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Introduction to User Experience Design

Introduction to User Experience Design

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.6

8,995 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
6 hours to complete
Learn at your own pace
98%
Most learners liked this course

There are 6 modules in this course

The focus of this course is to introduce the learner to User Experience (UX) Design

User Experience design is design that is user centered. The goal is to design artifacts that allow the users to meet their needs in the most effective efficient and satisfying manner. The course introduces the novice to a cycle of discovery and evaluation and a set of techniques that meet the user's needs. This course is geared toward the novice. It is for learners that have heard about "user experience" or "user interface" design but don't really know much about these disciplines. The course mantra is that “Design is a systematic and data driven process.” Design is systematic because it is based on a set of techniques and also on a cycle of discovery. In this course the learner is introduced to the four step user interface design cycle. Along the way learners are exposed to a set of techniques to gather information about a) what the user needs b)how to design and model interfaces based on these and then how to evaluate the design to ascertain that the user's goals are met. These techniques are tools that are used in a standardized manner and give us the data we use in our design. This means that anyone (regardless of their current training) that is willing to learn these techniques and follow the proposed cycle can be a UX designer!

What you should know before you start this course

What's included

7 readings

7 readings•Total 70 minutes
  • Focus of this course•10 minutes
  • Syllabus•10 minutes
  • Consent Form•10 minutes
  • 4 Step Design Process•10 minutes
  • Outcomes•10 minutes
  • FAQs•10 minutes
  • Get More from Georgia Tech•10 minutes

In these lectures we introduce the basic concepts covered in this course.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment

3 videos•Total 15 minutes
  • Important Terms and Concepts•6 minutes
  • Features of Good Design•4 minutes
  • User Engagement Ethics•5 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • General Resources•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Overview of User Experience Design•30 minutes

The first step of the design cycle is presented along with techniques that are relevant for understanding the user and tasks. There is also a focus on how to present findings from this phase of the design cycle.

What's included

9 videos1 reading1 assignment

9 videos•Total 43 minutes
  • Overview•4 minutes
  • Types of Users and Types ofData•5 minutes
  • Discovery Technique Overview•3 minutes
  • Naturalistic Observation•5 minutes
  • Survey•6 minutes
  • Focus Group•5 minutes
  • Interview•4 minutes
  • User Results•5 minutes
  • Presenting Task Findings•7 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • Resources for Requirement Gathering•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Elements of Requirement Gathering•30 minutes

The second step of the design cycle is presented. Students are shown how to take the findings from phase 1 (requirement gathering) to design mobile and ubiquitous computing systems that meet the usablility constraints that were identified.

What's included

2 videos1 assignment

2 videos•Total 16 minutes
  • Review of Design Goals•7 minutes
  • Design Alternatives•9 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Designing Alternatives•30 minutes

The third step of the design cycle is presented. Once the best design is chosen how to we iteratively design models of the system to quickly allow user to interact and provide feedback.

What's included

2 videos2 readings1 assignment

2 videos•Total 16 minutes
  • Prototyping: Lesson 1•10 minutes
  • Prototyping: Lesson 2•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Resources and Tools for Protoyping 1•10 minutes
  • Resources for Prototyping 2•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Prototyping•30 minutes

The fourth step of the design cycle is presented. Techniques for determining how well the design meets usability constraints and user experience are presented

What's included

1 video2 readings1 assignment

1 video•Total 8 minutes
  • Evaluation•8 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Resources for Evaluation•10 minutes
  • Earn a Georgia Tech Badge/Certificate/CEUs•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Evaluation•30 minutes

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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Reviewed on Aug 21, 2017

Excellent as an introductory course, with concepts explained clearly and succinctly. A few more case studies or practical examples may have been beneficial, but overall this course is excellent.

MC
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Reviewed on Sep 25, 2016

This is an insightful introductory course to User Experience Design. While it is just an introduction, the lessons and the examples provided were comprehensive, leaving you with a thirst for more.

SA
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Reviewed on Sep 26, 2023

that was perfect. But for me, who has an industrial design background, it seemed a little elementary. But I am very satisfied that I started the path of user experience design from the ground up.

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