Coursera: Weekly Challenge 2 - Thinking Like a UX Designer

Digital literacy is the familiarity of a user with the technology they need to use to access your product or service. How might you improve the user experience for users who are new to digital technology? Select all that apply.

Keep the design simple Provide clear guidance in the product Consider providing video tutorials

User-centered design begins with the step: understand. What is the second step of the process?

Specify

When designing cross-platform experiences, which platform should you focus on first when you build a new product?

The platform that best meets your user's needs

While equality means providing the same amount of opportunity and support to all, equity means providing _______ levels of opportunity and support for each person to achieve fair outcomes.

different

When following the user-centered design approach, what should a designer do after completing initial user research to better understand the user?

Determine the most important user problem to solve

True or false? Alternative text, or alt text, provides a high-contrast view of text.

False

True or false? UX designers should consider only current internet users when designing user experiences.

False

In which phase of Design Thinking would a designer come up with as many design solutions as possible?

Ideate

In which phase of Design Thinking would a designer create an early model of a product that demonstrates its functionality?

Prototype

Which of the following are examples of assistive technology? Select all that apply.

Screen reader Color modification Alternative text

Fill in the blank: Responsive web design allows a website to change automatically depending on _______.

the size of the device

What types of platforms does a designer need to keep in mind when designing a product? Select all that apply.

Desktop Television (TV) Mobile apps

Which of the following are best practices when designing for mobile experiences? Select all that apply.

Place call-to-action buttons front and center Keep navigation buttons short and simple

Design Thinking involves the following phases: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.

True

True or false? Screen readers are one of the most common assistive technologies for people with limited vision

True

Which of these are steps in user-centered design? Select all that apply.

Understand Design Specify

User experience should focus on the experience of existing users, and which other key group?

Users who are about to become internet users

As a UX designer, one of the key challenges of getting to know your users is avoiding taking a narrow view of the user, or making assumptions that they have the same needs and wants as you do. To reach as many users as possible, which of the following questions should you understand about your user? Select all that apply.

Where are my users accessing the product service? How familiar are my users with technology? Do my users have disabilities to consider-whether temporary, situational, or permanent?

User-centered design is when you consider a user's story, emotions, and ______.

the insights you have gathered about users

A framework creates the basic structure that focuses and supports a problem that you're trying to solve, like an outline for a project. UX designers use various frameworks to organize their approach to designs based on ____________ and the type of organization they work for.

the type of products they design