Ux: Laws And Fundamentals Explained With Practical Examples

Learn about UX design, and psychological principles and get practical tips on how to apply them in your designs.

What you'll learn

You will understand what UX is and why User Experience design is so important.

You will learn the laws and principles that determine whether a UX is positive or negative.

You will learn about Usability and Usability Heuristics.

You will discover which psychological principles matter in UX design and how to apply them.

Requirements

You don't need to have any previous knowledge or any other type of requirement to take this course.

Description

Hello! Are you interested in the UX world? Are you a developer looking for a way to optimize your work by understanding the user and their needs? Or are you even a designer and would like to learn more about user experience design?  This course is what you are looking for. In this short journey into the world of UX design, I will explain what UX is and which are the fundamental principles of User Experience design.You will learn about usability, Jakob Nielsen's usability heuristics and mental models. I will also explain to you the importance of UX when designing a product or a digital service. Also, you will learn what are the mental models of users and their importance in the design a product or a digital service. I will teach you some of the most important psychological principles in the UX world and which are their most widespread applications. In addition, we will look at some of the historical UX mistakes and the cost to the companies that committed them.In this course, we will be constantly supported by practical examples, so you will understand how you can apply each of these concepts in your designs. Therefore, this course, despite being a theoretical course, will be especially useful and practical: it will provide you with suggestions and tips that you can apply to your designs to improve your users' experience.If you are looking for a quick course that is practical and useful, here it is: I'll be waiting for you in the first class!

Overview

Section 1: UX Definition

Lecture 1 What is UX?

Section 2: Laws and Key Factors

Lecture 2 UX Laws

Lecture 3 UX Key Factors

Section 3: Usability

Lecture 4 Usability Definition and Heuristics #1: Visibility of system status

Lecture 5 Usability Heuristic #2: Match between the system and the real world

Lecture 6 Usability Heuristic #3: User control and freedom

Lecture 7 Usability Heuristic #4: Consistency and standards

Lecture 8 Usability Heuristic #5: Error prevention

Lecture 9 Usability Heuristic #6: Recognition over recall

Lecture 10 Usability Heuristic #7: Flexibility and efficiency of use

Lecture 11 Usability Heuristic #8: Aesthetic and minimalist design

Lecture 12 Usability Heuristic #9: Help users recognize, diagnose and recover from errors

Lecture 13 Usability Heuristic #10: Help and documentation

Section 4: Mental models

Lecture 14 Mental models

Section 5: Psychological principles applied to UX

Lecture 15 Psychology applied to UX (I)

Lecture 16 Psychology applied to UX (II)

Lecture 17 Psychology applied to UX (III)

Lecture 18 Psychology applied to UX (IV): gamification

Section 6: Huge UX mistakes: learn from historical mistakes of big companies

Lecture 19 The importance of UX. Historical mistakes of large companies.

Beginners who want to learn about UX.,Developers who want to understand more about the UX world.,Designers who want to refresh knowledge or learn more about UX.,Anyone looking to approach the world of UX design.