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title: 'Module 1'
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date: '2026-10-15'
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# Module 1

 Image: [Julian Schüngel, Flickr.com](https://www.flickr.com/photos/medevac71/10610701655/)  ![SFU Academic Quadrangle](https://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-course-hub/images/5/9/a/d/9/59ad9ac83c97984768aabff657011cb9715a82cc-10610701655c57e2dc536o.jpg) 

On this page

- [Summaries and Questions](#summaries-and-questions)
- [Presented Slides](#presented-slides)
- [Supplemental Materials](#supplemental-materials)
- [Handouts](#handouts)
- [Recommended Reading](#recommended-reading)
- [Guerrilla Usability Testing: How To Introduce It In Your Next UX Project - Usability Geek](#guerrilla-usability-testi)

## **What is usability and user experience design?**

### Summaries and Questions

[May 9th Class One-minute Summaries](https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/55288/assignments)

### Presented Slides

[Placeholder Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSPiOUzmRG4EB6ng8KQgOwZEbVuN2u1d5tGVTiAyzlVuO_o4Zjyli3oAf_U_CqXml_6GMUBR9nUyEYb/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000)

### Supplemental Materials

[Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett](https://qofr.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/q-of-r-presentation-11.pdf)

### Handouts

[Course Overview](https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/55288/files)

### Recommended Reading

 ![](https://usabilitygeek.com/wp-content/themes/monochrome-pro/images/favicon.ico) Usability Geek 

 ![Guerrilla Usability Testing: How To Introduce It In Your Next UX Project - Usability Geek](https://usabilitygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/guerilla-usability-testing-lead.jpg)### Guerrilla Usability Testing: How To Introduce It In Your Next UX Project - Usability Geek

Guerrilla usability testing is a way to evaluate how effective an interface is by testing out its visual design, functionality and general message on its intended audience and capturing their responses.

 [Read more on usabilitygeek.com ›](https://usabilitygeek.com/guerrilla-usability-testing-how-to/)

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