Introduction to User Experience Principles and Processes

Integrate UX Research and UX Design to create great products through understanding user needs, rapidly generating prototypes, and evaluating design concepts. Learners will gain hands-on experience with taking a product from initial concept, through user research, ideation and refinement, formal analysis, prototyping, and user testing, applying perspectives and methods to ensure a great user experience at every step.

Created by: Mark Newman

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Overall Score : 96 / 100

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Course Description

This UX course provides an introduction to the fields of UX research and design. Learners will gain an understanding of what is involved in UX research, including conducting interviews, evaluating systems, and analyzing systems using principles of good design. Learners will also learn about the work involved in UX Design, including the generation of promising design solutions and the creation of prototypes at multiple levels of fidelity. By interleaving successive phases of UX Research and Design, learners will see how to learn from inevitable mistakes and improve towards a product with a great UX.What you'll learn:- The skills needed for UX research and design-- How UX researchers discover and assess user needs and assess possible designs-- How to conduct a micro-usability test-- How UX designers use sketching and prototyping to develop design concepts- How to incorporate a user-centered focus into the design process-- Key features of human behavior and describe their impact on the design of interactive systems-- Techniques for critiquing and designing interactive systems based on human capabilities and behavior-

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Instructor Details

Mark Newman

Mark W. Newman is an Associate Professor in the School of Information and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. He is the Human Computer Interaction specialization coordinator for the Masters of Science in Information at the University of Michigan, and he is a founder of the campus-wide Michigan Interactive and Social Computing (MISC) group. He received an Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012 and an NSF CAREER Award in 2009. His research interests are in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Ubiquitous Computing, with a focus on support for design, prototyping, and evaluation of novel applications and technologies. Before joining the University of Michigan, Mark was a research scientist in the Computer Science Laboratory at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) from 2000-2007. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and his B.A. in Philosophy from Macalester College.

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By William S on 19-May-19

Very good and informative. The only downside is I wish other students could finish their assignments faster so I can finish all my peer review tasks.

By Vina C on 29-Jan-19

I learned a lot from this one course! I loved it and you will too.

By Anelia S on 31-Jan-19

I think this course is a good introduction in the User Experience Design.

By sylvia on 22-Jan-19

The lecture is helpful and clear, and I have learnt a lot knowledge of User Experience as well as some great practical tips.

By SOUGAT C on 4-Feb-19

Absolutely brilliant

By Hossam I K on 15-Dec-18

This course is really useful and summarized the instructor is really great, I recommend it %100.

By Chenyu L on 3-Jan-19

Excellent class, I have learned a lot basic knowledge of UX from it!

By John A on 17-Dec-18

This course is taking me out of my comfort zone at the right time in my professional development.

By Maureen Y on 9-Jan-19

well organized and excellent content

By Carlos J B A on 9-Jan-19

A rewarding experience because I have been able to learn very valuable information. It is an excellent course. It has helped me in the personal and professional field. Thank you.

By Amber W on 8-Feb-19

Very informative and thorough. I finished the course ready to learn more. One of the better online courses I've taken.

By Yolanda M A on 7-Mar-19

Fantastic course! I highly recommend it. The teacher is awesome, the exercises and tasks really help in the learning process and the whole course is very well explained an organised