UX UI Design: Elevate

› 12 weeks› Part-time

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User Experience (UX) Design is a human-centred approach to designing digital products. It focuses on how a person feels when they’re using a digital product or service, like an app or a website. UX Designers place the user at the centre of the development process to ensure the product is easy and intuitive to use. They go through cycles of research, testing, and refinement until they reach a final product that is user-friendly and profitable for the business who created it.

User Interface (UI) Design focuses on the look, feel, and interactivity of digital products or services. UI Design defines all visual elements that users interact or navigate with, such as buttons, scrollbars, dropdown menus, icons, and more. UI Designers consider the layout, grids, typography, and colour of each feature on screen. They also focus on the interactivity of the interface, such as what a button or an icon does when a user clicks, taps, or swipes it.

UX and UI Designers possess different but complementary skills. They often work closely together to create effective design solutions. To provide you with a greater understanding of the end-to-end design workflow and stronger employment opportunities, we cover both UX and UI Design concepts in this course.

What is UX and UI Design?

Hello and welcome to Academy Xi! Our mission is to transform the world through education by empowering a community of changemakers with the knowledge and skills to create their own positive waves of change.

Academy Xi is our answer to the insatiable demand for design and technology capabilities across all industries. We run short, practical and industry relevant courses in Human-Centred Design, Business & Marketing and Tech & Data.

Designed and taught by passionate industry experts, our courses empower people with the skills and confidence to stay ahead of the industry curve, build a future-ready career and transform their lives.

Academy Xi: Our story

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Every time you use a digital product, your experience of it and the impression it leaves is the result of “good” or “poor” UX and UI Design. Knowing that one in three consumers will walk away from a brand they love after just one bad experience (PwC, Experience is Everything, 2018), it’s clear that UX and UI Design have the potential to directly impact a company’s bottom line.

This course is for you if you want to complement your existing professional expertise and boost your career with in-demand skills in UX, UI, design thinking and human-centred processes.

On completion of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Design quality digital products or services that align with customer needs

• Conduct research to understand the market, business needs and the user

• Develop research-driven user personas and usage scenarios

• Ideate and optimise design ideas into design solutions

• Design user interactions for effortless navigation

• Prepare solutions consistent with design language, style guides, brand standards, insights and customer feedback

• Visualise your design solution with mockups and wireframes

• Develop low- and hi-fi prototypes and test them for usability

• Showcase your practical UX and UI Design skills in your personal project

METHOD OF STUDY

100% online

Fortnightly mentor-led live sessions

TIME COMMITMENT

60-80 hours over 12 weeks

COURSE CONTENT

10 modules covering research, synthesis, ideation, UX architecture, UI styling and much more

COURSE OUTCOMES

• In-demand UX and UI Design skills

• A unique UX UI Design portfolio

• Immediately applicable practical skills

• An industry-recognised digital credential

LEVEL OF STUDY

No prerequisites

Why choose this course?

COURSE SNAPSHOT:

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DESIGN TOOLKIT & VIDEO LIBRARY

Get access to a comprehensive toolkit containing all the templates and tools needed to practice UX Design principles throughout your course, as well as a video library that demonstrates how to use the tools. You can take the toolkit away with you after you graduate, to use on the job. you graduate, to use on the job.

LEARN FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Our course is designed and supported by leading industry experts with extensive experience. Being a seasoned UX UI practitioner doesn’t qualify you to teach, nurture students or lead projects effectively. So we hand-pick our course mentors to guarantee their extensive experience, both in the field and in the online classroom.

ALUMNI BENEFITS

Gain access to our alumni-exclusive events and Slack channel with job offers, career guidance and networking opportunities. Receive discounts on your future courses and a credit when you refer a friend.

MENTOR ON-DEMAND

Book up to two 1:1 sessions with your course mentor to seek clarity and receive personalised feedback about your work throughout the course.

Why study with us

INDUSTRY-ALIGNED CONTENT

Our courses are created exclusively in-house by experienced learning designers, with inputs from industry experts, recruiters and students, and follow international skills frameworks. We regularly update our content so what you’ll learn is always relevant, industry applicable and lets you stay ahead of the curve.

LEARN BY DOING

Set yourself apart from the competition with hands-on skills, putting theory into practice with activities based on each topic throughout the course. You’ll apply UX UI Design principles to a course-wide project based on the real world.

BUILD YOUR PORTFOLIO WITH A UNIQUE PERSONAL PROJECT

Bring a real-world problem that you’d like to solve and apply your newly acquired UX and UI skills to it throughout the course. This is your opportunity to create a unique portfolio which reflects your interests. It’s a powerful way to demonstrate your practical skills and approach to any current or future employer.

