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About the Course

Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts is the fourth course in a certificate program that will equip you with the skills you need to apply to entry-level jobs in user experience (UX) design. In this course, you will learn how to plan and conduct a usability study to gather feedback about designs. Then, you will modify your low-fidelity designs based on insights from your research. Current UX designers and researchers at Google will serve as your instructors, and you will complete hands-on activities that simulate real-world UX design scenarios. Learners who complete the seven courses in this certificate program should be equipped to apply for entry-level jobs as UX designers. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Plan a UX research study, including the project background, research goals, research questions, Key Performance Indicators, methodology, participants, and script. - Explain the importance of respecting privacy and user data. - Conduct a moderated and unmoderated usability study. - Take notes during a usability study. - Create affinity diagrams to group and analyze data. - Synthesize observations from research and come up with insights. - Develop persuasive presentation skills to share research insights. - Modify low-fidelity designs based on research insights. - Continue to design a mobile app to include in your professional portfolio. To be successful in this course, you should complete the previous three courses in the certificate program. Or, you need to have an ability to conduct user research to inform the creation of empathy maps, personas, user stories, user journey maps, problem statements, and value propositions; as well as an ability to create wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes on paper and in Figma....

Top reviews

JH

Nov 2, 2022

One of the most useful courses for me. I have gathered soo much knowledge from this course. The work and assignments might seem a bit cumbersome, but trust me when you do those you will learn a lot.

MA

Jul 23, 2023

Amazing course!.... It has provided me the knowledge and skills I need to succeed in my chosen field. I'm confident that this course will help me reach my goals. Thanks for making this available!

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By Eii D

Aug 10, 2023

the last assignment was somehow unclear. We didn’t know where to add the “new app design” on the template. Also the phone template was not see-through and we had to delete it and replace our own designs.

The course was really nice and informative but the final assignment’s template and instructions were not so clear (and it was really boring to read the whole page of instructions)

By Kethari D P

Dec 15, 2022

I gratitude to our instructor's & coursera platform to providing a knowledge from industrial standards perspectives to make a perfect UX driven designer and very thankful for helping to learn & conduct ux research study in easy way. However for this course i have a suggestion from my perspective , need to update content as per latest trends to stay updated.

By Eve P

Aug 22, 2022

Overall this course was good. Conducting your own UX research is a great skill set to learn. There are some sequencing problems toward the end of the course and a few models that are not consistent with the patterns established throughout the previous courses. This course could really use a re-work from Google to get it better organized.

By Sylvia P

May 1, 2022

The course is incredibly useful. The lecturer teaches the material very well. But the template of the last presentation lacks an important part, before and after the changes, which confuses the students and they fail to perform as well as possible in the last exercise, which is evaluated by peers. I hope you fix this.

By Aayush C

Jul 23, 2021

I really enjoyed this course and this one help me to improve my product such a nice course but I have faced some problem in peer graded assignment submission. When i submitted my work some people didn't give the whole marks beacuse something left out but i want feedback in comments that should be necesary not optional

By Ana V

May 5, 2021

I think this course covered what it needed to, and did a good job in the types of assignments we needed to complete. I liked that the point was made that probably as a UX researcher we would be working with a team, that made me feel a little less anxious about how much work goes into research and testing.

By Kiara F

Nov 4, 2022

The only reason I'm not giving it a full five stars is simply because I realized that a UX Researcher is not what I want to be. I am definitely more about the creating process. So having research and more research being most of this chapter, it wasn't my favorite. I can't wait for Part Five.

By Charanor M

Jul 1, 2021

This was the quickest course in the program. I enjoyed it.

Some of the examples left a lot to infer towards the end of the course. the examples could have been more complete.

One of the downloads was in the wrong place on an Activity, this led to confusion with grading.

By Baranzan S

Mar 27, 2022

An immersive simulation that will bring students into the real world of using UX design will offer more dept in educating newcomers like me. Of course it will be ideal to have a one-on-one instructor to guide you, but I recognise that's a stretch.

By Nida R

Sep 8, 2022

awesome course learned so much , specially if u want to work for an organization then this course is really good. The only drawback in the entire google ux course is that it is not reviewed by professionals or teachers but by your peers.

By Gabriel P

Sep 17, 2021

Research isn't my strong suit. It was a bit challenging especially when arranging remote UX testing. But you'll learn a lot. A suggestion on free to use UX testing tools would be most helpful as well and most you seem to have to pay for.

By Nompilo B

Jul 26, 2023

great course, only giving it 4stars because I struggled to get through some assignments because I did not have prior courses knowledge, so it was hard to get some assignments completed. None the less it was very fruitful. I enjoy It.

By Saradha S

Oct 22, 2021

Interesting to understand others' perspectives of the design and how much insights usability interviews could bring in. Since this course doesn't have much direct support, sometimes its difficult to see if we are going in right track.

By William W

Feb 10, 2024

Although the course still provides relevant knowledge, the speaker's tone and energy make it hard for the listeners to concentrate. Many pieces of information have also been repeated, which seems redundant and absurd to repeat them.

By Dani G

Nov 27, 2023

I was very upset with the fact that people can write whatever in the disccusion activities. These people are showing ZERO commitment with the course and the activity. The course should be a little more demanding with this posts.

By Tony A

Feb 3, 2023

Fantastic course. This course helped me do away with the assumptions that I had as a designer. If you are doing the course correctly you will come to know that what you think and what the user thinks are enitrely different.

By Mark V

Oct 29, 2023

The course contains a lot of valuable information and it focuses exclusively on usability study, but I was somehow bored in comparison to the previous courses. Thanks a lot for the instructor and all the team.

By Ashfaaq I

Aug 1, 2021

The course broke down the UX Research process into simple steps allowing any beginner to be able to conduct UX Research. I loved how the mentor taught the course and explained the insights. Great work, Google.

By Matthias ( L

Oct 18, 2021

Very exciting course. I would have liked a little more interaction with course participants. In usability tests, this could certainly help some students who receive little support from their environment.

By Ramanathan R S

May 24, 2023

This part of the course was a bit slow comparing to other, but neat explanation by Jason and other googlers made me hold tight and complete this course successfully. Thanks Coursera & Google for this.

By Mukilan D S

Jul 30, 2022

It was nice course describing how to conduct UX research and test early concepts. Some parts of it were jsut text heavy and would have worked better it was an interactive activity (team work).

By Deanna R

Jul 15, 2023

I had some trouble finding the template for the last assignment, but I did finish the project, albeit a bit differently that the other examples I saw, but I actually really enjoyed this part

By Sandeep S

Jan 13, 2023

The reason for a 4 star is the non-credit part of this course. Does this course have any relevance or impact when applying for jobs or is it just preparing people for level 1 jobs in UX?

By rumana i

Aug 21, 2023

I had no idea what usability study was, and it was necessary, every term seemed new to me. But after taking this course I'm a little bit more closer to becoming a better UX designer.

By Isa S

Nov 30, 2023

Great on theory, but sometimes it is missing some practical help, like on the to make revisions on your design from the date you just gathered. Some examples would be great.