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The purpose of the Civic User Testing Group wiki is to help document the effort of civic user testing in Chicago. We are open sourcing this effort so that others in the civic innovation movement can learn from our successes and mistakes.
This wiki will include progress of the Smart Chicago's Civic User Testing group as well as documentation of similar efforts.
The Civic User Testing Group is a program administered by the Smart Chicago Collaborative. The program recruits residents to help test civic apps. Participants receive $5 for signing up and $20 plus bus fare for each session. Sessions take place at public computer centers located throughout Chicago.
Developers can sign up to receive testing by registering here. There is no cost to developers for this service.
The Smart Chicago Collaborative is a civic organization devoted to using technology to make lives better in Chicago. We were formed to address the challenge of the lack of broadband Internet access for all Chicagoans. More broadly, we work to apply the transformative power of technology to solve problems for the people of Chicago.
We are a startup that was founded in part by our municipal government and nurtured by some of its most venerable institutions. Our founding partners are the City of Chicago, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The Chicago Community Trust. As a funding collaborative, we help bring together municipal, philanthropic, and corporate investments in civic innovation.
We have a host of current projects and partnerships, and we are actively seeking to connect ideas and resources in all areas of philanthropy in Chicago.
Other civic user testing efforts
Guiding Principals for the Citizen Experience, Jess McMullin