Software Development
User Experience (UX) Design Foundations
UX Design Foundations: Design Principles and Strategies
UX Design Foundations: Navigation, Layout, and Content
UX Design Foundations: Techniques and Tools

UX Design Foundations: Design Principles and Strategies

Course Number:
sd_uxfd_a01_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

UX Design Foundations: Design Principles and Strategies

  • start the course
  • identify features and advantages of user-centered design (UCD)
  • identify how a storytelling approach can optimize user-centered design
  • identify how to optimize content to better suit the behavior and expectations of the target users
  • describe some basic UX guidelines for ensuring favorable user experience in designs
  • identify the psychology behind content design
  • identify how to take account of Hick's Law in interface design
  • identify how to take account of Fitts's Law in interface design
  • identify how to take account of the Pareto principle in interface design
  • identify how to apply Gestalt principles in user interface design
  • identify the role of the Gutenberg diagram in user interface design
  • identify how inattentional blindness should be considered in user interface design
  • describe basic design guidelines that should be applied in user interface design
  • describe the role of design patterns in UI design
  • describe how behavior patterns should be considered in UI design
  • describe how to use color to optimize user experience of application interfaces
  • describe the guidelines for effective color combination and saturation to optimize user experience
  • describe how alignment can be used to optimize user experience of application interfaces
  • describe how typography can impact user experience
  • describe accessibility and the importance of considering accessibility in providing an effective user experience
  • describe globalization and localization as components of internationalism and how they should be considered as part of an effective user experience
  • describe responsive web design and its role in providing an effective user experience across different devices
  • describe the areas of consideration specific to mobile users when designing a user interface
  • describe agile design and Lean UX as frameworks for UX design
  • apply design principles in UI development

Overview/Description
A positive and effective user experience is crucial to the success of an application. This course addresses the importance of identifying your users, using consistent and simple design patterns, implementing effective navigation and layout, incorporating media elements, using advertisements, and implementing user interface design strategies and tools such as Lean UX and wireframing. In this course, you'll learn principles such as Hick's Law, Pareto Principle, and Gestalt Principles in the context of UX design. In addition to design and behavior patterns, you'll learn how to use color and typography to optimize user experience. Finally you'll explore design approaches and frameworks such as agile and responsive design.

Target Audience
Designers who want to learn how to implement effective design strategies for the optimum UX experience

UX Design Foundations: Navigation, Layout, and Content

Course Number:
sd_uxfd_a03_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

UX Design Foundations: Navigation, Layout, and Content

  • start the course
  • describe a plan for navigation as part of a UX solution
  • define UI navigation types and design tools
  • describe a plan for responsive navigation as part of a UX solution
  • describe different navigational models including entry and exit points and escape hatches that can be implemented as part of a UX solution
  • distinguish between menu structures according to tasks, audience, or categories
  • use a site map in a web site design to optimize user experience
  • describe the guidelines for implementing hyperlinks in a web site for an effective user experience
  • configure for effective search functionality
  • describe design and content considerations for a home page that provides an effective user experience
  • describe the five-second home page test to assess user experience
  • describe design considerations for a category page that provides an effective user experience
  • describe design considerations for a product page that provides an effective user experience
  • describe design considerations for shopping carts and checkouts that provide an effective user experience
  • describe design considerations for long form content that provides an effective user experience
  • describe design considerations for help and FAQ pages that provide an effective user experience
  • describe how to present actions for an effective user experience
  • describe design considerations for web forms
  • describe guidelines for creating effective web forms
  • describe considerations for designing form fields that optimize user experience
  • describe how to manage form errors in a way that doesn't negatively impact user experience
  • describe considerations for effective use of media in an application
  • describe considerations for effective use of photos in an application
  • describe considerations for managing photos and files in applications
  • describe the considerations for balancing advertisements with content in a way that doesn't negatively impact user experience
  • design navigation, layout, and content components for an effective user experience

Overview/Description
A positive and effective user experience is crucial to the success of an application. In this course, you'll learn about implementing effective navigation and layout, incorporating media elements, and using advertisements effectively for optimum user experience. You'll also explore different navigation models and solutions, as well as effective home page, category page, product page and shopping cart design. You'll also learn about the design of effective form solutions.

Target Audience
Designers who want to learn how to design navigation layout and content components to provide an effective user experience

UX Design Foundations: Techniques and Tools

Course Number:
sd_uxfd_a02_it_enus
Lesson Objectives

UX Design Foundations: Techniques and Tools

  • start the course
  • describe the need to obtain business and user requirements for effective UX and outline the techniques for implementing a solution design based on these requirements
  • describe how to conduct user research for effective UX
  • describe how to use analytics as part of research for effective UX design solutions
  • describe how to use ideation workshops to identify UX design questions and solution ideas
  • describe how to use task models to outline activities in a goal that a UI system should provide
  • describe how to outline user journeys through a UI
  • describe how to create and use customer experience maps for a system
  • describe the role of personas in effective UX design
  • describe how card sorting can be used to design or evaluate information architecture for a system
  • describe an information architecture design
  • describe the role of prototyping as part of a design
  • describe how sketching can be used for fast concept prototyping
  • describe the role of wireframes in prototyping
  • describe guidelines for wireframes
  • describe the use of heuristic evaluation as part of a UX design solution
  • describe the use of usability testing as part of a UX design solution
  • describe the use of accessibility testing as part of a UX design solution
  • describe the use of social media for usability testing as part of a UX design solution
  • implement research, design, and testing tools and strategies for a UX solution

Overview/Description
A positive and effective user experience is crucial to the success of an application. In this course, you'll learn about implementation of research, design, prototyping, and testing strategies and tools. The course will cover tools such as user journeys, customer experience maps and persona profiles. You'll also learn about the role of an information architecture designer and how to prototype with sketches and wireframes. Finally, you will explore heuristic evaluation, user, and accessibility testing as part of a UX design solution.

Target Audience
Designers who want to learn how to implement effective research, design, prototyping, and testing tools and strategies for the optimum user experience

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