How Are Measures of Usability and Creativity Support Correlated?

TY - GEN

T1 - How Are Measures of Usability and Creativity Support Correlated?

AU - Frich, Jonas

AU - Dalsgaard, Peter

AU - Taranu, Mihaela

AU - Biskjaer, Michael Mose

N1 - Conference code: 35

PY - 2024/10/8

Y1 - 2024/10/8

N2 - Creativity support tools (CSTs) are designed to support exploration, discovery, and innovation. However, we do not know to what ex- tent the support for these activities correlate with the ease of use and ability to work rapidly, effectively, and with fewer errors. To examine the relationship between the concepts usability and cre- ativity support, we present a preliminary study on what creative professionals (n=110) from various disciplines report to be the most important digital tools in their work (Word, Teams, Excel, Visual Studio Code, Photoshop). We deployed two well-established instru- ments, System Usability Scale and the Creativity Support Index. We found a clear positive correlation between the usability and creativity support, but it tended to vary depending on the type of digital tool. We discuss the potential causes of this correlation, and whether better usability in a tool might also result in better capabilities for supporting creative tasks.

AB - Creativity support tools (CSTs) are designed to support exploration, discovery, and innovation. However, we do not know to what ex- tent the support for these activities correlate with the ease of use and ability to work rapidly, effectively, and with fewer errors. To examine the relationship between the concepts usability and cre- ativity support, we present a preliminary study on what creative professionals (n=110) from various disciplines report to be the most important digital tools in their work (Word, Teams, Excel, Visual Studio Code, Photoshop). We deployed two well-established instru- ments, System Usability Scale and the Creativity Support Index. We found a clear positive correlation between the usability and creativity support, but it tended to vary depending on the type of digital tool. We discuss the potential causes of this correlation, and whether better usability in a tool might also result in better capabilities for supporting creative tasks.

KW - creativity

KW - creativity support tools (CSTs)

KW - usability

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85208572191&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/3673805.3673815

DO - 10.1145/3673805.3673815

M3 - Article in proceedings

BT - Proceedings of the 35th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE 2024)

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

CY - New York

T2 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics

Y2 - 8 October 2024 through 11 October 2024

ER -