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UX & Design Tools That Will Improve Your Productivity. Jennifer Aldrich Content Strategist at Schoolwires @jma245. Story Time. What the…. It Went V iral. This sketch was tweeted, RT’d , liked, and posted on social media sites literally thousands and thousands of times. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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UX & Design Tools That Will Improve Your Productivity

Jennifer AldrichContent Strategist at Schoolwires@jma245

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Story Time

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What the…

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It Went Viral• This sketch was tweeted, RT’d, liked, and posted on social

media sites literally thousands and thousands of times. • Major UX and design companies asked to use it in

presentations and articles. • Professors asked to use it in their design curriculums.• People asked me to make t-shirts and mugs and posters of this

sketch (which now exist at http://society6.com/userexperiencerocks) and hundreds of dollars in merchandise has sold).

• The sketch made the “10 of the Best UX Infographics” list put together by the folks at Usabilla.http://blog.usabilla.com/10-best-ux-infographics/

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The Morals of This Story

1. You don’t need any artistic skill to tell a story with a sketch.2. Kids: Be very careful about what you put on the internet,

because you never know when something you post could take on a life of its own.

3. Don’t be afraid to try new things. My blog is now full of stick figure sketches and cartoons, and it has turned into a really fun creative outlet for me that folks in our industry have been very supportive of!

4. The UX industry is huge all over the world right now. It’s a great field to be in!

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The Plan

Today we’re going to discuss some killer tools that I hope will improve your productivity. We’ll cover some of my favorite tools in the following categories:

• Usability Testing & User Research• Mobile Usability Testing• Accessibility Testing• Interdepartmental Collaboration• Miscellaneous Tools I Adore

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Usability Testing & User Research

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Silverback App

http://www.silverbackapp.com

Great for: • Moderated usability testing on a Mac

Why it Rocks: • Records screen• Displays and records click tracks• Records tester audio• Records tester facial video

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Morae

http://www.techsmith.com/morae.html

Great For: • Moderated usability testing on a PC

Why It Rocks: • Records screen• Records tester audio• Records tester facial video• Creates snazzy graphs automatically

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Solidify App

http://www.solidifyapp.com

Great For:• Remote Usability Testing

Why it Rocks: • Mega easy to hotspot a simple prototype• Task setup • Click tracking video • Completion statistics• Cross device compatibility

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Survey Monkey

http://www.surveymonkey.com

Great For:• Remote survey user research & tester recruitment

Why It Rocks: • Very intuitive easy to use UI• Easy to export data• Mega cheap ($26 bucks a month)

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Mobile Usability Testing

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UX Recorder

http://www.uxrecorder.com

Great For: • Mobile website and simple prototype usability testing

Why It Rocks: • Records Tester Screen, Tester Audio, and Tester Facial video• Records Tester Audio• Cheap! $1.99/session or $59 for unlimited sessions, exports

and projects.• You can run your SolidifyApp simple prototype through it and

get tons of fabulous data.

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LookBack

http://lookback.io

Great For: • Recording native iOS app feedback (Android version is in the

works)

Why It Rocks:• Free while in beta• You can even add a “Record Feedback Now” link in your live

AppStore App!• Testers have the option to disable audio and video recording.

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Paper Prototypinghttp://usabilitygeek.com/paper-prototyping-as-a-usability-testing-technique/

Great For: • Testing design concepts that are tricky to create in a simple

prototype scenario (like drag and drop).

Why it Rocks:• MEGA cheap. All you really need is a pencil, some paper, and a

friend to help you record.• Great for agile environments, you can iterate on the fly. • If you’re artistically challenged, or just love fab stencil kits, you

will adore UI Stencils.

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UI Stencils – So Sexy

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Accessibility Testing

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“We’re all just temporarily abled.” – Cindy Li

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“Angry and drunk people will use your website.” – Robin Smail

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Wave

http://wave.webaim.org/

Great For: • Checking your site’s accessibility.

Why It Rocks: • It’s incredibly fast and easy to use, just type in your web

address. • It’s free, and gives you a detailed summary of items you

should follow up on.

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AChecker

http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php

Great For: • Checking your site’s accessibility.

Why It Rocks: • It’s incredibly fast and easy to use, just type in your web

address. • It’s free, and gives you a detailed report on items you should

follow up on.

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Color Oracle

http://www.colororacle.org/

Great For: • Checking your website for color blindness accessibility.

Why It Rocks:• It’s a free color blindness simulator.• It works on PC, Mac and Linux machines.

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Interdepartmental Collaboration

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We’re Hiring!

<shameless plug>

Can you picture yourself in that mega epic team photo?

We’re hiring a bunch right this very minute!

http://www.schoolwires.com/careers

</shameless plug>

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Target Process

http://www.targetprocess.com/

Great For: • Interdepartmental collaboration and user story and task

organization.

Why It Rocks: • At a glance you can see the status of any user story or task.• You can comment on and add files to the tasks as needed.• It automatically calculates your sprint burn down. • All team members can see an up to date status on all aspects

of the project at any given moment.

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Balsamiq

http://www.balsamiq.com

Great For: • Rapid collaborative wireframing.

Why It Rocks: • It’s web based, you can access it from anywhere.• It’s really easy to collaborate remotely as a team using this

tool.• You can add and respond to comments on individual screens. • It’s modern and has an incredibly simple UI that makes for

quicker iterations than other bloated wireframing tools.

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Asana

https://asana.com/

Great For: • Departmental collaboration, especially if you have remote

employees.

Why It Rocks: • Great tool for both inhouse and remote worker collaboration.• Clean UI.• Team Calendar. • Fab mobile app. • Unicorn celebrations.

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InVisionApp

http://www.invisionapp.com/

Great For: • Rapid Collaborative Prototyping

Why It Rocks: • Great tool for both inhouse and remote worker collaboration.• Collaborative commenting.• Syncing in Dropbox. • Mega cool mobile prototypes with gestures.

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Google Analytics Premium http://www.google.com/analytics/premium/

KissMetricshttps://www.kissmetrics.com/

MixPanelhttps://mixpanel.com/

App Anniehttp://appannie.com

Analytics

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Thank you! Questions?

Jennifer Aldrichhttp://UserExperienceRocks.com @jma245