Course curriculum

  • 1

    QA 101: An Introduction to QA

    • Discord Invitation

    • Introduction

    • What is QA?

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Preconceived Notions

    • QA Expectations

    • Roles and Responsibilities

    • What is a Bug?

    • ABC, Easy as 123

    • Spot the Severity

    • What is a Bug Report?

    • The Life Cycle of a Bug

    • The Defect/Tester Relationship

    • QA 101 Test
  • 2

    QA102: Writing Bugs

    • First Time Bugging

    • First Time Bugging Task

    • How to Write a Bug

    • Bug Template

    • Second Time Bugging Task

    • Defect Evidence

    • Regression

    • Halo Testing

    • Regression in Jira

    • QA 102 Test
  • 3

    QA 103: Bugs and Where to Find Them

    • Bug Finding Techniques

    • Teamwork as a Tester

    • Graphical Issues

    • Texture Issues

    • Clipping and Other Graphical Issues

    • Text Issues

    • Peripheral Issues

    • Animation Issues

    • Audio Issues

    • Collision Issues

    • UI issues

    • Save/Load Issues

    • Performance Issues

    • Network Issues

    • Stability Issues

    • QA 103 Test
  • 4

    QA 104: Types of Testing

    • Types of Testing

    • Destructive Testing

    • Structured Testing

    • Scripted Testing

    • Test Plans

    • Core Functionality

    • Smoke Testing

    • Other Tests

    • Exploratory or Scripted?

    • Regression

    • Compatibility Testing

    • Network Testing

    • Achievement & Leaderboard Testing

    • Data Migration & DLC

    • Lobby Testing

    • Connections

    • Other Types of Testing

    • QA 104 Test
  • 5

    QA 105: Platform Training

    • Mobile

    • iOS

    • IPv6

    • Android

    • Xbox One

    • PS4

    • Nintendo Switch

    • PC

    • Mac

    • VR testing

    • QA 105 Test
  • 6

    QA 106 - Embedded, Agile, and Scrum

    • The difference between Internal and External QA

    • External Testing

    • Internal Testing

    • Which is Best?

    • Development Methodologies

    • Waterfall

    • Agile

    • Scrum

    • QA & Agile

    • QA 106 Test
  • 7

    QA 107: Career Progression & CV Writing

    • QA Testing

    • QA Management

    • QA Business

    • Other Studio Disciplines

    • QA 107 Test
  • 8

    QA 108: Feedback and Usability Testing

    • Feedback

    • Why is feedback Important?

    • How to Lay Out a Feedback Document

    • Feedback Example #1

    • Feedback Example #2

    • How to Write Feedback

    • Unbiased Feedback and Being the Audience

    • When to Write Feedback

    • Understanding a Feedback Brief

    • Difficulty and Balancing

    • User Testing

    • QA 108 Quiz
  • 9

    Final Test

    • Feedback Assignment

    • Super Test

    • Speedrun question