UX training course

Intro to UX

Introducing course contents
Defining different UX terms
Where UX fits in the development process (business roles, product management etc)
Examples of projects

Exercise: defining business goals and user goals on real-world websites

User research

Different forms of research
Interviewing users and how to ask good questions
How to get to a problem
Options for gathering quant data on users
How to pull together research & personas

Exercise: interviewing each other
Exercise: creating personas

User flows & information architecture

The three aspects of information architecture
Importance of thinking in flows
How to create a user flow
Demo-ing creating a user flow for a well-known app

Exercise: card sort
Exercise: creating user flows for a product based on Day 1’s research

Sketching interfaces & wireframing

What UX artefacts look like
The user of sketching in creativity
How to create wireframes

Exercise: rapid sketching
Exercise: creating your own set of wireframes

Usability & prototyping

Introduction to usability principles
Creating good usability in forms
How to create rapid prototypes
Tools and resources

Exercise: critiquing real website usability
Exercise: create your own quick prototype with free online tools

User testing & presentation

Principles of user testing
Tools for user testing

Exercise: run user tests on your own prototype
Exercise: present your prototype to the group