UX Design Foundations
User experience (UX) design is often misunderstood as simply interface design, but is actually comprised of many moving parts beyond the visual aspect–a good user experience also takes into account how the user feels.
Whether you are exploring a new career or are looking to better understand the role of UX designers on your team, this User Experience (UX) course is the perfect primer to learn more about the user experience design process.
This UX class will blend lecture, discussion, industry examples, and classroom activities. You'll leave the class with a broad understanding of how UX designers work with other team members, fundamentals of the industry, and how designers move from research insights to design concepts.
About this Course
- What User Experience Design is
- How UX Designers workThe overall UX Design process
- Learn UX research methods: user interviews, observations, heuristics, etc.
- UXD terminology and deliverables : personas, journey maps, scenarios, etc.
- Sketching and the Iterative Design Process
- How to document and present your work
Outline
What is UX Design?
- UX Design vs. UI Design
- UX Design Principles
Disciplines in UX Design
Common UX Design Tools
What is UX Research?
- Iterative Design Process
- Research Methods
Product Requirements & Problem Definition
- User Needs vs. Business Needs
- Business Constraints
- What is an MVP?
What are UX Deliverables/Artifacts?
- Market Research
- Competitive Analysis
- Course Syllabus | UX Design Foundations 1
- Analytics
- Stakeholder Interviews
- User Interviews
- Surveys
Product Requirements
- What do users need to accomplish and what features support these goals?
- How do time, budget, and resources affect what we are building?
Information Architecture + Navigation
- Organizing Content
- Sitemap
- Taxonomy
- Content Inventory
- User Flows
Wireframing & Prototyping
Sketching
- How do we turn ideas into designs?
- Focus on testing assumptions before moving to high-fidelity deliverables
- If the ideas don't work on paper, they won't work in high-fidelity digital
Wireframing
- Define the structure, hierarchy, and scale of the interface
- What level of fidelity is appropriate?
- Creating an interface language or methodology
- What are some common programs used to create wireframes?
Prototyping
- What are the different types of prototypes and when is each used?
- What does a prototype accomplish?
- How do we test our prototypes
Usability Testing
- What are the different types of usability testing and when is each used?
- What does user feedback tell us and how does we incorporate it?
UX Design Documentation
Presenting UX Design Research
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