<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Hi Welcome Team! I'm Dave, the GSoC student that's been working on Greenhouse. Thanks for helping us with user testing, and please don't be scared off by the length of this email, the process should take no more than 30 minutes! For a quick primer on what Greenhouse is, please see the README (<</span><a href="https://github.com/openhatch/oh-greenhouse" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">https://github.com/openhatch/oh-greenhouse</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">>). Without further ado, let's begin!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">1. Create an account on Launchpad and join the Greenhouse team</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-Go to <</span><a href="http://www.launchpad.net/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">www.launchpad.net</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">> and create an account.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-Join the Greenhouse team at <</span><a href="https://launchpad.net/~greenhouse" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">https://launchpad.net/~greenhouse</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">>. Joining the team requires approval. I will approve you as soon as I get the email.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">2. Go to <</span><a href="http://greenhouse-daveeloo.dotcloud.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">http://greenhouse-daveeloo.dotcloud.com/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">> and log in.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-Note that this url could change in the future. This document will be updated in the event of a change.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">3. Record a video of your desktop while using the system</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-Please close anything on your screen that could compromise your privacy or security.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-Run this command when you start the next step: ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i default -f x11grab -s $(xwininfo -root | grep 'geometry' | awk '{print $2;}') -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq -f mpeg -ar 48000 -s wvga -y "video-$USER-$(date --iso-8601).avi"</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-Stop recording with Control-c. </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-If you need to splice the video later, you can run the command: ffmpeg -i input.flv -ss 15 -t 60 -acodec copy -vcodec copy NameOfVideo.flv</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">See <</span><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1641135/can-you-splice-a-1-min-clip-out-of-a-larger-file-without-transcoding-it" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1641135/can-you-splice-a-1-min-clip-out-of-a-larger-file-without-transcoding-it</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">>.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">4. Contact 3 people in the "New comers not greeted yet".</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-I'm not going to tell you what to do here because that would defeat the point of user testing.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">5. Upload the video. </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-Install lftp if you don't have it with "sudo apt-get install lftp".</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-Run this command (replace /mydirectory/myvideo.flv with the path to your video):</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">lftp -e "cd user-tests ; put /mydirectory/myvideo.flv ; bye" </span><a href="http://vm3.openhatch.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">vm3.openhatch.org</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">6. Email <</span><a href="mailto:greenhouse@lists.openhatch.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">greenhouse@lists.openhatch.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">> with subject "User Testing - <your username> - <month day year>" and answers to the questions below in the body. Please spend at most 1 minute per question. Just give your immediate gut reaction. Don't worry about hurting our feelings. Tell it as it is, that's the only way things get better.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">1. What problems did you run into while trying to accomplish basic tasks the first time you used this interface?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">2. Once you learned the interface, what changes would make tasks easier to perform?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">3. Are there any changes that can be made to the interface to reduce the frequency or severity of errors you made while using it?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">4. Are there any nonintuitive or tricky parts to the interface that you have to remind yourself how to use?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">5. What aspects of the interface do find annoying and what changes to the interface would make it more pleasant?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">6. Is there a feature that is not present that definitely needs to be added?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">7. Any random comments? Examples: The user testing process is too confusing, you should fix X. The email templates should look like Y. The background should feature a flying narwhal dancing with a flying unicorn.</span><br>

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