CHUX Toolkit: A Method to Evaluate Long Term User Experience with Children

Abstract

This paper reports on a study to understand the effectiveness of using the CHUX Toolkit to evaluate long term user experience with children. A study was conducted over 5 weeks to evaluate Purple Mash using the CHUX Toolkit that comprises of a diary and graphing tool with interviews. The participants were 26 children, aged between 9 and 10 years, from a UK primary school. Three constructs were analysed: Enjoyment, Learning and Ease of Use. The results showed that children could independently complete the diaries and graphing tool to report their experiences of using Purple Mash. CHUX enabled the researchers to understand how their experiences changed over time and identify the reasons behind this. There was consistency between the data reported in the different tools. The contribution of this paper is a new method for evaluating long term user experience with children.