Course Outline
1. GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Core principles of user-centred design
Introduction to ISO9241 as a key standard in usability
Clarifying the distinction between usability and user experience
Identifying user needs and goals with confidence
2. USER RESEARCH
Defining appropriate components of use
Developing interviewing techniques for target audiences
Distinguishing between observation and interpretation
Collecting and analyzing qualified user data
Developing research techniques and methodologies
3. ILLUSTRATING THE CONTEXT OF USE
Identifying potential users of your product or system
Creating product personas and interpreting their needs
Clarifying Hick’s Law and the relationship between UI choices and cognitive load
Managing and defining the elements of user stories
4. MEASURING USABILITY
Defining usability in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction
Using behavioural data to evaluate design ideas
Selecting design alternatives via A/B testing
Explaining the value of iterative design
5. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
Creating a structured experience from unorganized information
Developing effective flows between users and products or services
Organizing, structuring, and labeling content, functions, and features
Contrasting implementation, mental, and conceptual models
6. INTERACTION DESIGN
Describing various user interface design patterns
Selecting appropriate interactive controls in UI design
Defining the concept of progressive disclosure
Distinguishing between interaction design and information architecture
Highlighting the importance of consistency in UI design
7. VISUAL DESIGN
Creating UI designs that leverage universal visual design principles.
Identifying effective and ineffective page layouts
Selecting the correct interactive controls for UI design
Enhancing research insights through eye-tracking methodologies
8. INTERFACE PROTOTYPING
Selecting appropriate prototyping types, such as paper or digital
Explaining the differences between prototypes and sketches
Exploring multiple design solutions before finalizing a choice
Practically creating paper prototypes
9. USABILITY EVALUATION
Reviewing Jacob Nielsen’s Usability heuristics and other principles
Identifying various types of usability evaluation
Recording data from usability assessments
Evaluating system usability by applying usability heuristics.
Requirements
There are no specific requirements needed to attend this course.
Testimonials (7)
Bearing in mind what to take into consideration when I design process flows, to ensure the UX will benefit or become easy to implement.
Lineo Nchaba - Revenue Services Lesotho
Course - User Experience (UX) Design
Lecture tried his best ensuring that even the most technical part of the training is well understood by put up a number of examples using the real life examples. I also loved the graphics part. i will be able to apply it in most of my presentation.
DORAH - Vodacom
Course - User Experience (UX) Design
His knowledge and examples shared
Jolandi - Vodacom
Course - User Experience (UX) Design
Building UI/UX and understanding the principles of its creation
Dmytro
Course - User Experience (UX) Design
The engagement sessions where we got to experiment and try our designs
lerato bereng - Vodacom
Course - User Experience (UX) Design
Interactions with instructor, friendliness.
David Schmatz - Belgian Defence
Course - User Experience (UX) Design
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Empathy and Rhythm
Samuel Claes - Belgian Defence
Course - User Experience (UX) Design
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