Texas Foundations of User Experience
72 Standards
1.A
Identify job opportunities in UX and accompanying job duties and tasks
1.B
Employ effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills
1.C
Examine the role of certifications, resumes, and portfolios in UX professions
1.D
Solve problems and think critically
1.E
Demonstrate leadership skills and function effectively as a team member with a focus on appreciation for diversity, conflict management, and adaptability
1.F
Demonstrate planning and time-management skills such as storyboarding and project management, including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing a project
2.A
Adapt language such as structure and style for audience, purpose, situation, and intent
2.B
Organize oral and written information
2.C
Interpret and communicate information, data, and observations
2.D
Deliver formal and informal presentations
2.E
Apply active listening skills to obtain and clarify information
2.F
Analyze multiple viewpoints of potential diverse users
2.G
Exhibit public relations skills
3.A
Summarize the evolution of the UX field
3.B
Analyze current trends and challenges of the UX field
3.C
Examine the diversity of roles and career opportunities across the UX field
3.D
Identify terminology associated with UX including Agile, sprint cycles, back and front-end development, design thinking, empathy mapping, journey mapping, game-storming, human computer interaction, taskanalysis observation, quantitative and qualitative data, end user, iteration, persona, wire-framing, prototype, scrum, user interface design, journey, and empathy mapping
3.E
Identify and explain the differences between effective and ineffective design
3.F
Identify and explain the connection between psychology and behavior with regard to usability
3.G
Explain how design affects our everyday lives
3.H
Predict future applications of UX skills
4.A
Explain and demonstrate ethical use of technology
4.B
Explain intellectual property laws, including copyright, trademarks, and patents and consequences of violating each type of law
4.C
Adhere to intellectual property laws
4.D
Explain the consequences of plagiarism
4.E
Demonstrate ethical use of online resources, including citation of sources
5.A
Explain the difference between qualitative and quantitative data;
5.B
Conduct user interviews to gather insights into what users think about a site, an application, a product, or a process
5.C
Draw conclusions from qualitative data collection and methods
5.D
Analyze and document how users perform tasks through a task analysis observation
5.E
Identify patterns in collected data
5.F
Define affinity and customer journey maps as a visual document that shows a user’s interactions with a company or product to understand business solution opportunities
5.G
Develop a user persona as a representation of real target audience data
5.H
Prepare communication, observations, analyses, and findings for business product and marketing teams
6.A
Organize ideas and data using affinity mapping
6.B
Produce simple customer journey maps
6.C
Communicate observations, analyses, and findings with business product and marketing teams
7.A
Identify Gestalt principles and how users tend to unify visual elements into groups
7.B
Describe visceral reactions in creating a positive user experience
7.C
Demonstrate knowledge of the psychology of color which is the influence of colors on the human behavior, mind, and reactions
7.D
Explain recognition and scanning patterns
7.E
Define Hick's Law and Weber's Law of just noticeable difference
7.F
Explain sensory adaptation phenomenon and perceptual set
7.G
Explain the stages of human information processing, including sensing, perceiving, decision-making, and acting
8.A
Identify end-user problems and needs in real-world environments
8.B
Identify principles of accessibility, such as perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust (POUR)
8.C
Identify and explain the connection between human and computer interaction in regard to usability
8.D
Identify where an existing product or process can be improved for the end user by using empathy and journey mapping
8.E
Sketch and revise designs to understand the concept of wire-framing, prototypes, and rapid iteration
8.F
Apply design thinking methodology to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create solutions to prototype and test
8.G
Perform user tests to determine what is effective and efficient for changes to the product or process
8.H
Define and use iteration process based on user test data to analyze and validate or challenge assumptions for a design solution
8.I
Perform various ideation techniques such as prototyping, storyboarding, and game-storming to visually predict and explore a user experience’s with a product
9.A
Identify the relationship between UX research and design-thinking methods and the different stages and roles of UX project management including Scrum and a sprint cycle
9.B
Describe best practices of UX research and design thinking in Agile project cycles
9.C
Identify and use techniques of building and achieving consensus in solution design
9.D
Understand the purpose and roles of UX professionals throughout a project lifecycle
10.A
Apply writing skills to document research findings and solution plans
10.B
Identify the terminology associated with web page and mobile app development, and interactive media
10.C
Use design elements such as typeface, color, shape, texture, space, and form
10.D
Use design principles such as unity, harmony, balance, scale, and contrast
10.E
Identify and explain common elements of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) such as tags, style sheets, and hyperlinks
10.F.i
Create effective user interfaces for browser-based, native, and hybrid mobile applications
10.F.ii
Demonstrate proper use of vector and raster-based design software
10.F.iii
Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between desktop and mobile applications
10.F.iv
Understand the difference between back-end and front-end development in UX
10.F.v
Create a web page containing links, graphics, and text using appropriate design principles
10.G
Demonstrate basic sketching skills for agile iteration
10.H
Create wireframes using design software to create mobile and application layout designs and functions
10.I
Create interactive elements in wireframes as foundational for agile prototyping
10.J
Explain how design fidelity from sketch to wireframe to prototype to visuals, aligns with and supports agile development lifecycles
10.K
Produce digital assets toward a digital product portfolio