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Usability Testing

4.5
4 reviews
  • Pretty informative techniques that has already got my mind rolling on how to make my company's website more usable.
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  • Very useful for my job! Will be paying close attention to user validation going forward.
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  • Great intro to usability testing. I feel like I can definitely start applying this to my work.
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Course

In London ()

£ 950 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Duration

    2 Days

- Know what is Usability testing and how it fits in the UX design process
- Create an effective test plan
- How to Identify and recruit appropriate user test participants
- Facilitate test sessions & analyze test data
- Turn usability test results into recommendations
- Hands on application of testing techniques.
- Experience the usability test process through hands-on exercises

About this course

A key element of healthy (web) UX design cultures is gathering robust feedback from end users & customers throughout the product and development lifecycle. Usability testing is a testing procedure that gives deep and repeatable insights that limits bad product design ideas from reaching the marketplace.

Practitioners, Managers, Developers, Designers & Analysts responsible for (new) digital products.

Basic Knowledge of IT products & trends. English Language.

CPD.

Taught by experienced practitioners. Attendance = 6CPD hours.

Response (phone / email) by a trainer within 1 working day.

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Reviews

4.5
excellent
  • Pretty informative techniques that has already got my mind rolling on how to make my company's website more usable.
    |
  • Very useful for my job! Will be paying close attention to user validation going forward.
    |
  • Great intro to usability testing. I feel like I can definitely start applying this to my work.
    |
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4.5
excellent

Course rating

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Former Student

4.5
29/03/2018
What I would highlight: Pretty informative techniques that has already got my mind rolling on how to make my company's website more usable.
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Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Former Student

4.5
28/03/2018
What I would highlight: Very useful for my job! Will be paying close attention to user validation going forward.
What could be improved: .
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Former Student

4.5
27/03/2018
What I would highlight: Great intro to usability testing. I feel like I can definitely start applying this to my work.
What could be improved: .
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Former Student

4.5
26/03/2018
What I would highlight: Extremely productive and useful in the real world.
What could be improved: .
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Testing
  • Usability training
  • Design
  • Usability testing
  • Eye Tracking
  • Expert Review
  • Card Sorting
  • Prototype Testing
  • UX
  • UX Design

Course programme

Introduction
  • Why test for usability & user experience?
  • Overview of types of usability testing:
  • Moderated lab
  • Remote usability testing
  • Retrospective usability testing
  • Automated usability testing
  • Mobile usability testing
  • Expert based vs. User based usability reviews, pros and cons
  • Fitting usability testing into the UX design process

Usability Testing Methods
  • Remote usability testing
  • Eye-tracking
  • Testing mobile devices
  • Test recording software
  • Usability testing with early production prototypes, hardware products, websites, web applications and Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications.

Usability Testing Preparations & Sessions
  • Recruiting participants
  • Characteristics of a test plan
  • Identifying test tasks and scenarios
  • Usability testing with paper prototypes, early mock-ups
  • Formative versus summative usability testing
  • Common pitfalls in usability testing
  • Facilitating test sessions: skills and techniques
  • Capture test session data
  • Observations
  • Rating scales
  • Eye-tracking
  • Screen captures
  • Mouse and keystroke analysis
  • Remote usability testing versus lab-based testing
  • Testing high fidelity versus low fidelity prototypes
  • Retrospective testing versus automated testing
  • Hands-on exercises and examples

Analysis & Reporting
  • Analyzing the data: business metrics and statistical analysis
  • Turning testing results into design recommendations
  • Cost justifying usability testing
  • Standard for reporting usability testing projects usability standards and reporting usability testing projects: the ANSI CIF

Additional information

On request in-house dates.

Usability Testing

£ 950 + VAT