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About the Course

The focus of this course is to introduce the learner to User Experience (UX) Design User Experience design is design that is user centered. The goal is to design artifacts that allow the users to meet their needs in the most effective efficient and satisfying manner. The course introduces the novice to a cycle of discovery and evaluation and a set of techniques that meet the user's needs. This course is geared toward the novice. It is for learners that have heard about "user experience" or "user interface" design but don't really know much about these disciplines. The course mantra is that “Design is a systematic and data driven process.” Design is systematic because it is based on a set of techniques and also on a cycle of discovery. In this course the learner is introduced to the four step user interface design cycle. Along the way learners are exposed to a set of techniques to gather information about a) what the user needs b)how to design and model interfaces based on these and then how to evaluate the design to ascertain that the user's goals are met. These techniques are tools that are used in a standardized manner and give us the data we use in our design. This means that anyone (regardless of their current training) that is willing to learn these techniques and follow the proposed cycle can be a UX designer!...

Top reviews

PN

Dec 15, 2022

In the steps of User Experience Design, I got how to go through all four stages; Requirements gathering, Alternative designs, Prototyping, and Evaluation to design and get a good product on the table.

AO

Oct 22, 2017

The best introduction classes, gives an overall idea about UI/UX. Grateful for the efforts taken by the Georgia Tech and Coursera. Looking forward to see more courses related to my career. Thank you.

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By AUBREY X

Apr 16, 2020

Good introductory class. Clearly structured and have relevant quiz questions to test on key concepts.

However, I was expecting more in-depth content on these fundamental concepts, and more relevant and modern examples of these in principles in applications

By Joseph D

Oct 2, 2020

While it seems this course offered a well rounded look at the iterative User Experience/Interface design cycle, the interchangeable technical jargon was ultimately confusing and I felt that a lack of definitive terms detracted from the final product.

By Deleted A

Aug 29, 2021

The material is good, the delivery was unpolished. For a UX course it felt hard on many places when it shouldn't be, of course is not impossible to complete due the fact, but some links are dead, typos everywhere and basic slides didn't add up.

By Omar e H

Sep 17, 2021

It was a great introduction to UX design, however the information provided was very superficial and I felt that the course was missing some depth. I would have loved to dive in to real world UX design / Research projects

By Joshua “ Y

Jan 12, 2021

I don't know that I would call this a whole course. The amount of content in this introduction is so basic that I wonder how much I am still missing before I jump into UX design. There must be more to it than this.

By Siim V

Sep 22, 2022

It was good, but would have liked to see more graphical images rather than just pullet points.

Otherwise I think it is a good course for the beginner to gain some theoretical knowlidgne about the field.

By Vikram P

Jun 19, 2020

The course provides a good overview of UX, but there are hardly any activities. The activities are limited only to Quiz. There should be peer graded assignments. Also, quiz questions need to be better.

By AKSHAY

May 3, 2023

I have learned with many things but I'd like this method to be more practical like do it along or full of visuals that make users think the subject. It was like some ppt presentation with a lady.

By Alexandr

Jan 28, 2022

Because it is free, rate it 3 starts.

Cons:

-The voice is speeded up by default.

-The questions in quiz are shifted.

-It should have more graphical slides for better comprehension.

Pros:

-Free

By Stormi A

Jul 4, 2020

This would have been more comfortable delivered in nine to ten, 45-minute segments. The shorter videos made the course feel endless. At least I learned that Coursera has terrible UX design.

By Tameka H

Mar 31, 2022

Incorporating more visuals (drawings, videos) to keep the student engaged would be a good idea. Also adding in real world, existing apps or sites as a reference point would be helpful.

By Wendy Y

Jan 14, 2021

The content itself was decent, but the quizzes need some help. In addition to some formatting issues, some of the questions were not intuitive in that they were easily misunderstood.

By K L

Aug 19, 2020

The content is shallow, the course will be better if it incorporates real case studies and the application of UX design tools. Anyways, this is generally nice for a free course.

By Theresa K

Dec 12, 2020

I am a total beginner. It was nice to receive an overview. The slides were not helpful and I had a hard time to follow - needed to focus very well (which is also good, ofc ;))

By Rateb A D

Mar 24, 2021

Concepts are very high-level and instructor seems to be reading from the slides.

If you like to read you won't miss anything if you just read the transcript at your own pace.

By Aditya S

Jul 10, 2020

1 - Needs More Animations and better visuals

2 - Some videos that are 8 or 9 mins long can be broken down into smaller videos of 4-5 mins

3 - Needs better real Life examples.

By Dana P

Aug 10, 2020

Very basic. Good if you just want to understand terms and how the process works at a high-level. Not good if you are interested in learning how to actually do any of this.

By Mark B

Jun 10, 2022

Some of the language was a bit over my head. And some industry related concepts discussed had little to no introduction, I had to look some tings up in another browser.

By Kiki C

Oct 17, 2020

Would like to engage with more hands-on applications of the ideas presented. Sometimes difficult to connect the academic, abstract taxonomy with real-world processes.

By Luka T

Mar 19, 2020

I expected a bit more from the introductory course. I gained a slight better understanding of what user experience is all about, but I hoped to gain a deeper insight.

By Nguyen N L H

Oct 15, 2021

very basic concepts and theories. good to have a quick into to the field but not enough to have some applicable knowledge. true to its name 'intro to UX design'

By Tanasup S

Sep 16, 2021

This course is great for who never learn about UX but it is too easy for person who learned some of this knowledge before. Some reading website is not active.

By Amy G

Feb 7, 2023

Good introductory course on basic UX concepts and design lifecycle, but perhaps a little outdated. That said, I good starting point for a short free course.

By Nikhil S

Oct 28, 2016

While the course is basic, the tests don't test user concepts (for example the order of the 4 step design process is asked 10+ times through the 5 modules)