SPACES has had a revamp and we want you to see it. The new-look SPACES site was introduced late last week after a Usability Test was conducted on a volunteer group of parents and staff members who provided us with feedback on the new website.

The new-look SPACES has maintained most of the familiar navigation features of the old site with some upgraded functions.

You will notice, My Dashboard now has Promoted News and Recently Changed columns. They help users easily find out about the major events promoted by each of the SPACES the user is joined to. Recently changed, is a brand new function which appears on the top of each SPACE so users can track up-to-the-minute updates. This is particularly helpful for wet weather notifications in Sport.

Conducting the Usability Test gave us insight into user behaviour, the effectiveness of the site and learnability – is the website easy to learn to use?

We also realised how reliant users have been on the Search function. We have further included a little grey speech bubble on the bottom right hand side of each page to allow users to ask questions or receive assistance if they are unable to find a particular form or email independently.

Many test users also suggested making important information more visible within an article rather than simply attaching a PDF. We are currently working on this.

We would like to thank all the parents and staff members who came to the testing session for providing us with this invaluable feedback.