User Experience (UX) Conceptual Model Design (Udemy.com)

Learn the secret of intuitive design: Design a great conceptual model.

Created by: Susan Weinschenk

Produced in 2015

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What you will learn

  • How to create a conceptual model
  • How to connect a conceptual model to the users' mental models
  • How to decide on major user objects
  • How to describe the attributes, actions, and views of major user objects
  • How to create a navigation model diagram

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Overall Score : 86 / 100

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Course Description

OVER 500 SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THIS COURSE
Design a great user experience (UX) by first designing a conceptual model.
Why are some websites, software, apps, and devices easy to use and others are not? Why do users like some products and reject others? Designers of products that are easy to use know the secret -- They design a conceptual model of the product that matches the target audience's mental model of how it should work. In this course you will learn the secret of how to create a conceptual model.
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Some examples of what's in the course:
  1. How to create a conceptual model
  2. How to connect a conceptual model to the users' mental models
  3. How to decide on major user objects and their "views"
  4. How to make critical conceptual model decisions before you wireframe or prototype a single screen
  5. How to make sure that the conceptual model of what you design fits the users' mental models
  6. How to use the data you have from user research to create your conceptual model
  7. The critical components of navigation and action bar design
  8. How to use card sorting techniques to organize information in a way that makes sense to your audience
  9. Quizzes throughout the course to test your knowledge
  10. Exercises throughout the course to practice what you are learning
and much, much more!
Click the BuyNow button at the top right of this page and get started right away. You don't want to delay learning the secret of using a conceptual model to create products that are a delight and easy to use. Who this course is for:
  • User Experience Professionals, Product Managers, Product Designers, Web Designers

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Instructor Details

Susan Weinschenk

I have a Ph.D. in Psychology and decades of experience as a behavioral scientist, applying psychology to the design of digital products. I'm a consultant to Fortune 1000 companies, start-ups, and educational and government organizations.
A client once referred to me as "The Brain Lady", and it stuck. Probably because I like to teach and consult about brain science.
I'm currently the Founder and Principal of The Team W. I consult, coach, teach, and speak about behavioral science, brain science, psychology, design, innovation, and user experience. I've been lucky enough to travel around the world as a keynote speaker.
I am also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin.
My clients include Disney, Amazon, The Mayo Clinic, Zappos, the Federal Trade Commission (USA), and the European Commission.
I like to write books, including: 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, How To Get People To Do Stuff, 100 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People, and Neuro Web Design: What makes them click? I blog at my own website and I blog for Psychology Today.
My work over the years has included the design of websites, software, medical devices, TV ads, physical devices, experiences, and physical spaces to make them persuasive, usable and motivating.
I live in Wisconsin, USA, with my husband. My two children are grown and "launched". When not teaching, speaking, writing, or blogging, I perform

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Thank you, this was helpful.

Another excellent course by Susan Weinschenk. I like the way she presents in short videos. She has very good, practical knowledge of user centred design. I am going to do this course again to really get a good understanding of them material presented in the course

Gives an birds eye view of the user research process. The cardsorting process, task anakyses etc. But I think Task analysis needs an in-depth review as its just touched the overview. Also the navigation systems also requires some insight into information design/architecture.

Gives a good clear methodology of steps you can take to make more informed design decisions.

I found Susan to be very clear and easy to understand. The content aligned with my expectations and I will be using this course as a reference during my future projects.Bob DuncanUser Experience Designer

Very good course-Many concepts I was not aware of.

While the instructor does tend to use terminology she herself created (which can be confusing when trying to relate to what you may or may not already know, or have heard about), it's still valuable the methods she teaches. This course is basically about the detailed steps one should take in order to build a sound protoype (or, "conceptual model"). I enjoyed this course because the instructor used great examples to explain her theory well - so it was easy to understand. A course worth taking!

Again, Susan has brought many details to bare that are often overlooked in many UXD-based projects. Even if some percentage of these recommendations and practices are fanned into being on our projects, they/we will be so much better off and will produce exponentially better web sites/applications. Thanks Susan.

I work as an interaction designer and i found this course very useful because I got another insight into pre-design processes what help to design intuitive and useful products.A lot of techniques what Susan talks about I know and use so i would recommend this course for everyone who would like to start (or for everyone who needs to improve his knowledge) with designing of websites and web applications but with design of almost everything.

Dr Weinschenk's course is the best practical method I found (and I was searching for it for ages!) for the part in the design process between mental models and how to make your decisions about how to organize information and entice user actions. Worth mentioning: it can be used effectively for non-linear designs as well.I'm looking forward for her next course on Task Analysis if it is of the same caliber.

Suzan, once again, you nailed this topic just perfectly. Can't stop learning from you :-)

A slightly misleading title, as there is not much on the way of detailed explanation on the mental model side of this coin. The conceptual model explanation is thorough and while it is nothing new will help you to think more closely about the gap that plagues designers in their design endeavors.Cognition is a massive subject and the psychology behind the way we think is out of scope on this course. However a little more explanation even on things like working memory and sensory perception may have given some context.All in all The Good Dr. is amiable and presents complex information in easy digestible chunks.