Intro to User
Experience
Design
Our go-at-your-own-pace
short course has 8+ hours of
video lessons that will teach
you the best practices for
creating effective, intuitive
experiences for people.
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Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design
About the course
Interested in UX design but not sure where to start? Our user
What you’ll learn
experience design short course will teach you the best
What user experience is, why it’s
practices you need to plan and design complex digital projects.
important and what goes into an
iterative design process
We’ll cover all the bases of an iterative UX design process
How to balance both business goals
including user research, wireframing, prototyping, UI design
and user needs to create a successful
and user testing. Learn how to think like a UX designer and
digital project
confidently work on projects for yourself and clients. Students
will also receive 6 months of Figma Pro free. Popular research methods and how to
turn insights into personas, user
journeys, site maps and user flows
Who is this course for? How to create wireframes and
prototypes to handoff to clients and
stakeholders
Anyone who wants to learn how to solve design problems using
How to conduct user testing with real
a human-centered approach and proven skills and methods.
people, get feedback and make
You don’t need to have any experience with UX prior to taking informed design decisions
this course.
What makes a case study and UX
portfolio successful, and how to make
Most of our students work in the creative and tech industries, your own case studies
but you can work in any industry to join the course.
What you’ll get
8+ hours of video lessons UX design project
Covering the basics of UX design and
An end-to-end project and case study. Follow along
best practices or create a project you can use in your portfolio
Resources Access to the SuperHi community
Resources to get you started and keep you Join our Slack and our super secret group
going post-course on Facebook
Continued help post-course
Help from our expert instructors with years of
experience in the industry
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design
Lesson 1
Introduction to UX
What is user experience (UX) design?
What are the roles and responsibilities of a
UX designer?
How is a UX designer different from...
Pillars of user experience
• What does a UX design process look like?
Lesson 2
Project: Marketplace All
Course project introduction: creating an
online marketplace
We'll cover what it's like to receive a brief
from a client and first steps to approaching
a design project
• Exercise: Filling out a project questionnaire
Do I have to finish the course in Nope – once you buy the course, it’s yours forever! You’ll always have
a certain amount of time? access to the lessons and our Slack community for support.
This course has around 8 hours of video lessons, so you can break down
your learning however works best for you and your schedule.
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design
Lesson 3
Research
•
What’s the discovery phase and where do
we begin?
Popular user research methods like
interviews, competitor analysis, affinity
diagrams and surveys
Exercise: create and send out a user survey
Balancing business goals and user needs
• Exercise: mapping out a user journey
Lesson 4
Analysis
•
How to take research and insights and use
it to make informed design decisions
Personas, user journeys and user flows
Information architecure (iA)
• Exercise: creating a site map
Why Figma? There are lots of tools available for designing and prototyping out there.
We’ll use Figma on this course it’s free, cloud-based (meaning you don’t
have to download anything or have the files saved anywhere on your
computer) and available to both Mac and Windows users.
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design
Lesson 4
Wireframing
•
What is a wireframe and why are they
important?
Sketching
Exercise: paper prototyping
•
Exercise: build your own wireframe in
Figma
Lesson 5
Prototyping
•
Introduction to prototyping
Most popular design and prototyping tools
in the industry today
• Exercise: make an interactive prototype in
Figma
Need help with any of
There are a few dedicated places to ask for help. You can ask directly on
the projects? course videos – just scroll down and you’ll see the Q+A section.
You can also join our student Slack group or email us at hi@superhi.com.
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design
Lesson 6
User Testing
•
What is user testing and why is it important
Stakeholders
•
Popular methods like surveys, usability
Feedback
testing, A/B, focus groups
Usability
Exercise: setting up and running a user test
Copy •
How to turn feedback into insight to inform
Questionnaire
what design to implement
Lesson 7
Design
•
Introduction to visual and UI design
Bringing your wireframes into to
•
high-fidelity designs
• How to create consistent, effective designs
Continued support If you’re making your own projects after the course and need help,
just ask us! We want you to make the projects you want to make.
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design
Lesson 8
Wrap Up
•
How the UX process is a continual loop,
what to do next now that you've finished
the course
We'll show you what makes a successful
case study, and provide a template for your
own in the future
Exercise: make your own case study
• Resources and project briefs so you can
keep learning and designing!
