Description: Resposibilities & team members we meet as an entry-level UX designer, foundational concepts, user-centered design, design process, accessibility, equity-focussed design & the importance of design sprints.
Name: Google - Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
Description: UX research methods, empathize with users to understand their needs & pain points, develop problem statements to define user needs & generate ideas for possible solutions.
Name: Google - Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Description: Create storyboards to come up with ideas about solutions to user needs, build paper prototypes to create interactive designs, create wireframes on paper and digitally in the design tool Figma & design low-fidelity prototypes.
Name: Google - Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
Description: Plan & conduct moderated/ unmoderated usability studies, share research methodology & insights using persuasive presentation skills, synthesize observations from the studies & come up with insights to modify low-fidelity designs based on research insights.
Name: Google - Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma
Description: Build mockups and high-fidelity prototypes in the design tool Figma, demonstrate how design systems can be used to organize, standardize & enhance designs, define and apply common visual design elements and principles, understand the role of design critique sessions & feedback while iterating on designs.
Description: Apply each step of the UX design process to create a responsive website in Adobe XD, apply common layouts for web pages, plan information architecture and sitemaps, complete a design project & include it in the professional UX portfolio.
Name: Google - Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs
Description: Apply each step of the UX design process to create a portfolio project focused on social good, prepare to successfully interview for an entry-level UX design job, build wireframes, mockups & low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes for a dedicated mobile app & a responsive website.