Course Number
16:137:535
Credits
3
Prerequsites
16:137:531 Introduction to User Experience Design (recommended)
Instructor's Profile
Semesters(s) Offered
Fall
Description
Take a deep dive into the ways that systems, products, or services can be evaluated for their usability. Carry out real-life project assignments to apply lessons learned.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, be able to:
- Understand what methods are available to evaluate systems, products, or services for their usability
- Execute, analyze, and document a heuristic evaluation
- Create a test plan for usability testing
- Execute, analyze, and document two different kinds of usability tests
Technical Skills
- Heuristic evaluation
- Usability testing
- User research
- User experience design
Transferable Skills
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Research