Course breakdown

I. Getting started

Let's start from the top and build a solid foundational understanding of the practice of user experience design.

• What is UX Design? 4 lessons

  At the heart of UX Design is the process of creating meaningful and engaging products for users. This process consists of several disciplines which combined form the skeleton of user experience design. Broadly speaking these disciplines include user research, information architecture, planning & strategy, iterative design and finally testing.

  • A history in UX Design 4m 13s
  • The definition of UX 2m 40s
  • Common misconceptions about UX Design 3m 6s
  • Am I a UX Designer? 3m 9s
• Principles of UX design 6 lessons

  As with any discipline there are core principles that will serve as the foundation for your journey into UX design. This course will help teach you the theory first before we go ahead and jump into the practicalities.

  • The honeycomb diagram 2m 6s
  • Following the data trailpreview 1m 47s
  • Understanding ideation 1m 19s
  • Hick's law 1m 56s
  • Law of proximitypreview 2m 2s
  • Embracing failure 2m 1s
• Getting a job in UX design 4 lessons

  The UX design industry is booming and there simply isn't enough supply for the ever growing demand. Having said that, it's crucial that you search for an environment that is right for you and your career. In this course I'll give you some tips on what to look out for when choosing the right company and some help for your interview.

  • Educate yourself 3m
  • Working on fake projects 2m 30s
  • Finding the right role 4m 38s
  • The interview 3m 3s

II. User research

There is no UX design without research. Learning how, when & why to conduct user research will ensure that you are solving the right problem from the beginning.

• Heuristic evaluation 4 lessons

  A heuristic evaluation is a general inspection of a product's usability that is conducted right at the very beginning of a project. In this course we'll explore how to conduct such a test and what to do with the data.

  • What is a heuristic evaluation? 2m 13s
  • How to conduct a heuristic evaluation 3m 45s
  • Writing up the report 1m 43s
  • Alternating Heuristic Evaluation and User Testing 1m 39s
• How to design ethnographic research 4 lessons

  Ethnographic research serves as a qualitative method where researchers observe and interact with customers out in the real world! In this course I'll define when ethnographic research is needed and how it can help better inform your product decisions.

  • What is ethnography? 1m 36s
  • Who needs ethnographic research? 2m 1s
  • Capturing the information you need 1m 39s
  • Focused coding 1m 51s
• Interviewing users 4 lessons

  If you want to be a UX Designer you have to be able to empathise with your customers! Interviewing users and understanding their needs, differences and aspirations is at the very core of the discipline and we'll explore all of that and more in this course.

  • The importance of face to face interviews 3m 16s
  • A framework for interview users 4m 15s
  • Getting ready to conduct your interview 2m 36s
  • Finding participants 2m 37s
• User personas 4 lessons

  Once we've interviewed our users we can begin to create personas that will help contextualise different their needs. In this course we'll explore how to create them and when they're most useful.

  • What are personas? 2m 34s
  • Empathising with your users 2m
  • Focus areas 1m 9s
  • How many personas do you need? 1m 28s
• Quantifying the user experience - Part 1 4 lessons

  The results of a user test are fairly useless if you cannot determine what it means or how to leverage it to make better product decisions. In the first part of this course we'll first establish why you need to quantify your data and how you can document your findings.

  • Why you need to quantify your data 1m 32s
  • Fundamental user metrics 2m 9s
  • How to document usability problems 1m 33s
  • How precise are our estimates? 4m 40s
• Quantifying the user experience - Part 2 4 lessons

  In the second part of this course we'll continue our exploration into data analysis by looking at different types of statistical measures as well as the need for varying sample sizes.

  • Did we meet or exceed our goals? 2m 8s
  • One tailed and two tailed tests 2m 35s
  • Comparing a completion rate to a benchmark (Small sample size) 3m 7s
  • Comparing a completion rate to a benchmark (Large sample size) 2m 7s
• User story mapping - Part 1 4 lessons

  User story mapping serves as useful technique when determining what part of your product to build first. In the first part of this course we'll explore the anatomy of a story map and what would constitute as a minimum viable product (MVP).

  • What is user story mapping? 2m 30s
  • The anatomy of a story map 2m 14s
  • What is an MVP? 2m 42s
  • Slicing out our first release 1m 53s
• User story mapping - Part 2 4 lessons

  In the second part of the course we'll further explore how we prioritise our product backlogs, what tools we can use to help us and some useful tips when determining what is viable as a first release and what isn't.

  • Defining the problempreview 8m 5s
  • What really drives our priorities 3m 58s
  • Using Trello to project manage 6m 33s
  • Be careful what you consider viable 4m 23s

III. Information architecture

Information architecture will enable you to better understand the structure of the application or project you're building thus enabling users to better understand the experience they're interacting with.

• An introduction to information architecture 6 lessons

  In this course I'll give you an overview of information architecture that will help build a foundational understanding of the role that IA plays in user experience design.

