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User Centered Design

How to do user experience work within a User Centered Design process

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About this course

The User Centered Design (UCD) process is one of the original methods for doing user experience work. Started in the 1980s, it is the design method that is most closely aligned with the work that needs to be done to ensure a product or service has an optimal user experience design.  

In this course you will learn what UCD is and how to do UX within it. Some examples of what's in the course:

  • What is UCD
  • The core concepts of UCD
  • How UCD is different from other methods, and its advantages and disadvantages

and much, much more!

You have unlimited access to all the lessons 24 hours a day, for as long as you want or need them, so you can take the course at your own pace and go back to review any materials any time you want. All of our courses have quizzes, as well as exercises that you can send in for feedback from Dr. Susan Weinschenk.

Learn how to do User Centered Design. Click the Purchase button at the top of this page and get started now.

If you have any questions please email us at: info@theteamw.com

Over 50,000 students have signed up for our online courses.

All of our courses have an unconditional 30 day money back guarantee.

More Ways To Learn

We have bulk pricing if you want to purchase multiple courses at one time. Contact us for more details. 

This course is part of our Annual Everything Personal Subscription. If you are interested in having access to all of the Team W training for a year, check out the Annual Everything Subscription.

You can also purchase multiple seat packs for a one-year subscription to this course. Seat pack subscriptions are available as:

Who Is This Course For?

This course is for User Experience Professionals, including user researchers, UX designers and UX testing staff.

About The Instructor: Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D. (aka, The Brain Lady)

Susan Weinschenk has a Ph.D. in Psychology and over 30 years of experience as a behavioral scientist. She applies research in psychology to predict, understand, and explain what motivates people and how they behave. Her work includes training, presenting, and consulting in communications, customer experience, user experience, and usability. She is a consultant and keynote speaker for Fortune 1000 companies, start-ups, non-profit agencies, educational institutions, and conferences. Her clients include Walmart, Disney, The Mayo Clinic, Charles Schwab, and Best Buy.

Dr. Weinschenk is the author of several books, including 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, 100 MORE Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, How to Get People To Do Stuff, 100 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People, and Neuro Web Design: What makes them click? Her nickname is The Brain Lady, because she applies research on the brain and neuroscience to design. She is the CEO and Chief Behavioral Scientist at The Team W, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.

Curriculum

  • Preview
    Introduction to User Centered Design
  • UCD Quiz 1
  • Core Concepts of User Centered Design
  • Step 1 of UCD: User Research
  • Exercise 1: User Research
  • UCD Quiz 2
  • Conceptual Model Design
  • Exercise 2: Conceptual Model Design
  • Detailed Design and User Testing
  • Exercise 3: Detailed Design Decisions
  • Exercise 4: User Feedback and Testing Decisions
  • UCD Quiz 3
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of UCD
  • Exercise 5: UCD Process on a Project
  • UCD Quiz 4
  • Study Guide

About this course

The User Centered Design (UCD) process is one of the original methods for doing user experience work. Started in the 1980s, it is the design method that is most closely aligned with the work that needs to be done to ensure a product or service has an optimal user experience design.  

In this course you will learn what UCD is and how to do UX within it. Some examples of what's in the course:

  • What is UCD
  • The core concepts of UCD
  • How UCD is different from other methods, and its advantages and disadvantages

and much, much more!

You have unlimited access to all the lessons 24 hours a day, for as long as you want or need them, so you can take the course at your own pace and go back to review any materials any time you want. All of our courses have quizzes, as well as exercises that you can send in for feedback from Dr. Susan Weinschenk.

Learn how to do User Centered Design. Click the Purchase button at the top of this page and get started now.

If you have any questions please email us at: info@theteamw.com

Over 50,000 students have signed up for our online courses.

All of our courses have an unconditional 30 day money back guarantee.

More Ways To Learn

We have bulk pricing if you want to purchase multiple courses at one time. Contact us for more details. 

This course is part of our Annual Everything Personal Subscription. If you are interested in having access to all of the Team W training for a year, check out the Annual Everything Subscription.

You can also purchase multiple seat packs for a one-year subscription to this course. Seat pack subscriptions are available as:

Who Is This Course For?

This course is for User Experience Professionals, including user researchers, UX designers and UX testing staff.

About The Instructor: Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D. (aka, The Brain Lady)

Susan Weinschenk has a Ph.D. in Psychology and over 30 years of experience as a behavioral scientist. She applies research in psychology to predict, understand, and explain what motivates people and how they behave. Her work includes training, presenting, and consulting in communications, customer experience, user experience, and usability. She is a consultant and keynote speaker for Fortune 1000 companies, start-ups, non-profit agencies, educational institutions, and conferences. Her clients include Walmart, Disney, The Mayo Clinic, Charles Schwab, and Best Buy.

Dr. Weinschenk is the author of several books, including 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, 100 MORE Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, How to Get People To Do Stuff, 100 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People, and Neuro Web Design: What makes them click? Her nickname is The Brain Lady, because she applies research on the brain and neuroscience to design. She is the CEO and Chief Behavioral Scientist at The Team W, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.

Curriculum

  • Preview
    Introduction to User Centered Design
  • UCD Quiz 1
  • Core Concepts of User Centered Design
  • Step 1 of UCD: User Research
  • Exercise 1: User Research
  • UCD Quiz 2
  • Conceptual Model Design
  • Exercise 2: Conceptual Model Design
  • Detailed Design and User Testing
  • Exercise 3: Detailed Design Decisions
  • Exercise 4: User Feedback and Testing Decisions
  • UCD Quiz 3
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of UCD
  • Exercise 5: UCD Process on a Project
  • UCD Quiz 4
  • Study Guide