Michigan State University

Evaluating Designs with Users

When designing systems that work for users, there is no substitute for watching them try to use the system to see what works and what doesn’t.
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Length 3 to 4 weeks
Effort 4 hours per week
Price Free
Subject Design
Level Beginner
Languages English
Video Transcripts English
About this Course

In this UX course, you will learn how to design and conduct tests with users that will tell you how effective your design is for helping users do what they need to do, and how they feel about using your system.

This course is part of the User Experience (UX) Research and Design specialization offered on Coursera.

What you'll learn

What to learn:

  • Identify different approaches to user testing and their appropriate use

  • Understand how to design an effective user test

  • Understand how to run an effective user test to get the most information possible out of each encounter

  • Analyze and report on user testing

Course syllabus

Week 1: What is User Testing?

Week 2: User Test Basics

Week 3: Getting More Out of User Testing

Week 4: Analysis and Reporting

User Test Report

Meet the instructors

Mark Newman

Associate Professor

School of Information and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science