About the UX participant pool

The User Experience (UX) team at the University of Arizona Libraries manages a UX participant pool for UX research projects at the University of Arizona.

If you are affiliated with the University of Arizona, you can voluntarily join the participant pool to become an essential part of our user-centered research. After signing up, you will occasionally receive emails that include invites to join user experience studies, such as surveys, user interviews, and usability testing. You will not receive spam from us.

Frequently-asked questions

We offer gift cards from the University of Arizona BookStores as incentives for participating in certain studies. If given a gift card, you will receive a unique code that can be redeemed on the BookStores' website or in person at the BookStores. Please note that the gift cards are only for University of Arizona students.

We also may provide giveaway items, including coasters and other items.

We are seeking participants who are currently affiliated with the University of Arizona, including faculty, instructors, graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff. We invite you to join our pool If you fall into any of these categories.

Yes, you have the option to opt out of the pool at any time. To do so, click on the "unsubscribe" link located at the bottom of each email you receive from us. You will be able to unsubscribe and remove yourself from the pool. 

Each year we will also send an email to all participants to confirm their current affiliation with the University of Arizona. If you are no longer affiliated, unsubscribe with the link or let us know. This helps us ensure the accuracy of our participant pool and keep it up to date.

After signing up, you will receive occasional invitations to surveys, feedback sessions, usability tests, and prototyping sessions, both online and in person, for the purpose of improving websites and services at the University of Arizona.