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UX Resource for UCSC Genomics Institute
  • Overview
  • Before starting
    • Think about the user
    • Review other tools
    • Write it out
  • During design
    • Create your designs
  • Getting feedback
    • Who, when, why of feedback
    • Step 1: Heuristic Evaluation
    • Step 2: Talk to users and show them your designs
    • How to do surveys
    • How to sort through feedback
  • best practices
    • Best general design
    • Basic visual design
    • Basic accessibility
  • Glossary
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  1. Before starting

Write it out

Writing out our goals and notes is helpful for you and for others

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After looking at other tools and thinking about your user, putting what you've learned and what your goals are for your design into writing is important. A short summary will help you:

  • cement what you've observed and learned

  • remind yourself of the ultimate goal for the tool

  • remind PIs, coworkers, etc of the ultimate goal for the tool

  • guide development

  • help you to define core features and the minimum viable product (MVP)

In addition to writing up a short summary, it can be surprisingly helpful to write up the most plausible actions/stories that someone would take while using your tool. This is called a user story and will help you make sure that you meet the needs of your most common use case.

How to Write A Painless User StoryStudio by UXPin
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