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UdemyUX Fundamentals: User Testing
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UdemyDesigners bring their own biases and perspectives to every decision—which is exactly why testing with actual users is the cornerstone of sound UX practice. This course teaches you to minimize business risk and evaluate designs objectively through structured research methods.
You'll learn the full spectrum: usability testing, card sorting, tree testing, split testing, and surveys. The course covers the logistics of planning sessions, the nuances of moderated versus unmoderated approaches, and the communication skills that extract genuine insight from participants. You'll master analyzing qualitative data, triangulating findings across methods, and reporting results in ways stakeholders actually act on. Whether you're new to UX research or formalizing intuitions into method, this course gives you a practical research framework that keeps designs grounded in evidence.
Being a UX designer does not mean you should be able to design any feature or interface perfectly. We are all biased with our own perspectives and experiences, and that's why it's so crucial to validate our design decisions in more objectives ways. This course will introduce the concept of testing with real users through a number of methods, to ensure business risk is minimised and designs are properly evaluated. We will cover a range of topics:
What user testing is and why it is a crucial element of a design process
What are the most common elements of user tests
Introduction of various research methods, with the most attention dedicated to usability testing
Planning testing sessions and conducting them to extract maximum insight
Analysing and reporting the findings
The core of user testing
Learn what are the core components and principles of user testing - from administration and designing test through conducting the tests. You will be able to understand what are the shared elements and useful documents for any type of tests in the product design process.
The most popular methods
Get into the details of usability testing, card sorting, tree testing, split testing and feedback surveys to understand the strengths, weaknesses and elements of each of those methods. Explore the pros and cons of running remote, in-person, moderated and unmoderated studies.
Maximising the value of research
To make sure you get the most out of your tests, learn about effectively communicating with the participants and leveraging the approach of active listening. Learn how to triangulate your research, analyse qualitative data and prepare reports which will be digestible to your stakeholders and focused on the priorities.
The author of the course is Michał Mazur.
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