Assessing the Usability of Urdu Learning Mobile Apps for Children

This study evaluated the usability of the children’s Urdu learning mobile Apps for Tablet-PCs. The pre-test questionnaire based on demographic information of the participants, post-test questionnaire using the Fun Toolkit and the usability tasks were developed for collecting data from the children. The usability test was conducted by 232 participating children having age between 5 and 10 years of the primary schools. After filling the demographic questionnaire, the usability tasks were given to the children where time was recorded for each of the tasks. Afterwards, the post-test questionnaire was administered among the children in order to gather their opinion about the apps. The study result illustrated that the App3 was the best App in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. According to the Smileyometer results, the children reported more fun in using the App3. The Again-Again table results also show that the children wanted to use the App3 again and again. This study proposed the best Urdu learning mobile App from learning perspective for the children which is recommended to be complemented with the existing traditional classroom learning in the schools of the country for enhancing their learning outcomes.