Design for Humanity: A New Perspective on User Experience (Udemy.com)
Design for inclusiveness by learning to challenge your vision, testing through stress cases, and analyzing real design
Created by: Eric A. Meyer
Last updated March 2017
What you will learn
- Understand the basic principles of user experience design
- Challenge your own vision using new methodologies
- Improve your ability to interview users
- Stress test your work for potential flaws early
How it compares
Against the other 53 rated Udemy courses in Design Thinking on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 26% of them
- Reviews2,758#15 of 54 by number of reviews
- Length4.2 hourslonger than 75% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2017earlier than 94% of them
Quality Score
Overall Score : 88 / 100
Course Description
Designing for humans is tough. We design for millions, but every interaction between our work and a user is personal, and we aren’t taught to take care with those interactions. I created this course because I want everything we design to meet the real needs and wants of real people.
This course draws from my recent book with Sara Wachter-Boettcher, Design for Real Life and is best for learners who are new to design or looking to strengthen their emerging user experience design skillset. And since design is everywhere, a wide range of professionals will benefit from this course.
If you want a set of tools for stress-testing your work to make sure it’s as human-centered, compassionate, and inclusive as possible, this is the course for you.
By the end of the course, you will have gone through practical exercises around how to challenge your vision and design a compassionate user research process; seen how to improve interviews and talk to real people about their user experiences with your product; explored new ways to think outside as well as inside the box; and practiced ways to avoid the tunnel vision we all too often develop about our own work.
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
2,758 Reviews
Eric A. Meyer
Eric A. Meyer is an internationally-recognized author, speaker, blogger, and sometime teacher and consultant. He is currently technical lead at Rebecca’s Gift (rebeccasgift.org) and co-founder of An Event Apart (aneventapart.com) with Jeffrey Zeldman. In the course of his lengthy career, Eric has written numerous books and articles about CSS, HTML, and web standards. In his most recent book, Design for Real Life, Eric and his co-author Sara Wachter-Boettcher (sarawb.com) teach how to design with not just empathy, but compassion. He’s been working on the Web since 1993 and still finds it deeply compelling.
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Reviews
By Anonymized User on 5/12/2025
The first few sections felt like basic information rather than 'new perspective'. He also spoke about imperfecting personas and giving them some extra behaviours. However I feel that by doing that, it will no longer be a true representation of that group of people, but rather feels more individual. Though there are some parts I didn't agree with, but I did have some takeaways from a few topics in section 4.
By Melissa Massey on 6/23/2023
There's a lot of very thought provoking exercises that are easy to implement into my UX practice. I am looking forward to using the new techniques the next time I am on a full project, as I can see how exactly they can add dimensionality to my work and make it more compassionate towards real people. As someone interested in ethical design, this course has aligned with my learning goals.
By Anonymized User on 6/19/2023
Some useful information, but generally at this point somewhat outdates. Visually also there is not much to it, it's just a talk to listen to and take notes. The title might be misleading, as this is more of a general perspective for User Experience that is being shared nowadays than something really innovative. It is good to refresh knowledge or solidify certain UX practices though.
By Anonymized User on 2/15/2023
Some useful nuggets. I am possibly not the intended audience as lots was familiar - good reminders however. A couple of sections i think are out of order - I think 21 and 22 are labelled the wrong way round and in the wrong order. And in 35 the speaker refers to the Glow example he discussed in section 3, but I think he discussed it in section 4. I also wonder when this course is dated as some parts feel a bit out of date, both in terms of industry practices and the examples used.
By Lucas Crosbie on 8/8/2022
This course opened my eyes to new ways of empathizing and understanding the user. Throughout the classes, the instructor provides theoretical material accompanied by exercises that reinforce learning. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised by this course and consider it essential if you are looking to expand your knowledge of accessibility.
By Anton Kravets on 2/24/2020
When I read a description for this course, that stated " This course will change your mind", I did not believe, but got curious to figure it out. Upon completion I feel that it is really changed my mind and attitude towards design. Even that "Human-centred" approach towards UX design now seem incomplete. I wish everyone who interested in UX take this course as a mediation. The more designers will have this attitude, the more enjoyable and natural will be our digital environment.
By Justyn Benjamin on 2/12/2020
This course introduced a lot of different approaches and ideas around designing more 'humane' user experiences. Something that I (and I imagine many others) put on the back burner far too often. It also was fascinating to see the numerous real life examples of missteps that companies made with their designs leading to horrible user experiences. I don't know I'll use every technique demonstrated here, but I don't think that's necessarily the goal, and regardless I will definitely keep this stuff in mind going forward!
By Anonymized User on 2/14/2019
Great course! Really did open up my eyes to other perspectives and supplied me with the methods and tools, so that I can stress test my work to try to ensure there are no user catastrophes. Highly recommended to UX teams and all other teammates working to better their products for people whom will engage with their products at all different capacities. We already have started to implement these methods as an office or Developers and UX designers.
By Robyn Saul on 1/5/2018
This course is a must take for virtually anyone who designs anything. Even if you're not specifically involved in UX/UI the way it challenges your assumptions and perspective - and provides excellent tools to do this - are eye opening and truly valuable. I couldn't bring myself to subtract a paltry half-star for its few imperfections.
By Kathy Babb on 7/15/2017
Excellent curriculum that was easy to understand. I've gone through this course not once, but twice and believe I have a much better grasp of how to lead with humanity and empathy in any user experience project. Design for Humanity has given me the structure necessary to apply these concepts to any project. Thank you!
By Anniken Hogstad
I've read the book, so so far it's mainly repeating.
By Lorene Chauvel
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