Interactive click modeling

Step-by-step guide 
PREPARATION

1. ‍Choose a persona or user type: What user are you going to test this paper prototype with? Choose a persona or a specific user type.
2. Review scope and  prototyping  questions: Review the scope and the prototyping questions for this  prototyping  activity. What do you want to learn? Do you want to test the whole or just a part of the  interface? What are the tasks that you expect the chosen user to do? How  detailed do you need or want to get? Make a list of the tasks you want to test for later. Also think about who you want or need to  involve. Is it just for within the  project team, or are you  planning to  involve  potential users or  other stakeholders? 
3. Sketch necessary parts: Create  hand-sketched versions of  everything the user will deal with while  using the  interface. Make sure this  includes not only windows, menus,  dialog  boxes, pages,  pop-up  windows, and the like but also  actual key  content and/or plausible data. 
4. Import into prototyping app: Set up the prototyping app. Take photos of your hand-sketched interfaces and  import them into the prototyping app. In the app you can now define click-areas that link between sketches – effectively creating a working interface.
5. Assign roles and prepare: Split your team to take on the roles of users and observers. Give them some time to  prepare and practice their roles for the test and subsequent steps.

Step-by-step guide 
USE/RESEARCH

1. Test the prototype: Now conduct your test. Introduce the project and the context of your prototype and ask the user to  perform a certain task from your list. Briefly explain how she can interact with the click-model and observe how she  reacts to the interface. Iterate until the user has completed the task or failed horribly. 
2. Keep a list of bugs, insights, and ideas, and review issues: During the whole test the observers will record their observations and create a list of the issues that they discover. After each testing session take a few moments to reflect on what worked, what didn’t work, what you would like to change or try next. Briefly discuss the issues you discovered and prioritize them. 
3. Revise your prototype (optional): Changes to your prototypes can still be made very easily and quickly. So, are there any changes you should make right now?
4. Decide on the next task and iterate: Check off the task that has just been simulated and quickly decide which you want to try next. Then go again.

Method notes

• Speak out loud: Encourage users to think out loud while they go through these tasks.
• Discuss if necessary: You can consciously decide to enable a team discussion if this becomes necessary during the process – for example, over a roadblock that cannot be solved right away. 
• Show and tell: Instead of letting the users operate the click-model themselves, an operator might show them how the app works. This can be useful to elicit feedback without having to create all the otherwise necessary variants. 
• Film it: Filming the use of the click-model while speaking out loud what you are doing with the app is a great way to communicate the intent of your design.