UA1100 Usability Expert - ENGLISH - LIVE ONLINE Europe part-time

The Usability & UX seminar with all important methods from the UXQB® CPUX-F, CPUX-UT, CPUX-UR and CPUX-DS Curriculum. Usability engineering with many practical exercises. Learn how Lean UX, design thinking, virtual collaboration with V-Classroom-XL works. The online course for UX professionals who want to shape our digital future.

• UX Training according to International Usability and User Experience Board (UXQB) incl. exercises
• Exam preparation training for „UXQB® CPUX-F certification   
• LIVE ONLINE Training with V-Classroom-XL - Video Audio - ONLINE REALTIME WHITEBOARD - eLearning Portal - Virtual Classroom
• 10 days part-time online V-Classroom-XL training & workshop + test + certificate

• Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich) UTC+2 :   9.00 am -1.00 pm local time
• Europe (Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam)  UTC+2 :   9.00 am - 1.00 pm local time
• Johannesburg, Capetown                 UTC+2 :   9.00 am - 1.00 pm local time
• Tel Aviv                                              UTC+3 : 10.00 am - 2.00 pm local time

• 40 hours full of UX methods, concepts
• 10 Participants maximum - NO mass training - much time for individual questions

• Usability Test with real users and Video recording 

Basics of Usability and UX according CPUX-F curriculum and ISO 9241

• Overview of the topics usability, user experience, HCD Human Centered Design, ISO 9241
• Basics of Human Centered Design and its deliverables ISO 9241-210
• Most important standards and guidelines on Usability and User Experience ISO 9241-11 / 110/12
• Lean UX, Agile, SCRUM and how to get it together
• Intensive seminar CPUX-F content
• CPUX-F certification possible. Please call at registration, if desired.*

Basics of Good Designs

• Basic principles of good UX design, golden rules
• Mental model, Affordance
• Gestalt laws & principles, Symmetry
• Layout and design rules
• Human memory and its conclusions for interaction design
• Basics of interaction design and graphic design
• Innovative UX design

Usability Engineering - Learn to apply the right methods at the right time 

• Introduction to the process of usability engineering - ISO 9241
• Product innovation and market positioning through usability and user experience
• Differences and similarities of usability and software development processes
• How to connect SCRUM and other agile methods with usability engineering

Usability methods - Overview of the most important UX & Usability methods

• 30 important usability methods
• Integration into the UCD process
• Basics of requirement engineering
• Overview of the task analysis
• Getting to know the most important methods of a usability analysis
• Integration of analytical methods into the process of usability engineering
• Applying analytical methods to exercises

Expert Review - Inspection - Usability Evaluation

• Overview of usability evaluation and usability testing
• Getting to know the most important methods of a usability evaluation
• Integration of evaluation methods into the process of usability engineering
• Exercise: Plan and conduct a Usability Inspection
• Curriculum CPUX-UT

Usability Testing - Remote Testing - Unmoderated Testing

• Basics of planning, running and evaluation of evaluating usability studies and tests
• Practical exercises for the efficient and successful planning of usability tests
• Presentation of usability results
• Hints and tips for running and evaluating usability testing
• Exercise: Planning and running a usability test

Design Thinking, Lean UX, SCRUM & Human Centered Design - How do they fit together

• Basics of design thinking processes
• Application in IxD interaction design and UxD user experience design
• Conceptual design: from the idea to the concept
• Strategies and methods for implementation

Analysis Phase and Usability Methods for IxD - UX Design

• Interview and questionnaire
• Other methods of analysis
• Brainstorming and development, scope definition and ideation
• Task analysis, workflow analysis
• Exercise: ideation

Scenarios & User Stories - UX Design

• Story Telling and scenario
• Scenario vs. user story; what’s the difference?
• Scenario and user experience
• Exercise: Scenario

Persona IxD - UX-Design

• Persona and variants of persona
• Persona vs. role; what’s the difference?
• User experience and persona
• Exercise: persona

Workflow, Usecase, Wireframe & Wireflow - UX Design

• Procedures and sequences for a task oriented design
• Iterative development of workflow, wireflow, usecase & wireframe
• Develop wireflows & wireframes
• Validation of concept ideas
• Exercises: Workflow, usecase, wireframe

Interaction design IxD - UX Design

• Overview: interaction elements and their use
• Basic rules of user experience design
• Innovative UX design (e.g. Gesture, NUI)

Prototyping

• Introduction to prototyping in the context of usability engineering
• Overview of prototype styles, purposes of use and testing times
• Low fidelity prototyping
• Exercise: ‘Paper-prototyping’ or / and tool-supported prototyping

Prototyping with Axure

• Prototyping in the context of usability engineering
• Overview of prototype styles, purposes of use and testing times
• Low fidelity prototyping
• Exercise: ‘Paper prototyping’
• High-fidelity prototyping
• Exercise: ‘Creating interactive prototypes’ (Axure)

Special: UX for Mobile- & Touchdesign & Responsive Design

• Mobile first - What's behind it?
• Responsive design
• Basics of cross-cultural usability engineering

Test and Certificate ”Usability Academy - Certified Usability Expert“

• Exam for usability experts
• Online test with 100 questions (please bring a notebook with you)
• Multiple choice, free writing exercise, matching tasks
• Award of the Usability Academy Certificate

* CPUX-F certification exam:

• The exam can take place remotely from home (75 minutes) 
• You need an undisturbed (home) workstation and a computer with webcam and microphone, stable internet connection and either Chrome, Firefox or Opera Browser.
• We recommend that you do NOT take the exam after the seminar, but only on the following day.
• Registration and payment are made to the Exam Organization Certible or ISQI 
• Certible: https://www.certible.com/register/ or: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! (please state your preferred date) 
• ISQI: Please select "Flex" for exam method https://isqi.org/en/2-uxqb-cpux-foundation-level.html

CPUX-F certification exam: € 300,- plus VAT