MENTOR-LED FORTNIGHTLY L IVE SESSIONS

Access exclusive live content not found anywhere else, discuss projects, unpick design challenges with your mentor and classmates, as well as listen to live presentations from leading industry experts.

COHORT-BASED

Never feel like you’re studying alone as you start the course and go through the topics at the same pace as all other students. Regularly interact with your mentor and classmates to discuss current topics and work collaboratively on activities, replicating the collaborative approach required in real-life.

INDUSTRY-RECOGNISED CERTIFICATE

Receive a Certificate of Completion as an official recognition of your competencies and practical skills in UX UI Design. As our courses are trusted by industry leaders, leading organisations and recruiters all around Australia, adding this credential to your CV or LinkedIn profile can boost your employability and offer tangible evidence of your expertise.

SOCIAL-FIRST LEARNING PL ATFORM

Absorb course content on our slick and easy, custom learning platform powered by NovoEd. Think of it as your online campus, with gamified content encouraging classmate interaction and rewarding your efforts. There’s also an app to make learning on-the-go super convenient and accessible, 24/7.

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In this course, you’ll focus on key UX Design concepts in the first 6 modules and then progress to learning important UI principles. Learning in this course covers 12 modules, comprising:

• Readings

• In-house video content

• Multiple choice quizzes

• UX Design case study

• A design toolkit and video library with tutorials on how to use the tools

• A course-wide project with multiple deliverables

• Fortnightly live sessions with your mentor and classmates

• Collaborative and engaging discussions with your peers

• Links to additional resources for extended learning

Your learning will be supported by activities throughout the course. Throughout the course, you’ll work on a practical project based on a real-world business problem you’d like to solve.

What you’ll learn

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INTRODUCTION TO UX & UI DESIGNGet an introduction to core design concepts and frameworks, and learn how well thought-out UX and UI design principles can delight your users.

TOPICS » Introduction to UX » Designing for user satisfaction and delight » Human-centred design principles » The Double Diamond framework for UX » UX Software - FIGMA, sketch and more » UX case study and assets

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

» Create your own visual representation of the UX design process

» Choose your project design challenge

UX RESEARCHGet introduced to the Discovery phase of the Double Diamond and the types of UX research it comprises. Prepare a research plan for your project.

TOPICS » Research problem statements » Considering the business and the customer » Types of research: quantitative vs qualitative, formative vs summative » Research techniques: Interviews, surveys, Heuristic evaluation,

Contextual inquiry and Fly on the wall » Competitor and data analysis

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

» Complete a project canvas for your design challenge

» Create your problem statement

» Build a research plan and conduct research

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SYNTHESIS - INSIGHTS, THEMES AND MAPPING EXPERIENCESCollate your research data, prepare research artefacts and extract insights to define the problem space. Put the user at the centre of the design process and represent their needs using maps and profiles.

TOPICS

» Introduction to synthesis » Affinity and empathy mapping » Personas and customer journey mapping

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Create an Affinity Map » Create an Empathy Map » Develop a Persona » Develop a Customer Journey Map (optional)

DESIGN PRINCIPLESDefine your design problem as an opportunity using a How Might We question. Learn about design principles which will help you ascend the next diamond and diverge into ideation.

TOPICS » From defining to development » Design principles » “How might we” questions

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Explore Adobe XD » Develop a “How Might We?” question

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IDEATIONMove from definition to development through ideation in order to arrive at a proposed solution – our Minimum Viable Product or MVP.

TOPICS » Developing solutions through ideation » Brainstorming and brainwriting » Crazy 8s and Storyboards » Minimum Viable Product in a UX context

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Conducting a brainstorm for your “How Might We?” question » Complete a Crazy 8s activity » Develop a storyboard » Map your ideas into an MVP matrix

UX ARCHITECTUREStart creating functional structures for your interface through a set of practical activities. Havingreached the top point of the second Diamond, you can now converge on your deliverable,beginning with a low-fi wireframe.

TOPICS » Information architecture (IA) to structure the content » From MVP to IA » Card sorting » Designing for your user’s behavior with User Flows and Interaction

Design » Intuitive User Interface (UI) » Low-fidelity prototyping: Wireframes

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Complete a card sorting activity » Design user flows » Create a wireframe to express your structures and flows

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STRUCTURING THE UIThe next 3 modules focus on designing the User Interface. Consider your hierarchy and conventions as you begin to build a high-fidelity prototype.

