Approximate time plan for the two-day training
First day
- 09.00 – 10.10 Introduction and Basic concepts
- 10.25 – 11.00 Exercise: Examples of usability problems
- 11.00 – 11.30 The human-centred design process
- 11.30 – 12.15 Lunch break
- 12.15 – 13.30 Analysis: Understand and specify the context of use
- 13.40 – 14.25 Exercise: Plan and conduct an interview
- 14.25 – 15.00 Exercise: Describe the context of use
- 15.15 – 16.15 Specify the user requirements
- 16.15 – 17.00 Exercise: Specify user requirements for a system
Second day
- 09.00 – 10.05 Design & prototyping
- 10.20 – 10.45 Exercise: Dialogue principles
- 10.45 – 11.30 Dialogue principles & user interface guidelines
- 11.30 – 12.15 Lunch break
- 12.15 – 14.00 Exercise: Build and test a low-fidelity prototype
- 14.00 – 14.45 Exercise: Usability testing
- 15.00 – 15.45 Usability testing
- 16.00 – 16.15 Inspection and User survey
- 16.15 – 16.30 Exercise: User survey
- 16.30 – 17.00 Exercise: Selling usability in your organization
The two day training includes exercises and frequent quiz questions. About 50% of the training is spent on 10-12 exercises.
Time plan for the half-day crash course
The 3½-hour crash course includes frequent quiz questions and a mock-exam but no exercises.
- 09.00 – 09.35 Basic concepts; human-centred design
- 09.35 – 09.40 Break
- 09.40 – 10.25 Specify the context of use & user requirements
- 10.25 – 10.40 Break
- 10.40 – 11.30 Design, prototyping & dialogue principles
- 11.30 – 11.35 Break
- 11.35 – 12.05 Evaluate the design: usability tests & inspection
- 12.05 – 12.15 Break
- 12.15 – 12.35 Mock exam, 18 exam questions in 20 minutes
- 12.35 – 12.45 Answers to test questions; questions from students
- 12.45 – 13.30 Lunch break
- 13.30 – 15.15 Certification exam
The certification exam is optional. It can be taken at any time, not only immediately after the crash course.
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