Online tutorial

User experience design

An introduction

Time to complete:

0.5 hour


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January 2024


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This course introduces user experience design (UXD) in the context of bioinformatics tools and service development. It provides an overview of basic concepts and links to external resources on UXD where you can learn more.

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Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who would like to learn about user experience design; particularly biocurators, developers, bioinformaticians and researchers who are involved in biocuration and the process of creating bioinformatics tools and resources that use biological data will find this training useful.

This online tutorial was developed as part of the BioMedBridges project, funded by FP7 Capacities Specific Programme, grant agreement no. 284209 and updated as part of the ELIXIR CONVERGE project.

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What will I achieve?

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Explain the concept of UXD
  • Describe the benefits of conducting UXD
  • Describe different approaches to undertaking UXD

What resources do I need?

There are no specific resources required to complete this course.

DOI: 10.6019/TOL.UX-c.2015.00001.1