- Introduction to Course 4: Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
- Samar - Working as a self- taught UX Researcher
- Jason - My journey to UX
- Understand the UX research process
- Get to know the seven elements of a research plan
- Start building a research plan: project background, research goals, and research questions
- Continue building a research plan: KPIs
- Continue building a research plan: Methodology
- Continue building a research plan: Participants
- Finish building a research plan: Script
- Make privacy a part of UX practices
- Understand privacy issues
- Vanessa - Ethics, privacy, and data in the real world
- Wrap-up: Planning UX research studies
Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
Join Coursera’s Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts certification course and learn how to plan and conduct usability studies to collect design feedback.
Beginner
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Quick facts
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Mode of learning
Self study
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Course overview
Are you looking for entry-level employment in UX (user experience) design? Then the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts training by Coursera is perfect for you! This 100% online curriculum is a prestigious offering by Google's Google Career Certificates, where you will master planning and conducting usability studies for gathering design feedback. Throughout the curriculum, you will also use your research's insights to modify low-fidelity designs.
The Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts certification syllabus comprises vital lessons, along with hands-on projects for experiencing real-world UX design situations. You will gain coveted skills in UX, UXD (user experience design), UX research, usability testing, and various other areas. What’s more, you’ll learn everything from Google’s current UX researchers and designers. Thus, you can rest assured about receiving industry-best knowledge.
Equipped with flexible deadlines, video subtitles, and beginner-level content, the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts online course offers a convenient learning journey. It’s the fourth part of the Google UX Design programme and offers a paid certification, which you can share on various platforms.
The highlights
- Google Career Certificates instructors
- Free enrolment offered
- 100% online training in Google UX Design
- Flexible deadlines and course subtitles
- English subtitles provided
- Beginner-level learning
- Shareable certification
- Requires nearly 20 hours for completion
- Hands-on projects
- Curriculum readings
- Practice quizzes
- Graded assessments and quizzes
- Seven-day free trial
- Paid certificates
Program offerings
- Top instructors from google
- Prestigious accreditation
- Beginner-level curriculum
- Free for auditing
- Shareable certificates
- 100% online
- Google ux design programme
- Seven-day free trial
- Graded assignments
- Practice quizzes
- Course readings
Course and certificate fees
- The Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts certification fees are non-applicable if you wish to audit it.
- To access the graded assessments and certificate, you must pay a certification fee on a month wise basis that is mentioned below.
Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts course fee structure
Course Name | Fees |
Course Fee, 1 month | Rs. 2,001 |
Course Fee, 3 months | Rs. 2,002 |
Course Fee, 6 months | Rs. 6,004 |
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Eligibility criteria
- You should first finish the Google UX Design programme’s prior courses to enrol in the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts training. These include the ‘Start the UX Design Process: Empathise, Define, and Ideate’, ‘Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design’, and ‘Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes’.
- Alternatively, you can also obtain admission if you can conduct user research to report creations of personas, empathy maps, user stories, problem statements, user journey maps, and value propositions. You must also have the necessary skills to create low-fidelity prototypes and wireframes in Figma and on paper.
What you will learn
You will be adept in these areas once you’re done with the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts certification syllabus and its offerings:-
- Planning UX research studies, including research goals, project backgrounds, research questions, methodologies, key performance indicators, scripts, and participants
- Conducting an unmoderated and moderated usability study
- Explaining why respecting user data and privacy is important
- Taking notes during usability studies
- Creating affinity diagrams for analysing and grouping data
- Synthesising observations from your research and coming up with insights
- Developing persuasive presentation skills for sharing research insights
- Modifying low-fidelity designs, according to your research insights
- Designing mobile apps to showcase in your professional resume
- Skills such as usability testing, prototype, UX research, user experience (UX), and user experience design (UXD)
Who it is for
In the case participants want themselves to become UX designers, or UX Architects then they should be ready to take this up, and learn it properly to secure entry-level jobs.
Admission details
- You can visit Coursera’s website to access the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts classes. Or, you can view it by clicking on https://www.coursera.org/learn/conduct-ux-research.
- Now, you can either register for the course or sign in on Coursera.
- Choose between the given options as per your learning goal. Upon proceeding with your choice, you will be enrolled. To avail of the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts certificate and graded content, you must purchase the certification. You can do this while undertaking the curriculum or once you’ve finished it.
Filling the form
To join the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts certification by Coursera, you must log in or sign up. To log in, simply fill in your Coursera email and password. You can also sign in via your Google/Facebook/Apple details.
To register, you must provide your email ID, full name and choose a password. You can also create your Coursera account through your Facebook or Google credentials.
