Supporting user experience (UX) professionals
UX professionals are scattered throughout the university, often in small teams or as single practitioners. We enjoy being able to talk in-depth with other UXers about our work.
Meetings
The UX community of practice meets about once a quarter, through Microsoft Teams.
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Recent agenda items
- usability testing, paying participants, and creating a ResearchOps for UX research
- design systems, including the recent update to Material Design (M3)
- best uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in UX work
- the WiscWeb Gutenberg update
- content strategy and information architecture best practices
- digital accessibility
- plain language
Upcoming agenda items
Agenda items are selected by the facilitator as well as the community.
You may view or add items to the upcoming agenda.
Join us!
If you have questions or wish to be signed up as an official member of the UX Community of Practice, please email facilitator Maria Dahman: maria.dahman@wisc.edu.
Please feel free to join any meeting! Anyone with a NetID can access our meetings through the Teams channel. You are welcome to post a question or topic in the channel as well.

Related groups
UX resources
Nielsen Norman Group
Nielsen Norman Group publishes helpful articles describing UX.
'Make It Accessible' guides
These guides are created and maintained by the Center for User Experience, within the Division of Information Technology at UW-Madison.
Digital branding and graphics
Branding guidance, icons, and other helpful resources are provided by the Office of Strategic Communications.