UX Basics Workshop at General Assembly London by Tricia Okin

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This workshop will help you think through your current sites and projects from your users' perspectives by physically mapping out their concerns in space. First we'll review the various techniques to gather user research, then practice them in groups, organize the issues and plan execution. We'll cover the following methods:- Mind mapping Paper prototyping- Narrowing down concepts to features and uses- Talking to your users (targeted and off the cuff prototyping)- WireframingThis course is for people reviewing their current products who need address user issues or people who just need to integrate these techniques into their organizations. Students can expect to leave with some new paper prototyping skills, along with some apps and methodologies to translate to digital materials.

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UX Basics Workshop

Mindmapping, Paper Prototyping, Wireframing and User Tests

ABOUT Tricia Okin!+ web, mobile and ux designer based in Brooklyn since 2001 + designs and builds web and mobile sites/applications for companies within the food, green and tech startup fields + BFA in photography from University of Florida and an MFA in Design & Technology from Parsons The New School for Design. http://papercutny.com/ @papercutny

UX Basics Workshop

•  Audience, User Personas and Stories •  Mindmapping •  Wireframing •  Paper Prototyping

• We’ll lightly cover: –  Heuristics –  Storyboarding –  Collaging

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UX Basics Workshop

Who is Your Audience?!•  Age, Urban or Sub-urban, Ethnicities? •  What Careers / Professions? •  Technology usage? •  What issues do they care about that would draw/force them to use your idea? •  Luxury product for a few or mass market? •  Government or institutions? •  Students or anyone on a budget? •  Early career folks making around £30.000 with small precious disposable

income? •  Couples making £50k - £90k who are used to paying more for quality? •  Affluent / luxury – household income of £120k - £205k?

 

UX Basics Workshop

•  What needs fixing? •  What do your users say need fixing? •  What are the pain points to using your product or application? •  What improvements can be done first and easily then understand next phases

 

What Problem Are You!Trying to Solve?!

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User Personas & Stories!

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User Personas!

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The BlogTalkRadio Customer Experience Map

An online radio show is often just one part of a larger content and social strategy.

The appeal of BlogTalkRadio is its low barrier of entry of the tools and the built in audience / community.

We delight users when we help them overcome their anxieties and exceed their expectations.

Writer's block, "What do I talk about?"

Stage fright: "Is this live? What if I mess up?"

Technical confusion: "How do I put my guests on?"

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4. Button - Implies 30 Day Free Trial4.1 Goes to Registration Page4.2 A/B test this (entire page) going to the Studio Demo

5. Button - Users can move down & up the page 5.1 "Up" may not be necessary if we have the nav bar follow them

6. Wide format Slider 6.1 Navigation dots change the entire area of both image and written content 6.2 Only feature 6 Benefits max. 6.3 The last two panels can be testimonials that we already have from other designs 6.4 Try Button goes to Registration

7. Screenshot of Studio7.1 Standard or Premium?4.2 A/B test this (entire page) going to the Studio Demo

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Paper Prototyping!

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Storyboarding!

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Exercise: !•  Name the users of the sites •  Name the potential user groups of the sites •  Remove or add any features from the home

page and menu systems that are (un)necessary

Bank of America UK: http://bankofamerica.co.uk/

Bank of America UK

Bank of America UK/

European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

European Commission (English Language)

European Commission (English Language)

BUPA (British Private Insurance): http://www.bupa.co.uk/

BUPA (British Private Insurance)

TOOLS & REFERENCES Wireframing!http://www.balsamiq.com/ http://www.adobe.com/products/proto.html http://mockflow.com/ Mindmapping!http://popplet.com/ http://lovelycharts.com/ - UX document creator (sitemaps, user flows, etc) http://www.mindmeister.com/ Grid Systems/Frameworks!http://foundation.zurb.com/grid.php http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ Responsive Design!http://mediaqueri.es/ http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ http://www.thismanslife.co.uk/projects/lab/responsivewireframes/#desktop – Responsive wireframes http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/05/30/design-process-responsive-age/ - very detailed and not just vague. Also has a downloadable PDF content priority guide.

CONTACT Tricia Okin!tricia@papercutny.com http://papercutny.com/ Follow me on Twitter @papercutny

I’ll put these slides up on Slide Share in the next 36 hours: http://www.slideshare.net/papercutny !