation):
- Follow-up question:

## Across sessions
- Repeated difficulties and differing experiences:
- Evidence references:
- What remains uncertain:
- Change to explore:
- How and with whom we will check it:

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Cumulative · Observe someone using a design
Guide: https://cumulative.com.au/resources/usability-session

A small set of sessions can reveal problems, but does not establish how common they are across all users. Include people with relevant access needs and report who was not represented.