Integrate UX Research and UX Design to create great products through understanding user needs, rapidly generating prototypes, and evaluating design concepts. Learners will gain hands-on experience with taking a product from initial concept, through user research, ideation and refinement, formal analysis, prototyping, and user testing, applying perspectives and methods to ensure a great user experience at every step.
User Experience Research and Design Specialization
User Experience Research and Design Specialization
Begin your journey in UX Research and Design. Gain a solid foundation in UX Research and Design to create great products and advance your career.
Instructors: Lija Hogan
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
(1,978 reviews)
Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Understand the basics of UX design and UX research
Use appropriate UX research approaches to inform design decisions
Design a complete product, taking it from an initial concept to an interactive prototype
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Skills you'll gain
What’s included
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Taught in English
37 practice exercises
Advance your subject-matter expertise
- Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
- Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects
- Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
- Earn a career certificate from University of Michigan
Specialization - 6 course series
What you'll learn
Understand the fields of UX design and UX research.
Understand design principles and best practices and their basis in human capabilities and behavior
Incorporate a user-centered focus into the design process
Skills you'll gain
User Experience, User Centered Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Interface (UI) Design, Ideation, Design Thinking, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Human Factors, and UI/UX Research
What you'll learn
Understand user needs assessments and qualitative research
Learn an end-to-end methodology for qualitative research
Explore good practices for conducting semi-structured interviews, in-situ observation, and affinity walls
Skills you'll gain
Interviewing Skills, Qualitative Research, Usability Testing, User Research, Research Methodologies, User Centered Design, Human Computer Interaction, Data Collection, Research, and Needs Assessment
What you'll learn
Identify different approaches to user testing and their appropriate use
Design and run an user test effectively
Analyze and report on user testing
Skills you'll gain
Usability Testing, User Research, Test Case, Interviewing Skills, User Experience Design, Test Planning, Human Computer Interaction, UI/UX Research, User Experience, and Usability
What you'll learn
Define and scope the design problem
Create user stories and storyboards to transform information about user needs into design concepts
Develop prototypes from elements of interactions and low-to-high fidelity mockups
Skills you'll gain
Prototyping, Interaction Design, Storyboarding, User Experience Design, Wireframing, Ideation, Conceptual Design, User Centered Design, User Research, Mockups, User Interface (UI), User Story, and Usability Testing
What you'll learn
Understand survey methodology from the UX perspective
Learn techniques to gaining UX insights from large numbers of users, including web analytics, A/B testing, and remote unmoderated studies
Skills you'll gain
Surveys, Usability Testing, Survey Creation, Sampling (Statistics), A/B Testing, Web Analytics, Web Analytics and SEO, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Research Design, Research Methodologies, User Research, Sample Size Determination, Analytics, and Qualitative Research
What you'll learn
Gain experience conducting user experience research in a real-world setting
Design and carry out an integrated multi-phase user experience design project
Communicate design concepts and actionable research findings
Skills you'll gain
User Experience Design, Usability Testing, User Research, Persona Development, Design Research, Adobe Photoshop, Prototyping, Wireframing, Requirements Analysis, Design, Technical Communication, User Centered Design, and Storyboarding
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