Introduction to Usability Engineering and IEC 62366-1

Learn how to establish a pragmatic usability engineering process that enables regulatory clearance and great product design during this self-paced, interactive online course.

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About this course

This online course focuses on a pragmatic usability engineering approach. It covers an orientation of the usability engineering process according to the IEC 62366-1:2020 version of the standard as well as the pragmatic translation of the standard to everyday life.

The course covers the general requirements of usability engineering, preparing the use specification, establishing user interface specification and evaluation plan, designing user interface, and performing formative tests and summative evaluations.

Learners will have access to the online course for 6 months to review the material and pass the exam. One exam attempt is included and the score earned will be printed on the learner's certificate. 

Curriculum8 - 16 hours

  • Introduction
  • Course goals
  • Welcome
  • What is Usability Engineering and why is it important
  • Quiz - What is Usability Engineering and why is it important
  • Meet two close friends
  • The usability engineering process and key terms
  • Quiz - The usability engineering process and key terms
  • Talking about usability means talking about risk
  • Quiz - Talking about usability means talking about risk
  • How to structure and share work
  • Quiz - How to structure and share work
  • The regulatory background for usability engineering
  • The regulatory background for usability engineering
  • Quiz - The regulatory background for usability engineering
  • Differences between Europe and the US
  • Quiz - Differences between Europe and the US
  • What's new in 62366-1:2015/1 Amd 2020
  • Quiz - What's new in 62366-1:2015/1 Amd 2020
  • Understanding and cherishing iterative work
  • Usability engineering as iterative process: Where to start and where to stop
  • Quiz - Usability engineering as iterative process: Where to start and where to stop
  • Your mindset as usability engineer
  • Quiz - Your mindset as usability engineer
  • The general requirements of usability engineering
  • Usability engineering planning and file
  • Quiz - Usability engineering planning and file
  • How about user experience? A pragmatic approach to great products
  • Quiz - How about user experience? A pragmatic approach to great products
  • Preparing the use specification
  • How to learn about your users
  • Quiz - How to learn about your users
  • Interviews and observations
  • Quiz - Interviews and observations
  • Contextual inquiries
  • Quiz - Contextual inquiries
  • How to UX from the start
  • Quiz - How to UX from the start
  • Identifying user interface characteristics related to safety
  • What is a task analysis and why perform one
  • Quiz - What is a task analysis and why perform one
  • How to use the results
  • Quiz - How to use the results
  • Focusing on the relevant things
  • Identifying known or foreseeable hazards and hazardous situations
  • Quiz - Identifying known or foreseeable hazards and hazardous situations
  • Describing hazard-related use scenarios
  • Quiz - Describing hazard-related use scenarios
  • Choosing evaluation scenarios for summative testing
  • Quiz - Choosing evaluation scenarios for summative testing
  • Establishing user interface specification
  • From contextual inquiry to requirement
  • Quiz - From contextual inquiry to requirement
  • How to phrase user requirements correctly
  • Quiz - How to phrase user requirements correctly
  • Establishing user interface evaluation plan
  • To test or not to test: That is the the question
  • Quiz - To test or not to test: That is the the question
  • When to start and how often you should test
  • Quiz - When to start and how often you should test
  • Designing user interface
  • Short introduction to design principles - Part 1
  • Short Introduction to design principles - Part 2
  • Quiz - Short introduction to design principles
  • Prototyping from low budget to high gloss: Making the device experienceable - Part 1
  • Prototyping from low budget to high gloss: Making the device experienceable - Part 2
  • Quiz - Prototyping from low budget to high gloss: Making the device experienceable
  • Building fast means failing fast means learning fast
  • Quiz - Building fast means failing fast means learning fast
  • Performing formative tests
  • How and when to do formative testing? - Part 1
  • How and when to do formative testing? - Part 2
  • Quiz - How and when to do formative testing?
  • What to test and how to integrate UX into usability testing?
  • Quiz - What to test and how to integrate UX into usability testing?
  • Performing summative evaluation
  • The basics of summative testing - Part 1
  • The basics of summative testing - Part 2
  • Quiz - The basics of summative testing
  • Analysing errors with a root cause analysis
  • Quiz - Analysing errors with a root cause analysis
  • Final exam
  • Final exam - Usability Engineering
  • Course evaluation
  • Course evaluation - Usability Engineering

About this course

This online course focuses on a pragmatic usability engineering approach. It covers an orientation of the usability engineering process according to the IEC 62366-1:2020 version of the standard as well as the pragmatic translation of the standard to everyday life.

