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The Fedora Usability Lab comes in a big black box. The box it comes in is a hard-sided Opteka equipment case with foam padding on the inside to protect the parts. The box is 13" x 18" x 7", and it has a shoulder strap and briefcase-style carrying handle.
The Fedora Usability Lab comes in a big black box. The box it comes in is a hard-sided Opteka equipment case with foam padding on the inside to protect the parts. The box is 13" x 18" x 7", and it has a shoulder strap and briefcase-style carrying handle.
Go ahead and open up the box. There are <strong>six</strong> compartments inside the usability lab box. You'll see them labeled below. Let's review the equipment in each compartment.


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== Compartment 1: DVR + mic wire, monitor cable ==
== Compartment 2: 3 camera power supplies, 3 camera stands ==
== Compartment 3: 3 cameras ==
== Compartment 4: Scan converter ==
== Compartment 5: Microphone, microphone plate, and scan converter power cable ==
== Compartment 6: Camera cables, scan converter video cable, DVR power supply, DVR remote ==

Revision as of 20:29, 17 October 2009

Introduction

So, you've somehow acquired the Fedora Usability Lab. Perhaps you've volunteered to run some usability tests at an event or show, or perhaps you got a group of friends together to test out some software you've been working on in Fedora. Great! But, what next?

  1. First, let's review what equipment the Fedora Usability lab will provide you.
  2. After that, we'll review what equipment you'll need to supplement the kit with in order to run a successful usability test.
  3. Finally, we'll walk through how to assemble the usability lab.

By the time you follow the steps in this document, you'll have configured all the equipment you need to run a usability test.

What's In the Usability Lab?

The Fedora Usability Lab comes in a big black box. The box it comes in is a hard-sided Opteka equipment case with foam padding on the inside to protect the parts. The box is 13" x 18" x 7", and it has a shoulder strap and briefcase-style carrying handle.

Go ahead and open up the box. There are six compartments inside the usability lab box. You'll see them labeled below. Let's review the equipment in each compartment.

Usabilitylab fullkitinbox labeled.png

Compartment 1: DVR + mic wire, monitor cable

Compartment 2: 3 camera power supplies, 3 camera stands

Compartment 3: 3 cameras

Compartment 4: Scan converter

Compartment 5: Microphone, microphone plate, and scan converter power cable

Compartment 6: Camera cables, scan converter video cable, DVR power supply, DVR remote