Strategy

Usability Week Courses

Usability Week offers courses about a broad range of web and application design topics. Most courses are also available as in-house training.

Build and leverage a corporate UX team

Learn the business relevance of user experience
Understand essential user experience methods, including design, content and research strategy
Review people, organizational and career issues that impact user experience effectiveness
Develop a personal plan that is tailored for your particular situation, based on these concepts.

Quick ways to quantify the user experience through statistical analysis

Learn how to measure usability with core usability metrics and how to make the most of usability test data
Understand how subjective and objective usability metrics can both complement and contradict each other
Fine-tune your usability testing techniques by mastering the value of measurement

Attitudinal and behavioral research methods

Learn about the importance of non-traditional (lab-based) user research methodologies
Determine which methodology to use for your projects and when it’s most appropriate
Experiment with research methodologies through hands-on exercises

Hands-on instruction for executing user-centered research and processes

Fine-tune your hands-on usability skills with expert guidance from instructors with more than 65 years of combined experience
Learn strategies for working with teams, identifying research opportunities, and choosing the right research methods
Take home sample study plans and research materials to help you conduct your own studies

Be an effective UX professional: Know the lingo and sell the process

Understand the purpose and roles of UX professionals throughout a project lifecycle
Know when to apply which research methods and how to use the data to improve design
Assess your organization’s commitment to UX
Learn tips for promoting UX as a competitive advantage