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Task 1: Log in!
Task 2: RSVP for the event “Awesome Event” taking place on 5/12/11
Task 3: Uh oh, you’re going to be late for “Awesome Event”. Leave a comment letting people know.
Task 4: You want to play chess this afternoon. Create a chess game event for 4:00pm today.
Task 5: Log out.
User 1: MIT senior, fits target audience as a college student in the Cambridge area. Has no user interface experience. User was briefed as described above and given the tasks above one at a time. The test went smoothly: the user completed all tasks without problem; the only intervention required was to explain how things should work if they had been fully implemented (in this case, the RSVP button on the "Awesome Event" page didn't visually toggle like it was supposed to). User was unsure about the difference between the Calendar and Browse Events tab; perhaps we should change the title of the Calendar tab to "My Events" or something more descriptive.
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