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There are 7 modules in this course
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.
We situate evaluation in the larger UI design process and provide an introduction to the course's content.
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2 videos
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2 videos•Total 16 minutes
Introduction to Evaluating User Interfaces and Evaluation in the UI Design Process•4 minutes
Evaluating User Interfaces: An Introduction•12 minutes
Evaluation without Users (Part 1)
Module 2•4 hours to complete
Module details
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).
What's included
5 videos1 reading1 peer review
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5 videos•Total 81 minutes
Evaluation without Users: Introduction•12 minutes
Action Analysis: GOMS and Informal Action Analysis•25 minutes
Wrap-up Lecture: Evaluation without Users•7 minutes
1 assignment•Total 28 minutes
Evaluation without Users Quiz•28 minutes
2 peer reviews•Total 180 minutes
Cognitive Walkthrough•60 minutes
Heuristic Evaluation Assignment•120 minutes
Evaluation with Users (Part 1)
Module 4•1 hour to complete
Module details
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)
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7 videos
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7 videos•Total 58 minutes
Introduction to User Testing•2 minutes
User Testing Goals: Formative and Summative Evaluation•8 minutes
Usability Lab Tour•8 minutes
Usability Lab Example 1 - User 1•12 minutes
Usability Lab Example 1 - User 2•7 minutes
Usability Lab Example 2 - User 1•14 minutes
Usability Lab Example 2 - User 2•7 minutes
Evaluation with Users (Part 2)
Module 5•3 hours to complete
Module details
We continue our discussion of with-user evaluation techniques (Part 2 of 3)
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4 videos1 peer review
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4 videos•Total 57 minutes
Ethics in User Evaluation•10 minutes
Drafting a User Test Plan•18 minutes
Field Study Case Example: ShareTable Deployment•22 minutes
Assignment Video: User Test Plan•7 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
User Test Plan•120 minutes
Evaluation with Users (Part 3)
Module 6•1 hour to complete
Module details
We continue our discussion of with-user evaluation techniques (Part 2 of 3)
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8 videos
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8 videos•Total 71 minutes
Eye-Tracking: Introduction and First Demonstration•9 minutes
Eye-Tracking: Second Demonstration•3 minutes
Eye-Tracking: Review•11 minutes
Eye-Tracking: Discussion and Conclusion•9 minutes
Field Studies, Alpha Releases, and A/B Tests•4 minutes
Controlled Field Experiments•8 minutes
Industry Practice: Massive A/B Testing (Interview with Ronny Kohavi)•23 minutes
Log Analysis in Evaluation•4 minutes
Wrap-Up
Module 7•1 hour to complete
Module details
We revisit our overview of UI evaluation.
What's included
2 videos1 assignment
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2 videos•Total 18 minutes
Usability Goals and Measures•13 minutes
Evaluating User Interfaces: Course Recap•4 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Evaluation with Users Quiz•30 minutes
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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.
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Very useful. But took me so long to get peer grade and finish.
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