ISTQB Usability Tester

Learn how to effectively test for usability and accessibility to maximise customer engagement and ensure inclusivity.

Gain specialist skills in usability and accessibility

Usability is a trending topic in the testing industry. Not only does it help organisations better engage with their customers, but also exercises their corporate responsibility by way of inclusive and accessible practices.

With organisations becoming more customer-centric, and being increasingly impacted by accessibility legislation and guidelines, this course answers their call, providing the usability skills that are essential to any design delivery team.

In this course, you will learn the fundamental principles of usability. You will attain the knowledge on planning and preparing for usability testing, and how to select the most appropriate testing location and participants.

This course also teaches the application of usability reviews, which enables you to formulate and propose the most effective usability testing approach. By the end of the course, you’ll know how to approach usability, user experience and accessibility from different viewpoints.

Course Overview

Fundamentals of Usability and Human-Centered Design
Roles and Responsibilities in Usability Testing
Risks in Usability, User Experience and Accessibility
Usability and Accessibility Standards
Usability Reviews and Testing
User Surveys
Select Appropriate Usability, User Experience and Accessibility Methods

Target Audience

Testers wishing to develop an accredited specialist skillset in usability and accessibility.
Developers, testers and business analysts seeking the skills needed to ensure usability.
Experienced developers wanting to broaden their knowledge of testing in UI development.
Anyone within the business needing an understanding of usability and accessibility.

Course Pre-requisites

To undertake the ISTQB Usability Testing Foundation Level Certification exam, participants need to have completed the ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the basic concepts of usability and usability testing.
Identify and classify the severity of usability risks and potential accessibility violations in a given product during any stage of a development cycle.
Cite relevant standards for usability, user experience, and accessibility and verify their implementation in a given product.
Set up procedures so that stated usability, user experience and accessibility goals may be verified in practice for a given product.
Design and monitor the implementation of a test plan for achieving stated usability, user experience and accessibility goals.
Explain the rationale, process and results from their usability testing program.

What is included with this course?

Inclusion	Instructor Led Training
2 Days’ Training		2 days of training with a certified industry professional.
Course Manual		160+ page comprehensive course manual.
Revision Questions		End of each module revision questions.
Practice Exam		Full mock exam.
$250 Off Voucher		Attendees receive a $250 off voucher for their next course. Conditions apply.

ISTQB Usability Testing Examination ($330 + GST)

At the end of the ISTQB® Usability Testing course, candidates are assessed with a closed book, web-based multiple-choice exam. Candidates have 60 minutes (1 hour) to complete 40 questions, with a score of 26 (65%) required to pass.

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