User Experience Design The Accelerated Ux

Understand User Experience Design ( UX ) to begin designing web and mobile apps to keep your users engaged and happy.

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.2

- Understand the basics of UX Design
- and apply basic principals to common design problems
- Identify which aspects of UX Design are holding a project back
- Deep-dive into sub-components of UX Design for specialization

What you'll learn

Understand the basics of UX Design

and apply basic principals to common design problems

Identify which aspects of UX Design are holding a project back

Deep-dive into sub-components of UX Design for specialization

This course does NOT include material on advanced interface design. UI is NOT to be confused with UX.

* Requirements

* A basic proficiency with web design is recommended
* although not required.

Description

UPDATE (03/01/2016): New Section!

Just added a new section where we go over the most modern design and prototyping tools.
We discuss design tools like Sketch 3, Photoshop, and Illustrator, so you can decide what to use.
Overview of static prototyping tools like Marvel App and Invision
Quick introduction to granular animation prototyping tools like Pixate, Flinto, FramerJS
We create a simple design flow using Sketch!
We put our prototype on Marvel

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Overview

Interested in learning what makes a great web or mobile app? How to understand users? Or do you want to expand your web design or development skills? If so, you've come to the right place.

User Experience Design: The Accelerated UX Course is the quickest, and most cost-effective UX course you'll find on the web – or your money back. We'll provide you with the knowledge of each of the major areas of UX Design, so you can begin designing web and mobile apps on your own.

User Experience Design (UXD or UX) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and “delight" provided in the interaction between a user and product. It's about making your apps intuitive, easy to use, and most of all – effective at solving problems. Throughout the course, we'll walk you through the major knowledge areas of UX Design, and get you started on a path to UX Mastery.

This interactive and on-demand course includes everything you need to go from zero-to-60 in the world of UX. While it takes years to achieve mastery, our goal with this course is to help you fast-track the beginning steps.

What's included in the course?

The course is divided into 7 meticulously-designed sections, each developed with ease of learning in mind. While UX books, and other online UX courses require hours of reviewing theoretical content, this course fast tracks you to just the good stuff.

Combing the expertise of two instructors based in heart of the Silicon Valley technology scene, you'll dive deep into best parts of UX, so you can finish the course QUICKLY. To get started creating beautiful experiences right away, we'll walk you through a handful of sections that include:

History and Background of UX
Understanding Users
Information Architecture
Visual Design Principals
Functional Layout Design
User Psychology
Real-World Tips and Tricks

We've designed the course to make learning both quick and fun. And, I've used techniques proven to effortlessly lock-in knowledge. So what are you waiting for? If you're looking for a course to learn User Experience Design, and FAST, then look no further.

Still not convinced? The course includes full money back guarantee, so long as you request it within 30 days of your purchase. No questions asked.

Who this course is for:

Beginner and Intermediate Designers
Anyone seeking to launch an app of their own

Course content

8 sections • 46 lectures

Introduction 2 lectures

Introduction Preview 01:18

This this lecture you will be introduced to the instructors and major sections of the course.

What You'll Learn Preview 02:07

This lecture includes an overview of the major sections of the course, and outlines what you will learn. That includes:

The History and Basics of UX Design
User Research and Understanding Users
Information Architecture
Visual Design Principals
Functional Layout Design
User Psychology

The History of UX and "The Basics" 7 lectures

The Basics Preview 02:33

This lecture describes the major components of User Experience Design, and provides a foundational understanding for approaching each section.

What You'll Learn and The Basics

History of UX Design Preview 03:07

This lecture describes the origins of UX Design, and how the principals of UX can be applied to physical machines like the ox cart, horse saddle, and machines during the Industrial Revolution.

History of UX

Modern Day UX Preview 05:10

This lecture describes how UX Design has evolved over time. Specifically, how mechanical and ergonomics design evolved into software and user interfaces.

Analogy - Understanding Software as a Physical Building Preview 01:53

Understanding UX Design and software is difficult. This lecture uses the analogy of a physical building to explain software and UX Design.

