This 6 hour course teaches current best practice for user testing digital products and services. It gives you hands on experience of designing and running effective user testing sessions suitable for both new designs and existing products and services.

It covers:

Current user testing theory
• How to identify when user testing is required
• Common user testing techniques
• Identifying the most appropriate technique for your needs
• How to ascertain the number of users you need for valid results
• How to recruit users
• How to design effective tests
• Common prototyping tools
• Using modern prototyping tools
• How to create prototypes
• How to interpret test results

You get practical experience in:

• Identifying areas for testing
• Designing user tests
• Creating low fidelity paper prototypes
• Creating prototypes using a modern prototyping tool
• Running user tests
• Interpreting test results
• Iterating your design based on your test results

Who is this course for?

This course is suitable for anyone looking for an evidence based approach to validating their existing digital products or new design ideas. It is particularly suitable for:

• Designers and developers
• Product owners
• Project managers
• Entrepreneurs and startups

No previous design or coding experience is required.

You will need a laptop capable of connecting to a wireless network. We may be able to provide you with a laptop if you don’t have one – please contact us at least two weeks before the course date.

All other materials are provided.