CapCHI Usability Bootcamp

Making Your Websites and Software Easy to Use

An Introduction to Usability, featuring Gitte Lindgaard, Amy Dillon, Dr. Helen Maskery, Mike Atyeo, and Hilary Little

Tuesday November 22, 2005 from 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM at the Crowne Plaza Ottawa Hotel

In celebration of World Usability Day, CapCHI was proud to announce a Usability Bootcamp to be held on November 22, 2005.

What?

CapCHI, the Ottawa Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Human Computer Interaction, was proud to present a full-day workshop on an Introduction to Usability. This program was designed for developers, web architects, managers, executives, and anyone else who needs to learn about usability.

The Usability Bootcamp was developed for participants to:

  • Understand the skills, processes, tools and techniques required to design usable web sites and applications;
  • Have had hands-on experience of the key usability design and testing activities;
  • Come away with some tools and techniques to help you back at work;
  • Have networked with other people interested in usability;
  • Have had fun!

The workshop featured presentations by:

  • Gitte Lindgaard (Keynote)
  • Amy Dillon
  • Dr. Helen Maskery
  • Mike Atyeo
  • Hilary Little

Where and When?

This all-day event was held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in downtown Ottawa on Tuesday November 22, 2005 from 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM with breakfast and registration at 8:00 AM.

via CapCHI . ACM SIGCHI . past activities 2005-2006.

Share this post:

More to explore

Illustration of neighbours looking out windows

Neighbours Helping Neighbours

Download a handout to print and deliver to your neighbours letting them know what you can do to help them and how to contact you.

Photo of Ladies Who Power Lunch Event

Connecting with new people

I attended an event on May 23, 2019, at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, called Ladies Who Power Lunch. It was a networking