=== Background
The Growth team will be adding Task recommendations (a.k.a. "Suggested edits") for newcomers on their homepage this Q1/2019-20, with the hypothesis that newcomers are more likely to start and continue to edit (i.e., become "retained) under certain conditions. Namely, they are more likely to edit when:
- offered recommendations related to their interests;
- shown guidance at at the right time; and
- when given sufficient context during editing.
=== Goals of this user test
Overall, the aim of this task at this stage is focused on **usability** testing to better inform design of the UI flow as users add and make selection of tasks.
1. Gauge the **discoverability** of adding the newcomer tasks module.
2. Identify improvements to the **usability** of the UI (more details TBD in the document)
- Do users understand they can do X?
- Are users able to successfully do Y?
- Is there anything users that would like to be able to do?
3. Gauge user **reactions** to the newcomer task module and **expectations** of how it relates to their user profile.
===Testing format
UserTesting.com will be used to recruit users and run the test.
It will be a remote, unmoderated test where users will be asked go through the feature as a series of tasks, while "talking aloud" their expectations and experiences. It will be followed by a few written questions. Each session test should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete.
=== Testers
10 users will be recruited using UserTesting.com. The intention will be to screen for respondents who likely do not already have a Wikipedia account, and are less-to-not familiar with editing on Wikipedia.
- 5 will test on the Desktop - ideally a mix of VE and Wikitext 2017 editing UI (so that users see a version that has the "?" icon in the top editing toolbar)
- 5 will test on the Mobile Visual Editor UI
=== Test protocol
!!WORK-IN-PROGRESS!! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F9ZfMhP_ZCuwoCm1IGIadhe_-9ihPXgdvQCKncJ9-6k/
=== Findings deck
!!TBD!!