How do I use the Tasks tab in Tree Testing?

This section covers how to use the Tasks tab to:

• Create tasks for your respondents to fulfill
• Adjust the order and number of tasks that the respondents see
• Pick the correct answers for your tasks within the tree
• Create post-task questionnaires
• Import and export your tasks in a CSV file

Create tasks for your respondents to fulfill 

• The tasks that you create should represent specific use cases of your website or app.
• To write a task, simply open a task and fill in the task text.
• To insert more tasks into the tree test, click ‘Add task.’
• By default, respondents can’t skip tasks. You can enable them to skip tasks by checking ‘Allow respondents to skip tasks.’
• Check ‘Prompt respondents to start each task with a button’ to enable the respondents to take breaks between tasks and/or to hide the tree from them while they’re reading each task for the first time.

Write the tasks

Write and format tasks for respondents in this text editor. Set the right answers within the tree by pressing ‘Select answers.’

Adjust the order and number of tasks that the respondents see 

• Unless the order of tasks is randomized, the respondents solve tasks in the order they’re listed in.
• To move a task up or down on the list, simply drag and drop it to the desired destination. Alternatively, use the ‘Move up/down’ buttons under the ellipsis button.
• To show the tasks to respondents in a different order, select Randomize task order.
• To keep the first task static (e.g., to use it as an example), check ‘Don’t randomize the first task.’
• If the order of tasks is randomized, by changing the ‘Number of tasks to show to a respondent,’ you can show every respondent only a certain number of tasks from the total number of tasks available.

Edit task options

Here, you can customize how respondents interact with tasks – whether respondents can skip tasks and whether the order of tasks should be randomized.

Pick the correct answers for your tasks within the tree 

• For each task, you need to select which locations in the tree are to be considered as correct answers. There can be multiple correct answers for every task.
• In the task, click Select answers and check the right answers.
• Only the leaves of the tree (a.k.a. labels that have no children) can be selected as answers by both you and your respondents.

Pick correct answers

Each task needs to have at least one correct answer, which you select within the tree.

Create post-task questionnaires 

• Aside from the surveys in the Questionnaire tab, you can also ask questions immediately after each task.
• This is recommended for gathering immediate feedback to prevent important information about solving individual tasks from being mixed up or forgotten.
• Question creation works the same as in the Questionnaire tab.

Accompany your tasks with a survey

Ask your respondents additional questions after they complete a task.

Import and export your tasks in a CSV file 

Above the task editor, there is an option to import and export tasks stored in a .CSV file. Use this option to easily reuse your tasks between Tree Testing studies, or if you want, to bring in tasks that have been created somewhere other than in UXtweak.

Use UTF-8 encoded CSV files to ensure that the import works correctly. The simplest way to save your imported file with UTF-8 encoding is to edit it through Google Sheets (click the link for more instructions). To get a UTF-8 encoded file when saving your file in Excel, go to File -> Save As and select CSV UTF-8 before you click Save.

Only the text and the correct answers get imported and exported within the tasks. The post-task questionnaire has its own Import and Export buttons.