Introduction to User Centered Design UCD Training (T-101)
Overview
This one-day course provides an essential overview of the User-Centered Design process. Discover how UCD can make user interface design more effective in your organization. Through theory and hands-on exercises, you will learn practical user interface design techniques that will help you clearly define user requirements and user tasks and then integrate this task information effectively into a User-Centered Design process.
Benefits
After completing this course, you will be able to:- Recognize and advocate the benefits of the User Centered Design process in your organization
- Incorporate user requirements in the development of products
- Provide tips on when and how to incorporate UCD into your development process
- Select appropriate UCD activities for specific goals and circumstances
- Assemble the necessary resources to conduct UCD activities
Who should attend?
- Information Architects
- Software Developers
- Web developers
- Application developers
- Product managers
- Documentation and training specialists
- Managers of Software Developers creating user interfaces
| Duration: | 8 hour classroom-based training session |
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| Course Price: | $695 CAD per participant + applicable taxes. |
| Schedule: | View our training schedule. |
| Downloads: | View our training brochure (pdf) |
Course Outline
- What is usability? A user interface?
- What is UCD? Why is it important? What are the benefits
- Business values
- Customer values
- Stakeholder value chain
- Success metrics
- User groups
- Exercise: Website user profile
- Context of use
- Exercise: Website user context of use
- Task analysis
- Exercise: Website tasks
- Usability goals
- Usage scenarios
- Information architecture
- Interaction design
- Design principles and best practices
- Standards and guidelines
- Prototyping and wireframes
- Context and value
- Characteristics and Lab setup
- Usability research methods
Schedule Training
For more information on our courses offered in Toronto and Ottawa, or to schedule a session, call +1 (613) 820-2179, +1 (416) 214-2854 or email us at design@macadamian.com.