Usability Testing Boot Camp

Usability Testing Boot Camp, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 4.25, with 48 lectures, 2 quizzes, based on 839 reviews, and has 4724 subscribers.

You will learn about Structure a usability test plan to get buy-in from management and the development team. Recruit the right test participants Generate test tasks that are relevant to your customers and your business. Identify the right usability test method for your product and its lifecycle phase. Choose between remote and lab-based tests, and moderated and unmoderated usability tests. Design usability tests that meet international standards in usability. Master usability test moderation. Collect and analyse behavioural data. Persuade managers and developers to take action based on your test results. Adapt our industry-standard forms and templates for your own tests. This course is ideal for individuals who are Interface designers who want to experience hands-on techniques for testing and evaluating their designs with end users. or Product development engineers and designers who want to choose the right usability test for the current product lifecycle stage. or Project managers who want to manage the usability testing process. or Marketing managers who want to see samples of usability test reports, usability questionnaires, screeners and other deliverables from usability tests. or Business analysts who want to use performance-based testing to communicate the cost-benefits of the user experience. or Web site designers who want to learn the kind of practical knowledge that you can't get from reading a book. It is particularly useful for Interface designers who want to experience hands-on techniques for testing and evaluating their designs with end users. or Product development engineers and designers who want to choose the right usability test for the current product lifecycle stage. or Project managers who want to manage the usability testing process. or Marketing managers who want to see samples of usability test reports, usability questionnaires, screeners and other deliverables from usability tests. or Business analysts who want to use performance-based testing to communicate the cost-benefits of the user experience. or Web site designers who want to learn the kind of practical knowledge that you can't get from reading a book.

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Summary

Title: Usability Testing Boot Camp

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 4.25

Number of Lectures: 48

Number of Quizzes: 2

Number of Published Lectures: 48

Number of Published Quizzes: 2

Number of Curriculum Items: 50

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 50

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Structure a usability test plan to get buy-in from management and the development team.
Recruit the right test participants
Generate test tasks that are relevant to your customers and your business.
Identify the right usability test method for your product and its lifecycle phase.
Choose between remote and lab-based tests, and moderated and unmoderated usability tests.
Design usability tests that meet international standards in usability.
Master usability test moderation.
Collect and analyse behavioural data.
Persuade managers and developers to take action based on your test results.
Adapt our industry-standard forms and templates for your own tests.

Who Should Attend

Interface designers who want to experience hands-on techniques for testing and evaluating their designs with end users.
Product development engineers and designers who want to choose the right usability test for the current product lifecycle stage.
Project managers who want to manage the usability testing process.
Marketing managers who want to see samples of usability test reports, usability questionnaires, screeners and other deliverables from usability tests.
Business analysts who want to use performance-based testing to communicate the cost-benefits of the user experience.
Web site designers who want to learn the kind of practical knowledge that you can't get from reading a book.

Target Audiences

Interface designers who want to experience hands-on techniques for testing and evaluating their designs with end users.
Product development engineers and designers who want to choose the right usability test for the current product lifecycle stage.
Project managers who want to manage the usability testing process.
Marketing managers who want to see samples of usability test reports, usability questionnaires, screeners and other deliverables from usability tests.
Business analysts who want to use performance-based testing to communicate the cost-benefits of the user experience.
Web site designers who want to learn the kind of practical knowledge that you can't get from reading a book.

Learn how to carry out a usability test — the gold standard for measuring user experience.

This workshop will give you the confidence to run a usability test of your company's product, software or web site.

Unlike market research methods, usability testing shows how real people will use the product in the real world.

But there are several different types of usability test, making it difficult for design teams to agree on a technique. Usability testing is also very different from interviews or focus groups and requires a well-trained test moderator.

Crammed with insights from usability testing experts, you'll:

Master usability test moderation.
Discover how to choose between remote and lab-based tests, and moderated and unmoderated usability tests.
Get coached through the various steps you need to take to run your first usability test.
Hear experienced usability testers describe the problems you're likely to encounter when moderating and logging usability tests — and you'll find out how to solve them.
Download the forms, templates and cheat sheets that practitioners use in their job.
Learn battle-tested, persuasive techniques to present the results to developers, managers and clients.
Discover how to find test participants.
Benefit from industry insights from user experience expertslike Dr Deborah Mayhew, Dr Philip Hodgson, Miles Hunter, Dr Todd Zazelenchuk and Jeff Sauro in our unique, 15-minute masterclass interviews.

