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Introduction
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Welcome! This course will challenge you to push your skills as a designer as you learn more about how to understand your users. While…
Get started1: Contextual Research, Affordances, and Signifiers
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Introduction to Contextual Research A primary goal for this class is to build your ability to understand users. A key to this is getting out…
Get started2: Contextual Inquiry and Conceptual Models
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Contextual Inquiry Now we'll turn back to the Holtzblatt text to learn more about methods of contextual inquiry. Read Chapter 3 (Principles…
Get started3: Interpretation, Evaluation, and Execution
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Interpreting Contextual Research Returning to the Holtzblatt text we now look at how to share data effectively from contextual research and…
Get started4: Data Reporting Methods
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Sharing Data So far we've learned a number of helpful things from Holtzblatt, et. al. regarding why we should, and how to go about…
Get started5: Garrett's Elements of UX
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UX in Digital Design Above all, this course is about effective design of interactive solutions. But how do we determine whether something is…
Get started6: Strategy and Scope
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Plane 1: Strategy Let's take a closer look at the Strategy Plane from Garrett's five planes. Read Chapter 3 from Garrett . Begin to…
Get started7: Structure
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Plane 3: Structure Continuing with our walk through Garrett's five planes of user experience design, let's examine the Structure plane. Read…
Get started8: Skeleton and Surface
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Plane 4: Skeleton Let's continue again with Garrett's planes and look at the Skeleton Plane. Read Chapter 6 from Garrett . Plane 5: Surface…
Get started9: Emotional Design for Humans
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Emotional Design Let's start a new text, Aarron Walter's Designing for Emotion . What does it mean to "design for emotion?" How can we make…
Get started10: Personality and Emotional Engagement
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Personality As you get to know your users don't forget that your interactive project can also have its own personality. Read Chapter 3 from…
Get started11: Overcoming Obstacles and Forgiveness
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Overcoming Obstacles Read Chapter 5 from Walter . Forgiveness Read Chapter 6 from Walter .
Get started12: Risk and Reward
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Risk and Reward Read Chapter 7 from Walter .
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