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Evaluation Findings

In order to ensure that our designs were meeting the needs of our target users, we conducted usability tests on our lo-fi prototype with four different novice hikers. We observed the users go through our three main pathways to see if they were able to complete the task, what suggestions they had for improvement, and what they liked and disliked about the product. 

 

After synthesizing our findings, we identified what features of our map needed to be redesigned and what features worked well. 

Some of the feedback we received included completely changing one of our pathways for reporting damage and scanning plants. We were told that having two separate buttons in the taskbar taking the user to two separate camera screens was confusing. Users also mentioned wanting more control over the alerts feature instead of having alerts pop up randomly. Furthermore, we got valuable feedback on the design and concluded that some of our icons (such as the detect and the explore hikes icon) were not clear. These new perspectives allowed us to understand what aspects of our map  weren't intuitive and allowed us to redesign our product to better serve our users.

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