I have an accordion style interaction. Currently I instruct my learners to "explore by clicking each column for more details."
How do I let them know that when they get click a column, that column will move to the left. I'm not sure that they will understand this is an "Accordion."
have you already had feedback that users are struggling to work the interaction? People are pretty intuitive, if they see something moving they'll normally click on it until it reveals information or they can't go any further.
Wendy, thanks for your response. Well a colleague couldn't figure it out and she said that I should explain it more. I didn't have a problem. So I was wondering if anyone else had some good verbiage to use.
This is what I have: "clicking each of the columns for more details. Each column will move left and right as you visit it."
Was your colleague having difficulty clicking on the columns or didn't see them move? I would also imagine once you click on the first one all the others are pretty intuitive?
I thought your initial directions made sense - and the additional ones seems a bit more overkill. But you know your users - so if one of them is having difficulty and you think that one is representative of the group as a whole, then go with the additional, more fleshed out directions.
if you are worried about wording perhaps you could add a layer that displays as soon as the slide loads that shows them an example of what will happen.
Thank you both for your responses - I am using a gate screen for my second project- that's a great idea for accordion because I'm concerned about those learners who (as my colleague says, "get stupid"). Wish I could put it another way.
Ha! Norma, no need - we all have experienced those scenarios and I've often been that type of learner/user myself. So I guess more direction isn't a bad thing!
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Hi Norma
have you already had feedback that users are struggling to work the interaction? People are pretty intuitive, if they see something moving they'll normally click on it until it reveals information or they can't go any further.
Wendy, thanks for your response. Well a colleague couldn't figure it out and she said that I should explain it more. I didn't have a problem. So I was wondering if anyone else had some good verbiage to use.
This is what I have: "clicking each of the columns for more
details. Each column will move left and right as you visit it."
What do you think?
Hi Norma,
Was your colleague having difficulty clicking on the columns or didn't see them move? I would also imagine once you click on the first one all the others are pretty intuitive?
To her, it wasn't intuitive. What do you think of my directions?
I thought your initial directions made sense - and the additional ones seems a bit more overkill. But you know your users - so if one of them is having difficulty and you think that one is representative of the group as a whole, then go with the additional, more fleshed out directions.
Hi Norma
if you are worried about wording perhaps you could add a layer that displays as soon as the slide loads that shows them an example of what will happen.
Thank you both for your responses - I am using a gate screen for my second project- that's a great idea for accordion because I'm concerned about those learners who (as my colleague says, "get stupid"). Wish I could put it another way.
Ha! Norma, no need - we all have experienced those scenarios and I've often been that type of learner/user myself. So I guess more direction isn't a bad thing!
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