Design Thinking: UX and Advanced Topics

This course, intended to be taken after Introduction to Design Thinking, will delve more deeply into concepts of Human-Computer Interaction. Topics include User Needfinding, User Experience Design, and basic principles of Interface Architecture.

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Created by: Adrian Leven

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As the technology around us becomes more and more complex, so too do the ways in which we interact with it. The advent of mobile-focused, touch-based interfaces revolutionized the landscape of interaction design in just a few years. Today, the potential of AR/VR interfaces loom on the horizon. Who can say how we will control technologies in 10 or 15 years?
While human/computer interaction evolves, one aspect of this stays refreshingly constant: Humans. Technology will always have users, and those users will always have specific needs if they are to be successful. This course covers everything that goes into finding what users need and satisfying those needs.
We will cover this process from start to finish - beginning with identifying users and their needs, then finding ways to meet those needs as thoughtfully as possible.
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This course will be released on a rolling release schedule. There are a total of 4 modules in this course, each of which covering a discrete step in the interface design process. Module 0 and 1 will be released when the course goes live, and the remaining modules will be released as follows:
Module 2: 7/6
Module 3: 7/13
Module 4: 7/20
Module 1: Understanding User Needs
Needfinding
Contextual Inquiry
Refine User Needs
Module 2: How User Needs Inform UI Design
How Might We Statements
Incorporating User Research
Understanding Tasks
Simple UI Mockups & Prototypes
Module 3: Incorporating UI Elements
Combining Tasks into a cohesive design
Common visual affordances
UI Design Trends and Best Practices
Evaluating Interfaces
Module 4: Making it all look good
Color
Typography
Whitespace/content balance/clarity
Branding
Visual Hierarchy and how the eye accepts information

Intermediate Level

Time: 4 Weeks

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Adrian Leven

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Adrian Leven is a Content Developer at Microsoft Learning with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction. He received his B.S. In Computer Science from Stanford University.