The course covers the general requirements of usability engineering, preparing the use specification, establishing user interface specification and evaluation plan, designing user interface, and performing formative tests and summative evaluations.

Learners will have access to the online course for 6 months to review the material and pass the exam. One exam attempt is included and the score earned will be printed on the learner's certificate. 

Curriculum8 - 16 hours

  • Introduction
  • Course goals
  • Welcome
  • What is Usability Engineering and why is it important
  • Quiz - What is Usability Engineering and why is it important
  • Meet two close friends
  • The usability engineering process and key terms
  • Quiz - The usability engineering process and key terms
  • Talking about usability means talking about risk
  • Quiz - Talking about usability means talking about risk
  • How to structure and share work
  • Quiz - How to structure and share work
  • The regulatory background for usability engineering
  • The regulatory background for usability engineering
  • Quiz - The regulatory background for usability engineering
  • Differences between Europe and the US
  • Quiz - Differences between Europe and the US
  • What's new in 62366-1:2015/1 Amd 2020
  • Quiz - What's new in 62366-1:2015/1 Amd 2020
  • Understanding and cherishing iterative work
  • Usability engineering as iterative process: Where to start and where to stop
  • Quiz - Usability engineering as iterative process: Where to start and where to stop
  • Your mindset as usability engineer
  • Quiz - Your mindset as usability engineer
  • The general requirements of usability engineering
  • Usability engineering planning and file
  • Quiz - Usability engineering planning and file
  • How about user experience? A pragmatic approach to great products
  • Quiz - How about user experience? A pragmatic approach to great products
  • Preparing the use specification
  • How to learn about your users
  • Quiz - How to learn about your users
  • Interviews and observations
  • Quiz - Interviews and observations
  • Contextual inquiries
  • Quiz - Contextual inquiries
  • How to UX from the start
  • Quiz - How to UX from the start
  • Identifying user interface characteristics related to safety
  • What is a task analysis and why perform one
  • Quiz - What is a task analysis and why perform one
  • How to use the results
  • Quiz - How to use the results
  • Focusing on the relevant things
  • Identifying known or foreseeable hazards and hazardous situations
  • Quiz - Identifying known or foreseeable hazards and hazardous situations
  • Describing hazard-related use scenarios
  • Quiz - Describing hazard-related use scenarios
  • Choosing evaluation scenarios for summative testing
  • Quiz - Choosing evaluation scenarios for summative testing
  • Establishing user interface specification
  • From contextual inquiry to requirement
  • Quiz - From contextual inquiry to requirement
  • How to phrase user requirements correctly
  • Quiz - How to phrase user requirements correctly
  • Establishing user interface evaluation plan
  • To test or not to test: That is the the question
  • Quiz - To test or not to test: That is the the question
  • When to start and how often you should test
  • Quiz - When to start and how often you should test
  • Designing user interface
  • Short introduction to design principles - Part 1
  • Short Introduction to design principles - Part 2
  • Quiz - Short introduction to design principles
  • Prototyping from low budget to high gloss: Making the device experienceable - Part 1
  • Prototyping from low budget to high gloss: Making the device experienceable - Part 2
  • Quiz - Prototyping from low budget to high gloss: Making the device experienceable
  • Building fast means failing fast means learning fast
  • Quiz - Building fast means failing fast means learning fast
  • Performing formative tests
  • How and when to do formative testing? - Part 1
  • How and when to do formative testing? - Part 2
  • Quiz - How and when to do formative testing?
  • What to test and how to integrate UX into usability testing?
  • Quiz - What to test and how to integrate UX into usability testing?
  • Performing summative evaluation
  • The basics of summative testing - Part 1
  • The basics of summative testing - Part 2
  • Quiz - The basics of summative testing
  • Analysing errors with a root cause analysis
  • Quiz - Analysing errors with a root cause analysis
  • Final exam
  • Final exam - Usability Engineering
  • Course evaluation
  • Course evaluation - Usability Engineering

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