Two Components of UX + Lean Framework Preview 04:10

User Experience Design contains two major components: we'll call them 1) Aiming and 2) Firing. Aiming refers to pre-and-post design activities like user research and information architecture. While Firing refers to the process of designing things like screens and interfaces.

Understanding Users 7 lectures

Introduction to User Research Preview 05:07

This lecture introduces the concept and importance of User Research. And how it can be used to dramatically increase the quality and speed of new designs.

The User Research Process Preview 04:11

This lecture describes the 5 major components of User Research:

Set Objectives
Write a Hypothesis
Identify Methods of Research
Conduct Research
Analyze Results

User Research Method Types Preview 02:51

This lecture describes the 2 types of User Research: Art and Science. Art refers to early-stage and low-volume user research activities like interviews and short run surveys. Science refers to large-scale and late-stage activities like usage analytics and AB testing.

User Research Process and Method Types

Software and Tools of User Research Preview 08:38

This lecture identifies a handful of user research software tools and places them along a spectrum according to their User Research Method Type (Art vs Science). Common tools include Google Analytics, Zurb Verify App, Survey Monkey, CrazyEgg, PickFu, Google Consumer Surveys, Databases and Amazon Redshift, UserTesting . com, Optimizely, and more.

Real-World User Research Project - Example 1 Preview 20:27

This lecture details an entire user research project from start to finish.

Real-World User Research Project - Example 2 Preview 02:46

This lecture details an entire user research project from start to finish.

Information Architecture 5 lectures

Introduction and History of Information Architecture Preview 05:43

This lecture describes the origins of Information Architecture after the birth of the internet.

The Skills of Information Architecture Preview 07:13

This lecture describes the common skills that information architects use.

The Skills of Information Architecture - Part 2 Preview 07:58

This lecture is an expansion of the previous lecture, and describes the skills that information architects use.

Real World Examples of Information Architecture Preview 05:11

This lecture identifies real-world examples of information architecture so that you will be able to identify them on your own in the wild.

Information Architecture Section Quiz

Visual Design Principles 8 lectures

Elements of design Preview 02:01

This section describes the primary elements of design, which are used to construct practically any visual creation. They include Line, Shape, Direction, Texture, Size, and Color.

Design Principles Preview 01:43

This section describes the Principals of Design, which are used in combination with the Elements of Design to generate design compositions. They include Balance, Proximity, Alignment, Repetition, Contrast, and Space.

Visual Weight and Depth Preview 02:07

This lecture describes how visual weight and thickness can influence a design aesthetic, particularly text.

Typography Preview 02:05

Typography is one of the most important components of web design. This lecture provides an introduction to typography, so you can recognize common characteristics and know when to use common font types.

Color Preview 02:14

This section describes the basics of color and color theory.

Repetition and Patterns Preview 02:07

This section describes the relationship between common and repeating elements, often referred to as repetition or patterns.

Alignment and Proximity Preview 01:29

This lecture describes the relationship of generic elements, and how their presence among one another can produce interesting results.

Visual Design Principals

Functional Layout Design 4 lectures

Images, Headings, and The Fold Preview 01:59

This section describes several major components of a web page, including the images, headings, and what web designers refer to as "the fold."

Calls To Action, Labels, And Instructions Preview 02:09

This section describes buttons (or CTAs), and how their use can influence user behavior.

Primary and Secondary Buttons Preview 01:55

This section describes how multiple buttons or CTAs can be grouped together in unique ways.

Functional Layout Design

User Psychology 7 lectures

Introduction to User Psychology Preview 05:14

This lecture describes the basics and importance of user psychology, and how understanding it can help you become a better designer and positively influence user behavior.

Intuitive Products, Components of an Experience, and Emotion Preview 08:57

This lecture explores the concept of how products can become "intuitive," and also what makes this possible. It also transitions into emotion and motivation.

Motivation, and the BJ Fogg Behavior Model Preview 14:16

This lecture defines the relationship between intuitive products, emotion, and motivation. It also explores one of 4 primary psychological models called the BJ Fogg Behavior Model, which contains three primary components: Motivation, Ability, and Trigger.