UX Design for Developers

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Free Online Course: UX Design for Developers provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. UX Design for Developers is taught by Billy Hollis.

Overview
  • Learn how to create intuitive, elegant UX designs that delight users. Discover an entry point to the principles and process of UX design for typical business apps.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Add UX design to your talent stack
    • How this course will work
    1. Why UX Design Is Important
    • You're already a UX designer
    • The need for innovative designs
    • Leveraging new technology
    • A well-designed app example
    • The value of good UX design
    • Obstacles to good design
    • Starting on the UX path
    2. What Makes a Design Good or Bad?
    • Example of a design principle
    • Design principles: Based in the human brain
    • Design principles in context
    • Cognitive design principles
    • Design principles in the real world
    • Why crowded screens are bad
    • How to declutter crowded screens
    • Bringing it all together
    3. Understanding Users and Their Needs
    • Building a design team
    • Business needs: Why are you redesigning this app?
    • Business needs: $100 exercise
    • Choosing users to observe
    • How to observe users in the wild
    • Questions to ask users
    • Static vs. dynamic
    • Recording and analyzing user observations
    • Observation exercise
    • Creating your punch list of design tasks
    4. Ideation: Finding, Refining, and Culling Design Ideas
    • Sketching is the core technique
    • Innovation and ideation
    • Embracing constraints for multiple design solutions
    • Storyboarding
    • Types of storyboards
    • Media for storyboards
    • Storyboarding evaluation
    • Storyboarding exercise
    • Beyond storyboarding: Wireframing and illustration
    • Prototyping
    • Evaluation phase
    5. Helpful Concepts and Techniques for the Design Process
    • Types of design projects
    • Dealing with status quo bias
    • Be bold
    • Breaking free from the past
    • The shapes exercise
    • Seeing the world with new eyes
    • Dealing with conflict in design evaluation
    • The economics of UX design
    • Aesthetics: Reaching an acceptable threshold
    • When to use a professional designer and how to find one
    Conclusion
    • Next steps