Learn how to test your designs and design ideas with feedback from potential users. This course, taught by design research experts from SAP, introduces all the steps, from planning a test through moderating it, with a special focus on asking good questions and taking proper notes. You’ll also learn how to analyze the notes you collected to iterate your designs.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction to the Course
- Introduction to Week 1
- Sam Yen: Importance of Design Testing
- Andrea Anderson: Course Overview
- Andrea Anderson: Introduction to Design Testing
- Weekly Assignment
- Weekly Challenge
- Finish Line
- Downloads
- Preparing a Test
- Introduction to Week 2
- Preparing to Test: Goals, Tasks, and Participants
- Writing a Test Script and Test Tasks
- Weekly Assignment
- Finish Line
- Downloads
- Moderating a Test
- Introduction to Week 3
- The Moderator's Role and Responsibilities
- Checklist for Starting a Test Session
- Moderating - Best Practices
- Weekly Assignment
- Weekly Challenge
- Finish Line
- Downloads
- Taking Notes
- Introduction to Week 4
- Preparing to Take Notes
- Note-Taking (How-To)
- Weekly Assignment
- Weekly Challenge
- Finish Line
- Downloads
- Analyzing Notes
- Introduction to Week 5
- Summarizing Notes and Finding Top Issues
- Prioritizing and Fixing Issues, Documenting Results
- Weekly Assignment
- Final Thoughts
- Finish Line
- Downloads
Taught by
Sam Yen, Andrea Anderson and Carolin Flesch
