In this UX design class you will learn the fundamentals of engaging with the user, concept development and prototyping. You will also practice how to critically analyze and communicate your findings to the team and a real-world client. This intensive UX course prepares you to understand the basics of user experience practice through various methodologies and real-world projects. No experience is required.
What You Will learn?
The fundamentals of engaging with the user
concept development and prototyping.
how to critically analyze and communicate your findings to the team and a real-world client
This intensive UX course prepares you to understand the basics of user experience.
Wireframing, Sketching, Prototyping
Course Syllabus
Intersection of Design. Technology. Business
Through critical analysis understand how user experience as a field sits in the intersection of different areas of the product.
What is the difference between User Experience Design and User Interface Design?
Learn about heuristics and apply heuristic evaluation to various websites, including CNN.com and AirBnB.com.
Competitive Research
Homework: Think about your class project. Select a new business idea, a current project, or choose a sample project from class
Knowing Your User
Learn how to structure and conduct user interviews to better identify the needs and current behaviors of the user.
Understand how to engage the user to work through assumptions and preconceived notions that arise during the process.
Write down assumptions for your class project.
Homework: Interview 1-5 people about your project.
Refining User Research and Creating Personas
Create user personas from the interviews to represent the goals and behaviors of the users within the system.
Develop user scenarios to show when and how the user engages with the system.
Homework: Begin to synthesize results of user research
Synthesis of User Research, Journey Maps, and User Flows
Continue to synthesize results of user research to find patterns.
Create a journey map for your project.
Think through the different features of the system by building user flows.
Take the written narrative to the next level through sketching and improvising using techniques such as storyboarding and bodystorming.
Homework: Refine your user flows.
Refining User Research and Creating Personas
Practice a sketching session for an existing website or mobile application of your choice. Start with sketching on a whiteboard or your notebook.
Sketch wireframes for your class project.
Learn Figma to create wireframes/prototypes.
Learn the power of prototyping and testing an idea. Understand different methods of prototyping and their levels of fidelity.
Discuss the motivation behind the prototyping, such as newly discovered user goals, business needs and improved functionality.
Homework: Finish all Figma lessons. Finish prototyping your user flows
Prototyping & User Testing
InVision for clickable prototypes.
Use Adobe XD to create a clickable prototype for your project.
User testing methods and strategies.
Do's and don'ts of user testing.
Do a user test on your project with a classmate.
Clearly list the assumptions and test your concepts. Work on multiple iterations of the prototype based on the test results.
Homework: Test your prototype on 1–5 users
Iterating the Prototype and Further User Testing
Report conclusions based on user testing.
User testing reports.
Rework the prototype based on user testing conclusions.
Homework: Finish iterating the prototype based on user testing.
Building a Case Study
Finish clickable prototype.
Case study examples as web pages and PDFs.
Using a compilation of user research, prototypes, photographs, and user research, build your case study as either an HTML page or a PDF using the application of your choice.
