Applying user experience methodologies to a design (internal)
Internal 3 credits UX methodologies End users Modelling & testing Informed & refined ImplicationsAS 91901, 3 credits. Achieved explains the outcome's PURPOSE and END-USER requirements, investigates and applies UX methodologies to generate a RANGE of design ideas, explains a chosen design's appropriateness, models/tests it, and explains implications. Merit develops an INFORMED design — using modelling/testing data to improve it, evaluating how methodologies were used and how implications are addressed. Excellence develops a REFINED design — JUSTIFYING the methodology choice, the design's suitability, and how it might develop further.
1 Reading the notation
Six Achieved elements, then the informed/refined additions, in the standard's own words.📖 Terms the schedule grades you on
4 terms- Apply UX methodologies (Achieved)
- Explain purpose + end-user requirements; investigate methodologies; generate a RANGE of design ideas; explain the chosen design's appropriateness; model and test it; explain implications.
- Develop an informed design (Merit)
- Use modelling/testing data to improve the design; evaluate how methodologies were used; evaluate how the design addresses implications.
- Develop a refined design (Excellence)
- Justify the methodology choice; justify the design's suitability; justify how it might develop further in future.
- UX methodologies (standard's own list)
- User research, usability evaluation, information architecture, UI design, interaction design, visual design, content strategy, accessibility.
2 Generating a range of design ideas
More than one direction, built from real user data — not the first sketch.What "a range" needs to show
- End-user requirements gathered from real users, not assumed.
- More than one design direction genuinely considered.
- A persona (if used) built from real data, with a goal and a constraint.
- A stated reason for the design finally chosen from the range.
3 Modelling and testing the design
Structure before appearance; tasks, not opinions. ✕"Do you like it?"
The commonest way to gather useless data. People are polite, and liking is not usability. Set a task — "find and book a Tuesday session" — then watch silently and record where they hesitate, backtrack or give up.4 Implications, and evaluating how the design addresses them
Explain (Achieved), then evaluate how the design addresses them (Merit).The standard's own implication list
- Social, cultural, legal, ethical, intellectual property, privacy.
- Accessibility, usability, functionality, aesthetics.
- Sustainability and future-proofing.
- End-user considerations, health and safety.
Practice
Recall it first, then use it — testing yourself builds the memory, where rereading the notes above only feels easier.
Recall and application shuffled together — you have to work out what each item wants before you can answer it, which is the part the exam actually tests. Both kinds feed the same spacing schedule, so anything you miss comes back sooner.
Say the answer out loud before flipping — that attempt is where the learning happens, even when you get it wrong.
Exam-style only. Instant feedback, shuffled each attempt, best score saved on this device.