{"id":2318,"date":"2025-05-20T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8091\/how-do-i-create-a-prototype-testing-study-in-prototype-testing\/how-do-i-use-the-tasks-tab-in-prototype-testing\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:53:53","slug":"tab-tasks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/prototype-testing-setup\/tab-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I use the Tasks tab in Prototype Testing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text-block\">In this help, we&#8217;ll discuss how to use the Tasks tab to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>Create tasks for your respondents to fulfill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust the order and number of tasks that the respondents see<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick the starting points and correct solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create post-task questionnaires<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"create-tasks-for-your-respondents-to-fulfill\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Create tasks for your respondents to fulfill<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"create-tasks-for-your-respondents-to-fulfill\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The tasks that you create should represent specific use cases of your website or app<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To write a task, simply open a task and fill in the task text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To insert more tasks into the prototype test, click<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Add task<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By default, respondents can&#8217;t skip tasks. You can enable them to skip tasks by checking<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Allow respondents to skip tasks<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"adjust-the-order-and-number-of-tasks-that-the-respondents-see\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Adjust the order and number of tasks that the respondents see<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"adjust-the-order-and-number-of-tasks-that-the-respondents-see\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>Unless the order of tasks is randomized, the respondents solve tasks in the order they&#8217;re listed in<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To move a task up or down on the list, simply drag-and-drop it to the desired destination. Alternatively, use the<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Move up\/down<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>buttons under the ellipsis button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To show the tasks to respondents in different order, select<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Randomize task order<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To keep the first task static (e.g. to use it as an example), check<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Don&#8217;t randomize the first task<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the order of tasks is randomized, by changing<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Number of tasks to show to a respondent<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>, you can show every respondent only a certain number of tasks from the total number of tasks available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"pick-the-starting-points-and-correct-solutions\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Pick the starting points and correct solutions<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"pick-the-starting-points-and-correct-solutions\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>For each task, you need to select which design will serve as the starting point for the task<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You also need to select which locations (designs) in the prototype are to be considered as correct solutions. There can be multiple correct solutions for every task<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are two ways to pick the starting point and the correct solutions &#8211;<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Start and end only<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Full path match<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Start and end only<\/b>, also called simple match &#8211; you choose the starting and solution designs with no regard to the paths between them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Full path match<\/b>, you will open up your prototype and click through it to choose the exact path that the respondents should take while solving the task. The respondents will begin the task of the first design in the path.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-94.png\" alt=\"Full path\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Full path<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>You should choose this when you have a concrete path that you want to follow and you dont care about the start or end.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-75.png\" alt=\"Editor\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Editor<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Path is being setup by clicking between designs and hotspots and the order is shown on the right side.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-49.png\" alt=\"Start and end only\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Start and end only<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>You should choose this when you are interested in start and end, it is not important how user got there.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"create-post-task-questionnaires\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Create post-task questionnaires<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"create-post-task-questionnaires\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>Aside from the surveys in the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(211, 145, 12); transition: color 200ms;\" href=\"\/help\/prototype-testing-setup\/tab-questionnaire\/\">Questionnaire tab<\/a>, you can also ask questions immediately after each task<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is recommended for gathering immediate feedback to prevent important information about solving individual tasks being mixed up of forgotten<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question creation works the same as in the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(211, 145, 12); transition: color 200ms;\" href=\"\/help\/prototype-testing-setup\/tab-questionnaire\/\">Questionnaire tab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4-31.png\" alt=\"Accompany your tasks with a survey\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Accompany your tasks with a survey<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Ask your respondents additional questions after they complete a task.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this help, we&#8217;ll discuss how to use the Tasks tab to:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2292,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2318","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2318\/revisions\/2641"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}