In short, this course will give you the kind of practical knowledge that you can’t get from reading a book.

All of the video lectures, templates and worksheets are download-enabled. If you have a slow internet connection, or want to take this course with you on your laptop, smartphone or other portable device, sign up and download all the videos and other course materials now.

And on completion of the training, you will receive a certificate of completion and be eligible for free, e-mail-based, refresher training.

Sign up now to get lifetime access to this course. With Udemy's 30-day money-back guarantee, it's risk-free.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction – Why test for usability?

Lecture 1: Why take this course?

Lecture 2: Introduction and Objectives

Lecture 3: Defining usability

Chapter 2: What’s so special about a usability test?

Lecture 1: Problems with opinion-based research

Lecture 2: Cargo-cult usability testing and why 5 users are enough

Lecture 3: Beyond the focus group: Masterclass Interview with Dr Philip Hodgson

Chapter 3: Forming a Test Strategy

Lecture 1: The Usability Test Plan Toolkit and usability test checklists

Lecture 2: The Usability Test Plan Dashboard

Lecture 3: How to recruit the right participants

Lecture 4: Finding users for your test: Masterclass Interview with Laura Ivory

Lecture 5: A taxonomy of usability tests

Lecture 6: The one-way mirror demystified

Lecture 7: Usability testing mobile devices

Lecture 8: The advantages and disadvantages of the different kinds of test

Chapter 4: Writing test tasks

Lecture 1: Red routes and how to identify them

Lecture 2: From red routes to scenarios

Lecture 3: Test tasks and how to present them

Chapter 5: How to moderate a “thinking aloud” usability test

Lecture 1: The three roles you play as a test moderator

Lecture 2: How to introduce participants to the test

Lecture 3: Demonstration of a usability test welcome

Lecture 4: The "Usability Test Welcome" video deconstructed

Lecture 5: Quick activity: Now you try

Lecture 6: Moderating your first test: Masterclass Interview with Miles Hunter

Lecture 7: Bias-free test moderation

Lecture 8: Software tools for usability testing

Lecture 9: Notetaking in usability tests: Masterclass Interview with Todd Zazelenchuk

Chapter 6: Deconstruct a live usability test

Lecture 1: Introduction to the usability test video

Lecture 2: Video from a usability test

Lecture 3: Usability test video deconstructed

Lecture 4: Usability test video datalogged

Lecture 5: Practical activity: Run a usability test

Chapter 7: Remote usability testing

Lecture 1: How to save time and money with remote, moderated usability tests

Lecture 2: Demonstration of setting up screensharing with a participant

Lecture 3: When to use preference tests, 5-second tests, click tests and labelling tests

Lecture 4: Review of online, unmoderated testing

Lecture 5: Problems with remote, unmoderated, 'thinking aloud' tests

Chapter 8: How to analyse the data from usability tests

Lecture 1: Usability statistics: the science of generalisation

Lecture 2: Measuring satisfaction with the SUS survey

Lecture 3: Measuring satisfaction with the Microsoft Desirability Toolkit (and Wordle)

Lecture 4: Statistics and the User Experience: Masterclass Interview with Jeff Sauro

Chapter 9: Reporting Results

Lecture 1: How to engage people with usability data

Lecture 2: How to create a killer highlights reel

Lecture 3: The client's viewpoint: Masterclass Interview with Joanna Aldhous

Lecture 4: Usability testing war stories: Masterclass Interview with Dr Deborah Mayhew

Chapter 10: Summary and Wrap-Up

Lecture 1: Brief review of the key topics

Lecture 2: Reading List

Lecture 3: Please give me your feedback on the course

Chapter 11: DVD Extras

Lecture 1: Q&A, August 2014

Instructors

David Travis
Author of 'Think Like a UX Researcher'

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 7 votes
2 stars: 17 votes
3 stars: 80 votes
4 stars: 301 votes
5 stars: 434 votes

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