HCI 101

Master the essential principles of usability to bridge the gap between human psychology and functional design as you launch your new creative career. * **Mastering fundamental usability principles** for intuitive digital products * **Applying conceptual models** to bridge user and system * **Identifying design gaps** using signifiers, affordances, and feedback * **Executing human-centered research** to solve real user problems

7 sections ยท 25 lessons

Course outline

Core Design Principles

  1. Discoverability
  2. Affordances
  3. Signifiers
  4. Mapping
  5. Feedback
  6. Conceptual Models

Human Action Psychology

  1. Seven Stages
  2. Gulf of Execution
  3. Gulf of Evaluation
  4. Visceral, Behavioral, Reflective

Memory and Knowledge

  1. Knowledge in World
  2. Recognition vs Recall

Design Constraints

  1. Physical Constraints
  2. Cultural Constraints
  3. Semantic Constraints
  4. Logical Constraints

Error and Resilience

  1. Slips vs Mistakes
  2. Error Prevention & Recovery
  3. Resilience Engineering

Design Process

  1. Design Thinking
  2. Double Diamond
  3. Human-Centered Design

Design in Practice

  1. Business Constraints
  2. Featuritis
  3. Complexity vs Confusion

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