Masterclasses
Prototype Testing and Usability Testing Masterclass (July 2025)
August
2025
Taught by
Morgan Denner
Costs
$50.00 USD
Starts
Jul 28, 2025
Ends
Aug 29, 2025
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Key Audiences
UX Design
UX Research
Product Owner
Product Manager
Summary
There are many ways to test user experiences and learn from users besides interviews. UX Research follows the Scientific Method to create assumptions and test them with experiments. Prototype testing is a great way to uncover user behavior but can be tricky to get right. Researchers must ensure they're building objective tests; building subjective tests can lead to poor results and poor UX.
This masterclass teaches students how to run objective experiments for prototype testing. In the class you will learn all aspects of experiment-building. Learn about prototype tests and measuring results. You'll practice with real test plans based on a real research subject.
Why Take This Class?
It's important for UX designers, UX researchers, and product managers to learn agile UX methods because it helps them work better as a team, build products faster, and make sure those products actually solve real problems for users. Agile UX helps teams test ideas quickly, get feedback early, and improve things often instead of waiting until the end. This way, they don’t waste time building things people don’t want, and they can create better apps or websites that people enjoy using.
Learning agile UX methods helps you succeed in a tech industry role on an in-house product team or at a startup because it teaches you how to work fast, adapt to change, and focus on what users really need. You learn to collaborate closely with developers, designers, and product managers, quickly test ideas, and use feedback to improve the product continuously. These skills are essential in fast-paced environments where priorities shift often and delivering value quickly is key. Agile UX helps you build products that users love while staying aligned with business goals.
Learning Objectives
Design objective UX research experiments
Build different types of prototype tests:
Usability task analysis
Prototype concept tests
A / B tests
Define and track qualitative measurements
Document the limits of research
Define a test and control
Analyze test results and present findings to non-researchers
Define new recommendations from previous research results
Reading Assignments
The following three books are considered required reading for this class. They are books you will keep on your shelf and utilize for your entire career. It’s important to read them in this class so that you understand the context of how we “bend and break the rules”. Read “Sprint” if you have to read one.
Gothelf, J., & Seiden, J. (2021). Lean UX: Creating great products with agile teams. O’Reilly Media. Retrieved on .
Knapp, J. (2021). Sprint. Penguin Books. Retrieved on .
Torres, T. (2021). Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover products that create customer value and business. Product Talk LLC. Retrieved on .
Curriculum
Week 1 - Introduction to Agile
Learn about Agile
Agile philosophies
Agile teamwork
Agile operations
The Google Design Sprint
Perform sprint work
Break the ice as a team
Determine cross-functional roles and responsibilities
Pick a discovery topic
Plan the first sprint
Week 2 - Google Design Sprint 1
Class-focused discussions
Perform sprint work as a team: Identify most important research questions, Build assumptions, Pick research method, Build test plan, Run research, Demo results, Retrospective, Plan the next sprint
Week 3 - Google Design Sprint 2
Class-focused discussions
Perform sprint work as a team: Identify most important research questions, Build assumptions, Pick research method, Build test plan, Run research, Demo results, Retrospective, Plan the next sprint
Week 4 - Google Design Sprint 3
Class-focused discussions
Perform sprint work as a team: Identify most important research questions, Build assumptions, Pick research method, Build test plan, Run research, Demo results, Retrospective, Plan the next sprint
Week 5 - Google Design Sprint 4
Class-focused discussions
Perform sprint work as a team: Identify most important research questions, Build assumptions, Pick research method, Build test plan, Run research, Demo results, Retrospective, Plan the next sprint