  • Information architecture overviewpreview 1m 53s
  • Daily tasks and deliverables of an IApreview 4m 43s
  • The six models of content organisation 2m 51s
  • The role of cognitive psychology in IA 1m 41s
  • Tools for creating IA models 1m 47s
  • Things to rememberpreview 2m 22s
• Card sorting 6 lessons

  Card sorting is really useful technique when we need to evaluate the information architecture of a product or application. Users categorise content into groups that make sense to them enabling us to design simpler and easy to understand experiences.

  • What is card sorting?preview 1m 39s
  • Card sorting uses 1m 27s
  • Types of card sorting 2m 27s
  • Open, closed & hybrid card sortspreview 1m 38s
  • Remote vs in-person card sorts 1m 37s
  • Tools for card sorting 1m 03s

IV. Wireframing

Wireframing gets you focusing on the content and core experience of a product rather than style and finesse. It enables you to move quickly through ideas until you reach the right solution.

• Wireframing essentials 4 lessons

  Anyone can sketch an idea on a piece of paper - it's as simple as that. In this course I'll help you get past the fear of sketching your ideas and show you how easy it can be to rapidly test paper prototypes that you can pull together in no time.

  • Content priority hierarchies 8m 1s
  • Mobile first wireframing 13m 31s
  • Sketching your ideaspreview 4m 46s
  • Tools for rapid testing 7m 32s
• A guide to fidelity in your designs 5 lessons

  Depending on what type of feedback you're seeking from user testing will govern how much fidelity is required in your designs. In this course I'll show you when & why we use different fidelities and how you can ensure they are ready to hand over to a developer.

  • Why we design in different fidelities 2m 48s
  • A workflow for iterating on your designs 2m 19s
  • Is there a right fidelity to use when user testing? 1m 46s
  • Design hand off 3m 42s
  • Translating your designs to be ready for development 2m 21s

V. Software & tools

Familiarising yourself with common software & tools will build your confidence and get you hitting the ground running in a new job.

• Getting started with Axure 5 lessons

  When communicating your ideas out to the world a great place to start is, Axure. It's easy to learn, powerful and scalable. In this course we'll start with the basics such as the interface, using grids and building widgets.

  • The user interface 4m 1s
  • Sitemaps in Axure 3m
  • Grids & guides 3m 16s
  • Widgets in Axurepreview 3m 32s
  • Basic interactivitypreview 3m 44s
• Adding interactivity in Axure 5 lessons

  The second part of this course we'll explore adding some interactivity to our prototype that will help give you a solid understanding of some of the more complex aspects of Axure to take on to the next step.

  • Form inputs & textareas 5m 10s
  • Dropdowns 5m 23s
  • Checkboxes & radio buttons 3m 40s
  • Adding form interactivity 3m 41s
  • Form validator librarypreview 6m 28s
• Dynamic panels in Axure 6 lessons

  Dynamic panels is where Axure gets really interesting and the possibilities are truly endless. They sound a little scary but once you get the hang of how they work you'll wonder what all the fuss was about!

  • What are dynamic panels? 2m 46s
  • The dynamic panel state manager 5m 38s
  • Creating a sticky header in Axure 7m 29s
  • Creating an accordion menu in Axurepreview 6m
  • Creating an image slider in Axurepreview 4m 8s
  • Creating draggable widgets in Axurepreview 14m 56s
• Getting started with Sketch 4 lessons

  Sketch is one of the go to tools for creating your ideas in a digital format. It's super quick to learn and will give you the capability to bring your ideas to life. In this first course I'll start with the basics to get us going.

  • What's the big deal with Sketch? 4m 32s
  • Getting to grips with the basics 4m 30s
  • How to export your assets 1m 51s
  • Some handy plugins for Sketch 2m 12s
• A closer look at Sketch 4 lessons

  In the second part to this course I'll take a closer look at some of the more powerful tools in Sketch such as shape editor and masking.

  • Working with grids & designing responsivelypreview 13m 6s
  • Draw & edit vector shapes 3m 10s
  • Creating & editing masks 2m 59s
  • Managing your layers 7m 5s

VI. UX Strategy

Learning how to strategically enable the practice of user experience design in a business can revolutionise a company's culture, product & most importantly, bottom line.

• UX for small businesses 5 lessons

  It can be lonely when you're the only UX designer in a company 😢. Figuring out how to sell the benefits of the practice can be challenging or darn right impossible! In this course I'll explore how you can begin to promote the value in UX design from the ground up.

  • Hit the ground runningpreview 4m 13s
  • Undercover user research 3m 24s
  • Collaborative design 2m 2s
  • Time to make things real 2m 38s
  • The art of iteration 4m 16s
• Value proposition design 6 lessons

  Figuring out why a product is special and who will benefit from it are some of the broader questions that will really determine the success of what you're working on. In this course I'll explain how to establish a value proposition for your product/business so you can be sure you're designing the right thing for the right reason.

  • What is value proposition design? 3m 37s
  • The canvas 2m 28s
  • The customer profile 6m 33s
  • The value mappreview 6m 1s
  • The fit 4m 19s
  • Re-cap 4m 19s