Overview
User experience, known as UX, makes a huge difference to whether a digital product, or project, succeeds. in this course, you will learn what UX is and why it’s so important. You’ll learn the foundations of UX design and what distinguishes good from bad UX. You will also explore the UX design process, user research, designing your experience, using your goals and ideas to draw wireframes, and then building usable prototypes.
Finally, we will look at the different techniques you can use to test and develop your designs, so that they’re ready to release to the market.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe what user experience (UX) is and why it is important
- Identify the key approach, attitude and process elements which are necessary for UX design
- Identify the concepts of information architecture and the importance of good structure for usability
- Explain the how and why of drawing wireframes, the importance of low-to-high detail and the benefits of interactive prototypes
- Explain the foundations of UX design and the impact it can have on your business
- Describe the ‘design’, ‘develop’ and ‘release’ stage of the UX process and what ‘user journeys’ are
- Identify the concepts and explain reasons for creating prototypes
Course Curriculum
Week 1: Why is user experience important?
- The foundations of UX design
- What is ‘good usability’?
Week 2: Artificial Intelligence in Industry
- The importance of user research
- User journeys
- Visual design
- Structuring your site
- Wire frames and interactive prototypes
Week 3: Tools and testing
- Types of user testing
- Interaction design
- The importance of analyzing data
