Course Outline

COURSE SYLLABUS

UX & UI Design Certificate

Learn the skills to become a UX/UI Designer. This course covers design concepts, industry

tools like Figma, and research methodologies. Get career-focused training, build a portfolio,

and receive one-on-one mentoring and prepare for a career in UX/UI design.

Group classes in NYC and onsite training is available for this course.

For more information, email corporate@nobledesktop.com or visit:

https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/ux-ui-design-program

Buttons (including “Call to action” or CTA)

Accordion

Carousel

Breadcrumbs

Modals

Forms

etc.

Learn Figma

Create Visual Designs & Clickable Prototypes

Learn how to use Figma to create clickable prototypes to show users for testing, or for clients to see your work.

Course Syllabus | UX & UI Design Certificate 1

Competitive Research

Knowing Your User

Learn how to structure and conduct user interviews to better identify the needs and current behaviors of the user.

Understand how to engage the user to work through assumptions and preconceived notions that arise during the process.

Write down assumptions for your class project.

User Research Through Interviews

Refine user interview questions.

Interview classmates for your project.

Think through the different features of the system by building user flows.

Take the written narrative to the next level through sketching and improvising using techniques such as storyboarding and bodystorming.

Wireframing, Sketching, Prototyping

Practice a sketching session for an existing website or mobile application of your choice. Start with sketching on a whiteboard or your

notebook.

Sketch wireframes for your class project.

Learn the power of prototyping and testing an idea. Understand different methods of prototyping and their levels of fidelity.

Discuss the motivation behind the prototyping, such as newly discovered user goals, business needs and improved functionality.

Prototyping & User Testing

User testing methods and strategies.

Iterating the Prototype and Further User Testing

Case Studies

Look at case study examples.

Finish your clickable prototype.

Using a compilation of user research, prototypes, photographs, and user research, build your case study.

Present class projects as case studies on-screen.

Creative Briefs

Course Syllabus | UX & UI Design Certificate 2

Getting to Know a Project: Creative Briefs

What is a Creative Brief?

What to Include in a Creative Brief

Wireframing for UI Designers

Incorporate Feedback & Improve Your Designs

Wireframe to Refined Design

Iterate & Refine

Understanding the Mobile Experience

UI or Visual Design Concepts

Learning from Existing Websites & Apps

What Works & What Does Not?

Color

Color Harmonies

Creating Contrast with Color

Where to Get Web Fonts

Ideal Line Height

Column Width (Line Length)

Hyphenation & Justification

Design Elements

Proximity

Similarity

Continuity

Trends in Web & App Design

Analysis of Example Websites & Apps

Course Syllabus | UX & UI Design Certificate 3

Multiple Screen Sizes

Responsive Web Design

Mobile Considerations & Limitations

Example Web & App Design Workflows

The Business of UX & UI Design

The UX & UI Design Industry

Getting into the business: strategies and ideas.

Resources

Portfolio Website & Job Preparation

Creating Your Portfolio Website

Examples of UX & UI portfolio websites

What you should include on your portfolio website

Get 1-on-1 feedback on your case studies & portfolio website

Resume Development

What you should include on your resume

Get 1-on-1 feedback on your resume

Course Syllabus | UX & UI Design Certificate 4