UX Foundations

User Experience (UX) Foundations: The Core Insights, Models, and Research Findings

This course focuses on the skills and knowledge also covered in the Certified Usability Analyst (CUA)^TM examination.

Objective

Learn to apply the key understandings about human vision, intellect, memory, and motor functions—which underlie the thinking of every skilled UX professional—directly to design decisions.

Who should attend

Usability practitioners, website/intranet developers, application developers, interface designers, project managers.

What you’ll learn

• How good UX design is dependent on a scientific understanding of how people function
• How the key research-based models, insights and principles in the UX field impact design. This includes aspects of human vision, intellect, memory, and size and motor control
• Various methods that directly apply these models, insights, and principles to design of interactive applications
• Variation in users that impact design
• Individual differences
• Disability
• Cultural differences

What you get

• Real-world examples and practical tips from our instructors who are also active UX consultants
• Hands-on exercises to ensure conceptual understanding
• Training package that includes:
  • A comprehensive student manual & exercise book
  • A summary study guide
  • Usability glossary & resources
  • Quick reference job aids