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UX Tools, Tricks, & Techniques

UX Tools, Tricks, & Techniques

Everyone is talking about UX. Here's what you need to know about user centered design.


Course details

2.5∙52 Ratings12 reviews

Published
March 2011
Videos
46
Duration
1h 12m
Happy students
1925

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About the course

This course pulls together advice and insights from throughout the UX profession to give you a crash course on the tools and techniques for bringing top-notch experiences to your users. The course couples advice from respected UX strategist Robert Hoekman Jr with seminal articles and instructive videos that teach you how to plan and design sites and apps that meet both user and  business needs to drive conversion, retention, and loyalty. Each lesson opens with an overview of the subject at hand and offers insights directly from Robert. From there, you're taken through a collection of the best articles and videos available for learning the nuts and bolts of user experience strategy and design.  By the end of this course, you'll have a firm grasp on why user experience work is so important and how to get started with everything from research to wireframing, from task definition to prototyping.

Course Instructor

Robert Hoekman Jr

Robert Hoekman Jr

Robert is a user experience specialist and prolific writer who has written dozens of articles and has worked with My Space, Seth Godin (Squidoo), Adobe, Automattic, United Airlines, DoTheRightThing.com, and countless others.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Defining User Experience
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    Purpose, ideology, & scope
    7:57
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    Usability 101: Introduction to Usability
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    Overview of content strategy
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    How to be persuasive: 7 persuasive techniques
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    A Definition of Interaction Design
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    Thoughts on the impending death of information architecture
Lesson 2: Design Research
Lesson 3: Strategy Definition
Lesson 4: UX Audits
Lesson 5: Design Thinking
Lesson 6: Planning
Lesson 7: Wireframes
Lesson 8: Prototypes
Lesson 9: Usability Testing

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Course details

2.5∙52 Ratings12 reviews

Published
March 2011
Videos
46
Duration
1h 12m
Happy students
1925

Take this course
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