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About the Course

Designing effective interactive systems requires understanding the needs and capabilities of the people who will be using them. In this UX course we will focus on how to interact with users (or potential users) to understand what they need, what they currently do, what they love and hate, and examine human capabilities and behavior as they relate to UX design. Learners will be introduced to numerous techniques to gather data from and about users. This course is part of the User Experience (UX) Research and Design specialization offered on Coursera. What you'll learn: Find out what user needs assessments are, what qualitative research is, and how the two are related. Learn an end-to-end methodology for qualitative research that is suited for understanding user needs. The methodology includes knowledge of semi-structured interviews, in-situ observation, and affinity walls. Be exposed to good practices for conducting semi-structured interviews, in-situ observation, and affinity walls. Gain some experience with semi-structured interviews, in-situ observations, and affinity walls....

Top reviews

WA

Jul 17, 2019

I really like this lecturer, he gives lots of good examples and analogies for the principles taught in this course. Well done.

DS

Oct 31, 2020

The methodologies learned in this program are applicable not only to UX research but to many other fields. I recommend this course at 100%.

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By Lisa Y

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Oct 11, 2019

very good

By Subham K S

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Apr 5, 2023

Loved it

By Yuhong L

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May 25, 2020

Great!

By NGUYEN D T

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Sep 18, 2025

good

By Tran H N

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Sep 15, 2025

nice

By Đinh N Q

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May 28, 2025

good

By cindy s

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May 6, 2023

good

By Vo V P ( H

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Nov 8, 2022

good

By Richard N

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Jan 21, 2023

yee

By Luong T

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Mar 21, 2021

Knowledge is so helpful and you can apply it immediately in your current work.

You will do many assignments in this course. To ensure that you can spend more time on this.

By Tiffany M

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Mar 29, 2020

Very detailed curriculum but with many constrains for the assignments.

By Rhandy F M

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Aug 21, 2019

It was a very valuable course

By Joy Y

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Jan 10, 2023

Great course!

By Diego d l P

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May 20, 2020

Great course

By Gordeeva A

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Jun 15, 2022

Было бы хорошо, если бы субтитры были на самом видео, чтобы можно было смотреть и читать одновременно. Так информация лучше усваивается. Также на последне нделе, где изучалась стена сходства, некоторые стикеры были без перевода и качество видео среднее, что мешало перевести текст самостоятельно. Это вызвало сложность с выполнением задания и пониманием как вообще делать эту стену.

By MONICA M G

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Mar 25, 2022

monotino

By Sam B

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Feb 23, 2022

Not generic and it's focusing only on one type of research

By ABDULRAHMAN S M A

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Aug 8, 2023

so much work for it