User Experience Design
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Core Focus
User Experience (UX) Design Program
What is UX Design?
The user experience (UX) is how a user interacts with and experiences a product, system or service. It includes a person's perceptions of utility, ease of use, and efficiency. UX design is the process design teams use to create products that provide meaningful and relevant experiences to users.
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Follow the design process
Follow the design process, empathize with users, define pain points, ideate solutions, create wireframes and prototypes, test and iterate on designs.
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Apply foundational UX concepts
Apply foundational UX concepts, like user-centered design, accessibility, and equity-focused design
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The basics of UX research
Understand the basics of UX research, like planning research studies, conducting interviews and usability studies, and synthesizing research results.
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Create a UX portfolio
Create a professional UX portfolio that includes 3 end-to-end projects: a mobile app, a responsive website, and a cross-platform experience.
UX Design Program
In shaping our UX Design Training and Apprenticeship Program, our passion lies in ensuring that tech training is accessible to everyone. This program goes beyond just skills and tools; it's a commitment to empowering the next generation of UX designers to excel in this dynamic field. This all-encompassing program provides participants with knowledge in user-centered design, the components of accessible design, and practical experience through hands-on activities and real-world challenges.
Our Winter 2024 UX Design program has closed applications. Please check back here this June for our next call for applications.
Dates: Training starting in January 29th, 2024 to May 10th, 2024. Work experience begins tentatively May 13th, 2024 to August 12th, 2024
Time Commitment: Mondays through Fridays, 9am - 12pm for 20 to 30 hours a week between class time and personal work time
Location: These courses will take place via Zoom
Cost: Free for eligible participants - this cohort is funded through the Learn and Earn Program
For eligibility criteria, please check the Learn and Earn Program page