TOPICS

» Expanding in your wireframe with sketching; layouts and visual hierarchy

» Web conventions (iconography, footers, links); and UI Analysis

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Sketch your UI (*optional) » Analyse a website

STYLING THE UILearn about the elements of user interface design, both visual and content, as you work on your prototype.

TOPICS

» Applying style features to wireframes » Typography, colour, imagery and iconography » Content and UX copywriting » Layouts using grids

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Develop a colour palette

» Start building your digital prototype

» Continue to build on your digital prototype

UI DESIGN CONSIDERATIONSLearn about inclusive and responsive design principles, as well as some of the overriding considerations UX designers must factor into their work.

TOPICS

» Inclusive & accessible design principles; accessible design framework » Responsive & persuasive design; good & bad UI design

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Continue building your hi-fi digital prototype » Find and upload examples of good and bad UI design

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PROTOTYPES & USABIL ITY TESTING Put your prototype to test, collect user feedback and refine your concept based on the feedback you receive.

TOPICS

» Delivering prototypes » Preparing for & conducting usability testing

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Plan and conduct user testing » Refine your prototype based on the feedback you receive

COMPLETING YOUR PROJECTBring what you’ve learned throughout the course together, finalise your prototype and build your project presentation.

» Finalise your prototype » UX Presentations » UX Portfolios

LEARNING ACTIVITIES » Finalise your project and prepare your final project presentation

SUBMITTING YOUR PROJECTWrap up your course by presenting your concept to your mentor via a video recording.

» Submit your project presentation deck » Present your project and receive mentor feedback

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Our UX UI Design Elevate course has no prerequisites, and is ideal for:

• Anyone looking for a mentor-led professional development course with in-depth coverage of UX and an introduction to UI

• Human-centred design practitioners wishing to specialise or upskill to UX and UI

• A range of learners seeking to introduce UX and UI to their professional practice and context

• Anyone looking for a practical online course where they can develop a personal project, delivered to scheduled deadlines and in line with industry-standards

By the end of this UX UI Design Elevate course, you will:

• Design quality digital products or services that align with customer needs

• Conduct research to understand the market, business needs and the user

• Develop research-driven user personas and usage scenarios

• Ideate and optimise design ideas into design solutions

• Design user interactions for effortless navigation

• Prepare solutions consistent with design language, style guides, brand standards, insights and customer feedback

• Visualise your design solution with mockups and wireframes

• Develop low- and hi-fi prototypes and test them for usability

• Showcase your practical UX and UI Design skills in a personal project

Learning outcomes

Who this course is for

Portfolio assessment

Our graduates are recognised by the industry to possess essential knowledge and skills in UX and UI. To ensure you achieve the specified outcomes, this course includes a course-wide project assessment

The assessment is centred around the development of a portfolio piece. You will be required to “solve a problem” of your own selection* using UX UI Design practices. The course will lead you through the process of defining, designing, developing, and presenting your approach and concept.

You’ll need to submit your portfolio and present your strategy via videolink to the course mentor. At the end of the course, you’ll receive structured feedback from your mentor of where you went well, and ways you could improve.

To prepare for the assessment, you should complete all the activities and tasks throughout the course to ensure you are applying the techniques appropriately. You can also test your knowledge through topic quizzes.

*Speak to your mentor to ensure your project meets our required criteria

• Working professionals who want to enrich their career and experience with in-demand skills

• Anyone looking to increase their job opportunities or responsibilities in the field of UX and UI

GET IN TOUCHSpeak to one of our Course Advisors to clear up any questions:

admissions@academyxi.com

1300 683 923

This course takes approximately 60-80 hours over 12 weeks. This timeframe includes absorbing the learning materials, attending live video sessions, participating in 1:1 mentoring sessions, completing the course activities, developing your personal project, and communicating with peers and your mentor.

From the time of enrolment, you’ll have 12 months access to the course content. Should you require additional time to complete the course, contact us at onlinesupport@academyxi.com

Course timeframe

Our Tribe will support you from enrolment to graduation, helping you achieve your goals every step of the way:

• The Experience Team: Your go-to for any day-to-day questions to ensure a seamless online experience.

• Your Mentor: Through regular live video sessions, private mentor on-demand sessions and the in-platform chat function, your mentor will guide you throughout the course and share their wealth of experience.

• Your classmates: To brainstorm, bounce ideas off and make lifelong friends. You can reach your peers through the discussion tool embedded in our online learning portal.

Support and feedback

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