Log File Visualizations
We are exploring recording user events and visualizing them to gain
insight into software usability. A sample
visualization is a three-dimensional representation of
mouse-clicks "piling up" over sections of the screen. The goal of
this work is to create a set of tools for aiding the usability
engineer in understanding use of software.
A portion of this work has focused on providing support for understanding
the usability of educational software by students. The goal of this work
is to create tools to enable educational technology researchers to
understand how students use software.
This work is funded by a gift from the Intel Corporation.
References
- Badre, A. N., Guzdial, M., Hudson, S. E., & Santos, P. J.
(1994 (Submitted)). A user interface evaluation environment using
synchronized video, visualizations, and event trace data. Journal of
Software Quality.
- Guzdial, M., Santos, P., Badre, A., Hudson, S., & Gray, M. (1994).
Analyzing and Visualizing Log Files: A Computational Science of
Usability (Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center Technical
Report No. GIT-GVU-94-8). Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Guzdial, M., Walton, C., Konemann, M., & Soloway, E. (1993).
Characterizing process change using log file data (GVU Center
Technical Report No. 93-44). Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Guzdial, M. J. (1993). Deriving software usage patterns from log
files (GVU Center Technical Report No. 93-41). Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Contact information:
Ma
rk Guzdial
Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center
College of Computing
801 Atlantic Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, 30332-0280
404-853-9387
E-mail :
guzdial@cc.gatech.edu