UX101: Intro to User Experience (UX)

At its core, User Experience (UX) is defined as how someone feels about using a product, system, or service. Regardless of what we’re designing—a website, an Android app, or a toaster—we all strive to make our designs useful, easy to use, and enjoyable to use. But how exactly do we make something useful, easy to use, and enjoyable? How do we know if the target audience is having a good or bad experience? This class will arm you with the essential tips to find those answers.

This class is for anyone who makes (or wants to learn how to make) websites, mobile apps, or other software. If you’re a developer, a designer, a project manager, a content creator, or something else, you can integrate UX research and design into your practice.

By the end of this class, you’ll also learn tips and techniques to address the following:

• The fundamentals of UX and why it matters, and how to convince others to invest in this process.

• Engaging your clients and colleagues in the UX process so that they can bring their knowledge to the table and feel that their needs have been met.

• Review the UX journey and common methodologies that you can use in your existing process, from user research and analysis to rapid prototyping and testing.

• Learn about lean UX techniques you can use when you're strapped for time or money.

• Work through these techniques during a series of hands-on workshops to practice these skills as a group.

• Recommendations for books, articles, and other resources to explore further areas of UX.

Getting There: We'll be meeting at Indy Hall, conveniently located at 22 North 3rd Street (north of 3rd and Market). When you arrive, you can use code #001 to enter the building or follow instructions on the call box. There is bike parking inside, street and lot parking nearby, and the Market-Frankford Line only a block away on 2nd Street.

About Mike Tedeschi: Mike is a UI/UX designer and developer with eight years experience in the industry. He specializes in art direction, front-end development, and user interface and experience design for digital projects. Prior to founding Interactive Mechanics, he spent several years designing award-winning interactives and applications for Azavea (Lead UI/UX Designer) and Night Kitchen Interactive (Interactive Designer). You can reach Mike on Twitter @mike_tedeschi (https://twitter.com/mike_tedeschi) or mike@interactivemechanics.com .

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