Running guest UX workshops for undergrad graphic design students

Web Teaching Day, 18 May 2017

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1. Running guest UX workshops for undergrad graphic design students
2. fffunction: a user-centred design agency
3. fffunction: a user-centred design agency
4. fffunction: a user-centred design agency
5. UX: User eXperience UXD: User eXperience Design UCD: User Centred Design
6. What we’ve been doing
7. Why we were asked to do it
8. How we organised the workshops
9. 14 November Kickoff workshop activities 21 November User research, user personas, user journeys 28 November IA, sketching, prototypes, user testing How we organised the workshops
10. A brief / idea / project to work to
11. Create a microsite for the Graphic Design course Think about potential users Think about scenarios, journeys for those users Work up ideas for content and a structure for that content Think about interactive parts of the site A brief / idea / project to work to
12. Design the box
13. Design the box
14. Design the box
15. Affinity mapping
16. Affinity mapping
17. Affinity mapping
18. Affinity mapping
19. Empathy mapping
20. Empathy mapping
21. Empathy mapping
22. Personas
23. Personas
24. Personas
25. User journeys
26. User journeys
27. User journeys
28. User journeys
29. Information architecture
30. Information architecture
31. Sketching, prototyping, and usability testing
32. Sketching, prototyping, usability testing
33. Sketching, prototyping, usability testing
34. Outcomes
35. Outcomes
36. Outcomes
37. Outcomes
38. Outcomes “Some of the good feedback received along the way, from peers and in interviews, focused on my UX process – user research, empathy mapping, personas, IA etc. All stuff picked up and carried out from those mornings in September. I’m indebted to Dan and the guys at fffunction for cramming so much good stuff into such a short few days.”
39. What I’ve learned Practical exercises are the way to go. Focus on activities that work well in workshops. E.g. user research not so good! Have an example / brief / project which is easy to explain and easy to grasp. Strict timeboxing of activities.
40. What I’ve learned A mixture of show and tell vs students wandering round and reviewing other students’ work at the end of activities works well. Creative presentation of user journey work is engaging and fun. Particularly if the students are creative and the space their in encourages and facilitates it. Bringing slides, resources, links, and routes for onward exploration into a microsite for the workshops was useful…
41. What I’ve learned http://fal2016.surge.sh/
42. Thank you @bouncingdan @fffunction http://fffunction.co http://fal2016.surge.sh/
43. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0994347081 Designing UX - Prototyping Ben Coleman, Dan Goodwin SitePoint ISBN: 0994347081 Shameful book plug