Week 1 - Introduction to Experience Design

Salih Abdul-Karim, Introduction to UX Design

Jesse James Garrett, Elements of Experience Design

Week 2 - Processes, Methods, and Roles

The Agile Manifesto

Taz Brown, Scrum v. Kanban: Which Agile Framework Is Better?

Steve Psomas, The Five Competencies of User Experience Design

18F, 18F Methods

Talisha Peyton, The Design Critique: Giving and Receiving Feedback

Harrison Wheeler, The Six Principles Behind Design at Base

Richard Gabriel, A Writing Broadside

Gov dot UK, Service Toolkit

Week 3 - Competitive and Heuristic Audits

Abby Covert, Information Architecture Heuristics

Matt Isherwood, Stop Copying and Start Doing Competitor UX Analysis Properly

Week 4 - Scoping and Proposals

Peter Block, Chapter 4 from Flawless Consulting

Steven Douglas, Write a UX Proposal

Week 5 - User Experience Research

Susan Ferrell, UX Research Cheatsheet

Usability dot gov, User Research Basics (including when to use which methods)

Caroline Jarrett, How to Ask About User Satisfaction in a Survey

Erika Hall, Minimum Viable Ethnography

Erika Hall, Hello, and Thanks for All the Fish (recruiting)

Week 6 - Personas, Scenarios, and User Stories

Anne Gibson, Back to Basics: Differentiating Personas

Tamara Adlin, Personas Need a Purpose

Anne Gibson, Proper Use of Personas

Illai Gescheit, Good Users -- Bad Users

Buster Benson, Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet

Week 7 - Experience and Journey Maps

Jim Kalbach, Sorting Things Out

Katherine Barrow, 5 Questions to Ask Before You Create A Customer Journey Map

Confirmit, Chapters 2-5 of the Customer Journey Mapping Guide

Erika Hall, Hazard Mapping

Week 8 - Information Architecture

Abby Covert, How to Make Sense of Any Mess

Nathaniel Davis, Creating a Website Information Architecture in Six Steps

Emma Chittenden, What the F is Taxonomy Design?

Sarah Khan, An Introduction to Taxonomies

Week 10 - Content Strategy

Kristina Halvorson, The Discipline of Content Strategy

Usability dot gov, Content Strategy Basics

Alejandra Rodriguez, UX Writing: Creating Microcopy That Speaks to Users

Margot Bloomstein, The Importance of Designing for Trust in an Uncertain World

Week 11 - Interaction Design

Sabrina Fonseca, Designing Forms for Gender Diversity and Inclusion

Adhithya Kumar, Designing Accessible Products

Page Laubheimer, Wireflows: A UX Deliverable for Workflows and Apps

Havana Nguyen, An Introduction to Interaction Flows

Dan Brown, Wireframes

Week 12 - Inclusion, Ethics, and Safety

Tyler Woods, The “Iconathon” That’s Changing Digital Gender Representation

Jasmine Friedl, How to Look at Evidence and Not Translate it Into Your Own Agenda

Trine Falbe, Ethical Design: The Practical Getting-Started Guide

Chitrak Mitra, How to Stop Failing at User Safety

Luca Morovián, How Might Bad UX Design Kill You in the Future? 

Erin White, Trans-inclusive Design

Week 13 - Usability Testing and Prototyping

Janet Six, Testing Low-Fidelity Versus High-Fidelity Mockups

Quincy Smith, Prototyping User Experience

Bansi Mehta, Discover the Prototyping Method That Works for You

Week 14 - UX Practice: Context and Colleagues

David Hawkins: Being a Productive Remote Worker

Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me

UXPA 2018 Salary Survey

Week 15 - Presentations

Guy Kawasaki, The 10-20-30 Rule of Powerpoint

Page Laubheimer, Which UX Deliverables are Most Commonly Created and Shared?

Lee Caraher, Stop Uptalking Now? And 6 Confidence Rules