Participate as a CogTool User or Contribute to Research
There are many opportunities to participate in the community of CogTool users, educators, and supporters.
The first thing you should consider is creating an account on this site. This allows you to post to the Forums and create content described below. It allows us to know who is interested in CogTool so we can understand our users better.
If you are using CogTool as a design and evaluation tool you may want to
- Contribute to the forums to get your questions answered and share your expertise by answering others' questions.
- Submit an experience report.
- Submit an example of your CogTool models.
- Submit other helpful materials, like pointers to talks or courses.
- Provide data against which to validate CogTool predictions in new domains.
(Please contact us directly to discuss this possibility.) - Be a beta tester for upcoming CogTool releases.
(Please contact us directly to discuss this possibility.) - Lobby for additional ways to participate by starting a new forum topic and letting us know your ideas.
- Contribute to CogTool itself, as it is an open source project. (Find out how to access the CogTool source code here.)
As a researcher, you may want to
- Submit a citation to a published research paper.
- Submit other helpful materials, like pointers to talks or courses.
- Submit a research project to be included on this site.
- Adapt CogTool for your research needs.
- Collaborate on writing reseach proposals to support new areas of research.
- Be a beta tester for upcoming CogTool releases.
- Provide data against which to validate CogTool predictions in new domains.
(Please contact us directly to discuss any of these possibilities.) - Contribute to CogTool itself, as it is an open source project. (Find out how to access the CogTool source code here.
As an educator in HCI, UI design, or Human Factors, you may want to use CogTool in your classes. Please contact us directly if you would like ideas for homework assignments or exam questions.
As a research sponsor, your organization may have an interest in a particular new metric or domain and your support could help CogTool expand in the directions of interest to you. Please contact us to discuss such possibilities.