Usability evaluation of a student information system with eye tracking method and application of competitive usability tests

As a result of the technological developments in recent years, the software systems used by people have increased and diversified. This situation has created the need to develop usable systems. Experts examine the usability of systems using various usability evaluation methods. The method of eye tracking from evaluation methods is used for discovering which points on the user interface are stared at and for how long, so as to determine the appropriateness of the interface. In the context of this thesis study, the usability of a student information system (SIS) has been evaluated using eye tracking method. As a result of the evaluation, a different interface was developed for the student information system considering the usability problem that the system has. The usability of this system, which is proposed as a design, was also evaluated by eye tracking method. Competitive usability evaluation was conducted and the results of the first system were compared with those of the developed system. The comparison results show that the design of the developed system is more usable than the first system in terms of task completion time, time to first fixation on-target, number of fixations, and fixation duration.