Joan Marie Verba

Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

Grade: 93.54

This module covered the basic concepts of UX design, including:

• Foundational concepts of UX design: user-centered design, the design processs, accessibiity, and equity-focused design
• Characteristics of great user experience design
• Common job responsibilities of entry-level UX designers
• Design sprints
• The importance of an online portfolio

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Start the UX Design Process

Grade: 90.16

This module covered the concepts of Emphasize, Define, and Ideate as they relate to UX Design.

• Learn common UX research methods
• Use empathy to understand user needs and pain points
• Put together empathy maps, personas, user stories, and user journey maps
• Develop problem statements
• Come up with possible solutions
• Conduct competitive audits
• Identify and account for biases
• Begin designing a UX app

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Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes

Grade: 94.44

This module covered the basics of wireframes.

• Formulate a goal statement
• Draw storyboards: big picture and close-up
• Understand the difference between low-fidelity and high-fidelity design
• Apply the principles of information architecture to organize a mobile app.
• Draw paper wireframes and build a paper prototype
• Create digital low-fidelity wireframes using Figma
• Recognize implicit bias and deceptive patterns in design

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Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts

Grade: 100%

This module covered the details of UX research.

• Plan a UX research study, including the project background, research goals, research questions, Key Performance Indicators, methodology, participants, and script
• Conduct a usability study
• Take notes during a usability study
• Create affinity diagrams to group and analyze data
• Synthesize observations from research and come up with insights
• Develop persuasive presentation skills to share research insights
• Modify low-fidelity designs based on research insights

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Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma

Grade: 92.30

• Built mockups and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma.
• Defined and applied common visual design elements and principles.
• Demonstrated how design systems can be used to organize, standardize, and enhance designs
• Learned the role of design critique sessions and feedback while iterating on designs
• Instructed how to hand off finished design projects to engineering teams

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Responsive Web Design in Adobe XD

Grade: 96.18%

• Starting the UX design process: Empathize and define
• Continuing the UX design process: Ideate
• Creating wireframes for a responsive website
• Creating and testing low-fidelity prototypes
• Creating and testing high-fidelity designs
• Documenting design work

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Design a User Experience for Social Good

Grade: 94.58%

• Design a mobile app and a complementary responsive website
• Identify the key principles for designing across devices and screen sizes
• Understand the differences between responsive mobile apps and dedicated mobile apps
• Apply what has been learned about the steps in the design process (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test) to create a new project for the portfolio
• Build wireframes, mockups, and low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes
• Prepare a portfolio of design work for job applications

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