Introduction to User Experience Principles and Processes
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Introduction to User Experience Principles and Processes
This course is part of User Experience Research and Design Specialization
Instructor: Mark Newman
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Understand the fields of UX design and UX research.
Understand design principles and best practices and their basis in human capabilities and behavior
Incorporate a user-centered focus into the design process
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There are 6 modules in this course
This UX course provides an introduction to the fields of UX research and design. Learners will gain an understanding of what is involved in UX research, including conducting interviews, evaluating systems, and analyzing systems using principles of good design. Learners will also learn about the work involved in UX Design, including the generation of promising design solutions and the creation of prototypes at multiple levels of fidelity. By interleaving successive phases of UX Research and Design, learners will see how to learn from inevitable mistakes and improve towards a product with a great UX.
What you'll learn: - The skills needed for UX research and design - How UX researchers discover and assess user needs and assess possible designs - How to conduct a micro-usability test - How UX designers use sketching and prototyping to develop design concepts - How to incorporate a user-centered focus into the design process - Key features of human behavior and describe their impact on the design of interactive systems - Techniques for critiquing and designing interactive systems based on human capabilities and behavior
What's included
4 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
4 videos•Total 30 minutes
- Welcome•1 minute
- What is User Experience?•12 minutes
- The UX Process•8 minutes
- Components of UX•9 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- Welcome to Introduction to User Experience•10 minutes
- Syllabus•10 minutes
- Help Us Learn More About You!•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
- Module 1•20 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Self-Reflection: Good and Bad UX•10 minutes
What's included
4 videos1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts
4 videos•Total 57 minutes
- UX Design Overview•16 minutes
- Prototypes•10 minutes
- Sketching•10 minutes
- A Brief Incomplete History of UX•22 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
- UX Design Overview, Part 1•20 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- 10,000 Floor Elevator•60 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Self-Reflection: 10 Sketches•10 minutes
- Self-Reflection: Favorite Designs•10 minutes
What's included
4 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt
4 videos•Total 51 minutes
- Visual Perception, Part 1•12 minutes
- Visual Perception, Part 2•16 minutes
- Memory, Part 1•11 minutes
- Memory, Part 2•12 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
- Module 3•20 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Good/Bad Design Examples•10 minutes
What's included
3 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt
3 videos•Total 27 minutes
- Seven Stages of Action•6 minutes
- Gulfs of Execution and Evaluation•5 minutes
- Design Principles•16 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 4•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- More Good/Bad Design Examples•10 minutes
What's included
11 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt
11 videos•Total 53 minutes
- Heuristics for Design•7 minutes
- #1 - Visibility of System Status•7 minutes
- #2 - Match Between System and Real World•5 minutes
- #3 - User Control and Freedom•3 minutes
- #4 - Consistency and Standards•7 minutes
- #5 - Error Prevention•4 minutes
- #6 - Recognition Over Recall•5 minutes
- #7 - Flexibility and Efficiency of Use•3 minutes
- #8 - Aesthetic and Minimalist Design•3 minutes
- #9 - Error Recovery•4 minutes
- #10 - Help and Documentation•4 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
- Module 5•20 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Webpages That Suck•10 minutes
What's included
5 videos4 readings2 peer reviews1 discussion prompt
5 videos•Total 68 minutes
- Heuristic Evaluation•8 minutes
- Course Wrap-up, Next Steps•8 minutes
- Basic Methods of UX Research•9 minutes
- Interview - UX Designer Matt Martin•25 minutes
- Interview With UX Researcher Lija Hogan•18 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
- Overview of the Heuristic Evaluation Assignments•10 minutes
- Post-Course Survey•10 minutes
- Attributions•10 minutes
- Keep Learning with Michigan Online•10 minutes
2 peer reviews•Total 120 minutes
- Heuristic Evaluation, Part 1: Generating the List of Issues•60 minutes
- Heuristic Evaluation, Part 2: Writing the Report•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Heuristic Evaluation Sandbox•10 minutes
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Excellent, the way the content is explained is exceptional, learning a lot from this course, thank you to all lecturers for putting together this amazing resource
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The course is easy to understand & the assignments are very challenging but helps you to apply the skills you learn. Gain very useful knowledge. The instructors are simply amazing!
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Believe me when I say: You'll finish this course orders of magnitude more learned about UX Design than before signing up. If you're looking for an introductory course to UX design, look no further.
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