In this course you will learn and practice several techniques for user interface evaluation. First we start with techniques that can be applied alone or in a design team, including action analysis, walkthroughs, and heuristic evaluation. Then we move on to user testing, including learning from a series of usability tests carried out in a real usability lab, and techniques to carry out your own tests even without a lab. Finally, we wrap up the discussion of evaluation--and of UI Design in the specialization as a whole--by looking at the question of how to set and measure usability goals, and in turn, when a design is usable enough to release it.
This course is part of the User Interface Design Specialization
Evaluating User Interfaces
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
16 minutes to complete
Preface
We situate evaluation in the larger UI design process and provide an introduction to the course's content.
16 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 16 min)
2 videos
Evaluating User Interfaces: An Introduction11m
4 hours to complete
Evaluation without Users (Part 1)
We cover industry-standard techniques for evaluating interfaces without users, a lower-cost approach that precedes higher-cost "with user" strategies (Part 1 of 2).
4 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 81 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
5 videos
Action Analysis: GOMS and Informal Action Analysis24m
Case Example: Action Analysis14m
Assignment Video: Action Analysis Assignment16m
Cognitive Walkthroughs14m
1 reading
Informal Action Analysis Assignment10m
6 hours to complete
Evaluation without Users (Part 2)
We continue our overview of evaluation techniques that do not involve users (Part 2 of 2).
6 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 104 min)
7 videos
Introduction to Heuristic Evaluation18m
Nielsen's Heuristics (Part 1)27m
Nielsen's Heuristics (Part 2)19m
Nielsen's Heuristics (Part 3)15m
Assignment Video: Heuristic Evaluation6m
Wrap-up Lecture: Evaluation without Users7m
1 practice exercise
Evaluation without Users Quiz28m
1 hour to complete
Evaluation with Users (Part 1)
We dive into the most important - and most costly - family of evaluation techniques: those that involve testing your user interface with real users (Part 1 of 3)
1 hour to complete
7 videos (Total 58 min)
7 videos
User Testing Goals: Formative and Summative Evaluation8m
Usability Lab Tour7m
Usability Lab Example 1 - User 111m
Usability Lab Example 1 - User 26m
Usability Lab Example 2 - User 114m
Usability Lab Example 2 - User 27m
3 hours to complete
Evaluation with Users (Part 2)
We continue our discussion of with-user evaluation techniques (Part 2 of 3)
3 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 57 min)
4 videos
Drafting a User Test Plan17m
Field Study Case Example: ShareTable Deployment22m
Assignment Video: User Test Plan7m
1 hour to complete
Evaluation with Users (Part 3)
We continue our discussion of with-user evaluation techniques (Part 2 of 3)
1 hour to complete
8 videos (Total 71 min)
8 videos
Eye-Tracking: Second Demonstration2m
Eye-Tracking: Review11m
Eye-Tracking: Discussion and Conclusion9m
Field Studies, Alpha Releases, and A/B Tests4m
Controlled Field Experiments7m
Industry Practice: Massive A/B Testing (Interview with Ronny Kohavi)23m
Log Analysis in Evaluation3m
1 hour to complete
Wrap-Up
We revisit our overview of UI evaluation.
1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 18 min)
1 practice exercise
Evaluation with Users Quiz22m
Reviews
4.7
TOP REVIEWS FROM EVALUATING USER INTERFACES
by AAMay 31, 2017
This course was very thorough and covered A LOT of material. The course is very challenging, in epth and comprehensive. The only think lacking is more opportunities to create portfolio projects.
by SKDec 3, 2017
Wonder courses for novice and advance users. The courses are not only theory based, at the end of every week there are assignment & quiz, which helps a lot.
by KAJan 10, 2018
Designing and Development team will realize the impact of usability and be able to fine tune in their products.
by VSOct 23, 2017
This was a nice learning experience for me. Knowing about various and complicated design evaluation
by GTJul 1, 2017
I can can tell a lot of work and time was put into this course. It was very insightful! Thank you.
by JMAug 21, 2017
This course provided me with information that I could immediately put to use in my company!!
by IMApr 7, 2019
Minnesota University team! You are doing great job! Thanks a lot! Very good courses
by TZNov 9, 2018
Very useful. But took me so long to get peer grade and finish.
by PSJan 31, 2018
Like the content and the assignments for the beginner level.
About the User Interface Design Specialization
In this Specialization, you will learn industry-standard theory and methods for developing successful user interfaces (UIs). Upon completing this Specialization, you will have fluency with the user research, prototyping and evaluation techniques necessary for creating intuitive interfaces that facilitate good user experiences. You will also have demonstrated this fluency through an in-depth Capstone Project that can be shown to prospective employers in the fast-growing field of UI design.
Concepts and techniques covered include structured approaches for helping you understand your user base and their needs (e.g. contextual inquiry and design psychology), widely-employed prototyping and design methods (e.g. low-fidelity and paper prototyping), and robust techniques for helping you evaluate your design choices (e.g. heuristic evaluation and user studies). By the end of the Specialization, you will be comfortable applying these concepts and techniques to design an interface for a wide variety of users from around the world.
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When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
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