Usability, user experience and analytics
On the course, the student learns to evaluate the usability and user experience of products, to understand how they affect the success of products, and to design usable, enjoyable software products and services. Students practice usability assessment skills of services using e.g. Nielsen’s 10 heuristic rules. Common design tools are applied to user interface sketching in assignments.
Course is suitable for SME workers and people working in the industry interested in designing usable software products and services.
The course teaches basic skills for usability and user experience assessment as well as user interface design. For quantitative analysis, common analytic tools and methods are explained. The essential topics handled on the course are:
- Basics of perceptual psychology
- Usability heuristics
- Usability testing methods
- Analytics of user experience and usability
- User interface design processes & tools
- UI design patterns
- Accessibility issues
- Aesthetics
- Ethical principles
- Culture-dependent issues
The course is offered ónline. Lecture recordings and other materials are available via Moodle.
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