2025 PASCAL Member Conference

The Lightning Talks session will feature four 20-minute presentations back-to-back in a 80 minute time slot, with a moderator for introductions, Q&A, and time keeping. Each speaker will give a 15-minute presentation with 5 minutes for Q&A.

Empowering Student Employees via Guerilla-Style Usability Testing
We needed to capture data from our students about our website while empowering our student assistants with additional growth opportunities. We wanted to make it known that we value their insight and recognize them as key contributors. We were inspired to conduct – guerilla-style usability testing (on the spot, quick questions) as an innovative approach to how we gather information. During this lightning talk, we will discuss why the usability testing project was initiated, each phase of the project – from planning to implementation, and how students played a crucial role. Finally, we’ll discuss the next steps in the project. We’ll also present the changes we applied based on student response through this multi-year-long project.

Moderator: Heather Holmes, Medical University of South Carolina