Cheap UX: Prototyping as Storytelling – Class 7
In the so-called Real World, we designers sometimes find ourselves stepping a bit outside of the realm of design and more into the shoes of an analyst. To use an …
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Cheap UX: Assumption Prototyping – Class 6
Last week was Reading Week (the Canadian version of Spring Break?) which should have given me some extra time to post up the latest happenings in class, but alas, it …
Good UX: Usability Test Findings – Class 5
It’s been an extremely busy week so this one will be short and sweet. I took a divide-and-conquer approach to user testing the NOWBC site: each team focused on different …
Good UX: Usability Test Planning – Class 4
This week, my students spent planning their usability tests for our client NOWBC, a local co-op that with an online farmer’s market. The idea is for the students to compare their client’s …
Good UX: Competitive Analysis + Analogous Domains – Class 3
Yesterday, we spent part of the class discussing the “offline” field trip we took last week to a bricks and mortar grocer, as well as the homework assignment of checking …
Good UX: Looking at The Whole Experience – Class 2
So the first segment of the course emphasizes “good” (read: ideal) user experience design. So what should you do when you have time and budget on your side? In this portion of the …
Good, Cheap or Fast? How do you like your UX Design? – Class 1
I’ve been thinking about my dream User Experience book/course/lecture that I would teach for many years now. I’d like to believe that I’ve channeled all of my regrets from my …