Part 1 — Testing the Site Work through the site at your own pace. Use the notes fields below to log what you find in each area. Note bugs (broken), friction (confusing/slow), delights (worked great), and anything missing .
1. Joining & Signing In Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
2. Home Page (logged out) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
3. Home Page (logged in — sidebar & content) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
4. Dashboard (/dashboard) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
5. Requests (browse + create) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
6. Workflows (browse + create) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
7. Gallery (browse + submit) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
8. Resources (hub + sub-pages) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
9. Community (chat, collab, jobs, members, etc.) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
10. Mobile experience (if tested) Log bugs, friction points, things you liked, or anything missing.
A First Impressions Good design communicates purpose in seconds. We want to know your immediate reactions.
1. When you first landed on the home page (logged out), what did you understand the site to be about?
2. How clear was the value proposition — what you'd get from joining? Very unclear Somewhat unclear Neutral Fairly clear Crystal clear
3. What was the first thing you noticed on the home page?
4. Did the visual design feel appropriate for a creative filmmaking community? Not at all Slightly Mostly Completely
5. After signing up, did the post-signup experience feel welcoming and oriented? Disorienting Neutral Oriented
B Navigation & Finding Things Could you find what you were looking for, or did you have to hunt?
6. Could you find the following without help? How to create a new request Yes Took a while No
Where to browse workflows by others Yes Took a while No
How to get to your Dashboard Yes Took a while No
Where the community chat is Yes Took a while No
How to log out Yes Took a while No
7. Did the left sidebar navigation feel intuitive? 1 = confusing, 5 = immediately obvious
1 2 3 4 5
Confusing Immediately obvious
8. Did the section groupings in the sidebar (My Stuff / Resources / Community) make sense? Yes, felt natural Somewhat No
9. Were there any pages or features you expected to find but couldn't locate?
10. Was there anything in the navigation you noticed but didn't click, because you weren't sure what it did?
C Creating & Contributing The 'first create' moment is when someone shifts from observer to participant. How did it feel?
11. How easy was it to create your first piece of content? 1 = very hard, 5 = very easy
12. Were the form fields clearly explained? Did you know what to put in each one? All clear Mostly clear Some unclear Mostly confusing
13. After submitting, did you feel confident it worked? No feedback at all Wasn't sure Yes, clear confirmation
14. Is there a type of content you'd want to contribute that the platform doesn't currently support?
E Visual Design & Interface Good UI reduces the mental effort of understanding what's on screen.
19. Rate the overall visual design. 1 = looks unfinished, 5 = polished and professional
20. Was it generally clear what was clickable and what wasn't? 1 = very confusing, 5 = always obvious
1 2 3 4 5
Very confusing Always obvious
21. Did pages feel too busy, too sparse, or just right? Too busy Slightly busy Just right Slightly sparse Too sparse
22. Were there moments where you weren't sure whether your action had worked? (e.g. submitting a form, clicking a button)
23. Were there empty states (pages with no content yet) that felt unhelpful or left you wondering what to do?
G Overall Assessment Step back and give us the big picture.
27. Net Promoter Score: How likely are you to recommend AI Film Challenge to a fellow filmmaker or AI creative? 0 = would not recommend, 10 = would enthusiastically recommend
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Would not recommend Would enthusiastically recommend
28. What is the single biggest thing that would make you more likely to use this platform regularly?
29. What is the one thing you liked most about the platform?
30. What is the one thing you would fix first if you were on the team?
31. Any other thoughts, bugs to flag, or ideas you want to share?
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