Interaction Testing on Using an E-Book Authoring Tool: A Case Study of the SaiteBooker (UNA-SUS/UFMA, Brazil).

In Brazil, the use of e-books has grown in the continuing education of health professionals. To facilitate the production of e-books, the Open University of the Unified Health System of the Federal University of Maranhao (UNA-SUS/UFMA) developed the SaiteBooker, a collaborative and open-source authoring tool. An interaction testing was conducted with 39 participants/healthcare professionals in Brazil. The results showed that, in general, the SaiteBooker authoring tool reached satisfactory results on usability and interaction. However, participants had difficulties in performing the task of adding images and videos, coping and pasting content from external links, editing text, and returning to pages. Based upon the results, improvements were made in the SaiteBooker, and recommendations were proposed to the design of graphic interfaces of authoring tools for e-books.