Website Usability Consent

Description of project

The Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College is conducting usability testing aimed at identifying best practices and issues surrounding the development of web resources that support faculty in teaching about sustainability throughout the curriculum. We would like your participation in this evaluation.

As a part of this project we would like to walk you through our website and obtain your feedback about the site and how you might use it. In order to record what is said during the interview, we will record the audio of the call along with the accompanying screen-cast. We will also take notes of discussions and collect written information on forms for this interview. The video files and notes will be kept in a restricted-access folder and will be used only for research purposes. The material will be used to inform the project management as a basis for a website redesign. When individual quotes are used to illustrate important points, your name will not be identified. In short, we guarantee that you will not be identified if your work is used for evaluation. There are no foreseeable risks resulting from your participation. Your participation in this research project is voluntary and you may leave at any time.

Terms of Consent

Your consent here indicates your approval to participate in the study. We seek your consent to use the interview for research purposes. As a participant, your involvement in the study is purposeful. The researchers will guarantee that the information obtained through all surveys will be kept confidential.

You understand that your participation is voluntary and you are free to withdraw my consent and discontinue participation in this study, without having to specify a reason, at any time by notifying Ellen Iverson by e-mail eiverson@carleton.edu. You understand that you may report any problems or dissatisfaction to the Institutional Review Board for Research with Human Subjects at Carleton College, c/o Office of the Associate Dean of the College, Carleton College, One North College Street, Northfield MN 55057; telephone (507) 222-4301.