ID705 APPLICATION OF USABILITY TESTING AND USER CENTERED DESIGN
| Course Code: | 1250705 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. BAHAR ŞENER PEDGLEY |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course sets out to:
- offer practical experience in usability and user experience testing;
- develop skills in planning and conducting user tests;
- provide training in data collection, coding, analysis, results evaluation, and insight generation;
- support the communication of usability and UX research findings through appropriate reporting.
Course Content
Application-oriented course on usability and user experience testing. Hands-on experience within a usability laboratory. Designing and running a user test for physical and/or digital products and interfaces. Making observations and recordings. Coding and analyzing data. Reaching usability and user experience insights and formulating design recommendations. Preparing a usability and user experience report.
Course Learning Outcomes
On completing the course, students will be able to:
- plan and carry out usability tests in laboratory and/or field settings using recognised methods and techniques;
- observe, record, and code user interactions systematically;
- analyse usability and UX data to generate actionable insights and design recommendations;
- produce a clear and structured usability and user experience report.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Identifying research areas in distinct and contemporary topics and formulating research problems; | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being competent in the research process, process planning, managing, analyzing data, and correctly interpreting findings; | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Transforming knowledge in the field and research results into strategies, politics, methods and/or decisions; | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Transferring research findings into design education and practice; | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Disseminating generated knowledge, making publications and presenting them; | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having general knowledge in the field of design, having covered the literature and developing expertise in specific topics; | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having responsibility towards own research, respecting and practicing research ethics; | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having work discipline and skills in time planning; | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Having skills in oral, written and visual communication; | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Open to continuous education and self-development, having high professional motivation; | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Open and willing to share knowledge and skills with stakeholders; | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Being critical, able to make self-criticism, reflecting objective and unprejudiced thinking into their own work; | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Synthesising knowledge from different disciplines to use in one?s own field and using it for generating new knowledge. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution