ux course overview for mpict.org
DESCRIPTION
A presentation to give a sense of what we covered in our course to the rest of the attendees of a week-long "teach the teachers" program run by MPICT.TRANSCRIPT
Review
WHAT IS UX?
overview
[ If you know how it works, you are not the user. ]
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daniel drew turner INTERACTION DESIGN AND USER RESEARCH[ ]
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Do = !! !
Why > Do(That is, doing is awesome. Knowing why, even awesomer.)
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There are many jobs for students in UX, but don’t assume that means these students need to learn to code.
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(UX != coding)
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YES !
Anthropology Ethnography Sociology Journalism Statistics
NO !
Marketing Sales Your "vision"
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Knowing why is critical. "How Designers Destroyed the World" from Mike Monteiro: http://vimeo.com/68470326
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"What problem does this solve?" !
"For whom?" !
"And how do we know this?"
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If your students can ask this question, explain why they’re asking it, and help find answers? !
#scoreboard
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Data !
Empathy !
Use
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(And UX != UI)
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The structure of the UX process
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Jesse James Garrett’s representation of UX for the web, c. 2000 (@jjg) Note that "user needs" is foundational.
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Basically, a building process !Hypotheses Data Insight Meaning
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This is UX
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You are not the user
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(cited by @kylesoucy)
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(from Erika Hall, @mulegirl)
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User Researcher: this is a career
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This is UX
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This is UX
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This is UX
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This is UX
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Interaction Designer: this is a career
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So, that’s nice. But why? !Because SCIENCE. !The psychological context of users: People + Situation + Need + Importance + Urgency !Underlying psychology: 1. Perception 2. Motivation 3. Emotion 4. Behavior 5. Creativity + Play
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Types of prototyping !paper digital (low- and high-fidelity)
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The point of prototyping: !!
INTERACTIONS
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What it is !!
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EVERY STEP BUILDS ON THE LAST AND SETS THE BASIS FOR THE NEXT
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Usability testing is the bookend to user research. !Both are needed to support what goes in between.
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What is usability testing? !"“It takes only five users to uncover 80 percent of high-level usability problems." !"… debugging a design." !
— Jakob Nielsen !
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What is usability testing? !Please note: it is NOT a focus group !The difference? !"I’m showing you this. Do you like it?" !"Show me how you do this."
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Any testing helps: !Why? !— The "second set of eyes" principle !— The "it’s always been right in front of me" principle !— Everything is broken, even if everything is awesome !(Can still be a pain.)
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Usability Testing: this is a career
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Do = !! !
Why > Do
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Know the Why !
Now Go Do