DIGI 019 - Applied User Experience Design

Course Description

User Experience (UX) Design is a design process intended to help you create products and services that provide positive experiences to users. You can launch a career in this emerging field that has seen strong growth in recent years across a broad spectrum of industries in Alberta. Through hands-on learning experiences, you will explore design and psychological fundamentals, the application of UX tools, and the human-centered design process by which user interactions and needs are identified and integrated into products. You will develop UX research and design skills that will prepare you to collaborate as a UX Researcher/Designer as you partner with product managers on a multidisciplinary capstone project. This project will provide applied learning opportunities for you to use your UX design skills to design a product or service that addresses real-world user needs.

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Learner Outcomes

Upon completing this course, you will understand how to:

• develop a design thinking mindset and critical thinking skills that contribute to your growth as a UX/UI professional
• perform UX research to empathize and gather data
• analyze research findings to recommend solutions
• generate wireframes and prototypes using digital design tools
• validate prototypes through usability testing techniques
• facilitate the implementation of user experience guidelines and design systems
• design a product supported by UX research to solve a real-world friction point
• create a portfolio to showcase your UI/UX skills
• demonstrate essential skills in an agile environment working with a product team.