Critérios para avaliação de usabilidade em software na educação especial

Abstract

Usability is the term used to identify the ease and comfort a user can have with software. There are websites and software that are developed using usability principles, with the sole purpose of implementing usability that adds value to the system. Usability is important in education-oriented websites and software, specifically in special education. However, employing usability is not enough to cater to this specific group of users; Identification of their characteristics and needs is required. An example of a group in which criteria and needs are characteristic is people with intellectual disabilities (ID). This paper presents the creation of usability criteria that can be applied during the development of specific software or website for people with ID. The criteria, being usability criteria and interface criteria that support people with intellectual disabilities, were identified and applied in screen prototypes template that the developer can reuse in the creation of their graphical interfaces. The prototypes were applied by creating screens in specific software for people with ID to show how interfaces can be designed to serve these audiences. This paper seeks to meet the age group of young people and adults between 19 and 65 years, with ID.