The syllabus
Module 1: Planning UX research studies
Videos
Readings
- Welcome to Course 4
- Research is Part of the Test Phase
- Language and communication in UX research
- UX research plan template
- Example research plan: Project background, research goals, and research questions
- Learn more about KPIs
- Example research plan: KPIs
- Learn more about methodology
- Recruit a diverse participant pool
- Example research plan: Methodology and participants
- Assistive technology for participants with disabilities
- Example research plan: Script
- Example UX research plans
- Glossary terms from course 4, module 1
Quizzes
- Module 1 challenge
- Test your knowledge on UX research plans
- Test your knowledge on UX research participants and scripts
- Test your knowledge on user data and privacy
- Activity: Build a research plan for your portfolio project
Plugin
- Identify stages of UX research
Module 2: Conducting research with usability studies
Videos
- Welcome to module 2
- Introduction to usability studies
- Conduct moderated and unmoderated usability studies
- Introduction to a mock unmoderated usability study
- Participant A - Mock usability study
- Participant B - Mock usability study
- Participant C - Mock usability study
- Participant D - Mock usability study
- Participant E - Mock usability study
- Explore usability study best practices: Before the study begins
- Explore usability study best practices: During the study
- Deana - My job as a UX researcher
- Identify biases when interviewing usability study participants
- Reduce bias in interviews
- Introduction to note-taking methods during usability studies
- Use a spreadsheet to take notes
- Chikezie - My journey to UX
- Wrap-up: Conducting research with usability studies
Readings
- Learn more about usability studies
- Explore the advantages and disadvantages of usability studies
- Learn more about usability study best practices
- Learn more about reducing bias in interviews
- Review: Take notes during a mock usability study for the Gmail labels feature
- Glossary terms from course 4, module 2
Quizzes
- Module 2 challenge
- Test your knowledge on the importance of usability studies
- Test your knowledge on usability study best practices
- Test your knowledge on potential biases during interview moderation
- Self-Reflection: Reduce bias in your interviews
- Test your knowledge on bias during interviews
- Activity: Conduct a usability study for your portfolio project
Discussion Prompts
- Share your observations from the mock usability study
- Reflect on the Gmail labels mock usability study
Module 3: Analyzing and synthesizing research results
Videos
- From observations to insights
- Case study: Improving design at Google
- Developing insight
- Gather and organize data
- Patterns and themes in research data
- Qualities of strong insights
- Utkarsh - Develop insights from usability studies
- Wrap-up: Analyzing and synthesizing research results
Readings
- Learn more about creating affinity diagrams
- Review: Create an affinity diagram for the Gmail labels feature project
- Review: Identify patterns and themes for the Gmail labels feature project
- Review: Form insights from data for the Gmail labels feature project
- Glossary terms from course 4, module 3
Quizzes
- Module 3 challenge
- Test your knowledge on synthesizing data into insights
- Test your knowledge on strong insights
- Activity: Turn observations into insights for your portfolio project
Module 4: Sharing research insights for better designs
Videos
- Organize insights for sharing
- Choose a format for sharing insights
- Create a strong presentation
- Presentation tips
- Heather - Deliver research insights
- Modify low-fidelity designs based on insights
- How to make research-based design changes
- Wrap-up: Sharing research insights for better designs
- Congratulations on completing Course 4: Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
Readings
- Tips for creating a strong presentation
- Review: How to create and deliver a presentation for your portfolio project research
- Overcome stage fright
- Tips for giving an effective presentation
- Examples of great public speakers
- Glossary terms from course 4, module 4
- Course 4 glossary
- Start the next course
Quizzes
- Module 4 challenge
- Test your knowledge on presenting research insights
- Activity: Update your portfolio project research presentation
Discussion Prompt
- Share your course experience
Plugin
- Present research findings
Scholarship Details
Coursera offers scholarship schemes for its Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts course through financial aid. You can opt for this by clicking on the ‘Financial aid available’ button, situated on the programme portal. An application webpage will appear. Complete it and submit. Coursera officials will contact you within two weeks to inform you about approval.
How it helps
Once you undertake this curriculum, the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts certification benefits are aplenty. For starters, Google’s current experts will be your educators. You can audit the curriculum for free, reset deadlines to learn on a flexible schedule, and finish the course in approximately 20 hours. It is entirely virtual, allowing you to study from anywhere, at any time.
What’s more, the Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts programme will equip you with the required skills to become an entry-level UX designer. You can also seek roles such as a UI designer, UX designer, UX researcher, specialist, etc., in the endless list of companies. To this aid, you can also purchase the coveted certificate, which you can show recruiters via your LinkedIn profile, CV, or as a hard copy since it’s printable.
FAQs
The Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts by Coursera will teach you to use Adobe XD and Figma through this course. You will also learn through presentation applications, word processing apps, spreadsheets, practice quizzes, readings, graded assessments, and graded quizzes.
While the curriculum offers hands-on projects and a valuable certificate to bolster your career prospects, it will also include professional portfolio creation. You can display your UX design work through this to further seek recruitment.
No. If you buy it, the course certificate will be available in your ‘Accomplishments’ section on Coursera once you complete the training.
Yes. The Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts offer a seven-day free trial upon signing up.
Yes. Coursera provides practice quizzes for this curriculum.
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