The Effect of Online Help and Instructional Films on the Tendency of the Faculty Members to Use the Scientific Information System of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Document Type : Research Article

Author

• reza khosravi

Ferdowsi University Of Mashhad

10.22067/riis.v5i1.28356

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to increase the tendency of the faculty members to use the guidelines on the worksheet of scientific informational system of the university.
Methodology: This is an applied research which uses survey as an objective method and “Comparing Prototype Alternatives” method to examine the rate of usability. The research population is the faculty members of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. To collect the data, interviews were conducted with 10 members.
Findings: The results showed that the acceptability of the online help and the instructional films can increase the tendency of the faculty members to use the scientific informational system of the university. Instructional films with the average of 3.85 have higher effect on increasing their tendency than the online help with the average of 3.64. Results showed that, factors such as the background color, content of guidelines (words, sentence length, the spring time of guidelines, and the place of guidelines) and preparation assistance at the frame of didactic films have the most important effect on this issue. The results also showed that, by designing guidelines according to basic and scientific principles and emphasizing on the learning methods of users, the tendency of the faculty members to use the informational system can increase.

Keywords

• Online help
• Institutional Repository
• Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
• Tendency for using
• Usability
• scientific information system of university (SISU)

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