In this course you will learn and practice techniques of user research and early UI design exploration. First, you will learn and practice several techniques for user research, including in-person research and survey and log-analysis techniques. Then, you will learn to analyze and deliver user research in forms that support UI design, including personas, use cases, tasks, and scenarios. Finally, you will learn and practice ideation techniques that start from user research and broadly generate potential design ideas.
User Research and Design
User Research and Design
This course is part of User Interface Design Specialization
Instructors: Loren Terveen
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- Qualitative Research
- People Analytics
- User Interface (UI) Design
- Ideation
- Data Collection
- Interviewing Skills
- User Experience Design
- Persona Development
- UI/UX Research
- User Centered Design
- User Story
- Surveys
- Persona (User Experience)
- User Research
- Data Analysis
- User Experience
- User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
- UI/UX Strategy
- User Interface (UI)
- Design Research
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this help a lot in solving my question "How to extract meaning from large data?"
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Weekly sessions are locked until a certain date. I find I am able to easily overcome the pacing of the course. I would like to be able to move more quickly through the course to remain engaged.
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