- Introduction to Course 7: Design a User Experience for Social Good and Prepare for Jobs
- Case study: Nest Hub Max
- Paolo - My journey to UX
- Welcome to module 1
- Design for progressive enhancement and graceful degradation
- Google's focus on the user
- Design across devices with the 4 Cs
- Capstone video guide for building new portfolio projects - Part 1
- Capstone video guide for building new portfolio projects - Part 2
Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs
Get the skills to design responsive websites and dedicated mobile apps for social good by undertaking this course by Cousera.
Beginner
Online
Quick facts
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Medium of instructions
English
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Mode of learning
Self study
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Course overview
Design a User Experience for Social Good by Coursera is the Google UX Design Certificate programme’s final course. This is a beginner-friendly curriculum focused on designing a mobile application and a website for social good. After this training, you will also acquire a cross-platform project to include in your UX design resume.
The Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs online course is offered by Google, where the current UX professionals will be your educators. They will share their experience and unique perspectives as the hiring managers. Thus, you will also get valuable insights to refine your UX portfolio and prepare it for employment interviews and applications.
The Design a User Experience for Social Good certification by Coursera will launch you into the UX design world. It is 100% online and offers convenient deadlines, enabling you to learn in a self-paced way. You can also purchase the certificate track to receive accreditation and graded assessments for evaluation.
The highlights
- Last course in Google UX Design
- Google Career Certificates
- Completion in nearly 24 hours
- Subtitles - English
- Practice quizzes
- 100% online
- Avail financial aid
- Readings
- Graded quizzes and assessments
- Set weekly learning goals
- Beginner-level programme
- Free auditing available
- Google’s instructors
- Flexible schedules
- Seven-day trial with complete access
Program offerings
- Google ux design programme
- Instructors from google
- Flexible learning
- Financial aid
- Audit mode
- Beginner level study
- Free seven-day trial
- Course delivered in english
- Graded assignments
- Practice quizzes
- 24 hours course
Course and certificate fees
Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs fee structure
Course Name | Fees |
Certificate mode, 1 month | Rs. 2,001 |
Certificate mode, 3 months | Rs. 4,002 |
Certificate mode, 6 months | Rs. 6,004 |
certificate availability
certificate providing authority
Eligibility criteria
You should complete the prior six courses in the Google UX Design Certificate programme before enrolling in the Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs certification course.
What you will learn
Completing the Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs certification syllabus, you will know about: -
- Distinguishing between responsive web applications and dedicated mobile apps.
- Applying every step of UX design (define, empathise, ideate, test, prototype) for creating social good designs.
- Understanding graceful degradation and progressive enhancement approach when designing across devices.
- Adding new design projects to your UX portfolio.
- Creating wireframes, mockups, along with low and high fidelity prototypes in Adobe XD or Figma.
- Preparing a robust portfolio to display your UX design work.
- Preparing for entry-level UX design job interviews.
- Determining if freelance designing is ideal for you.
- Gaining essential skills in usability testing, prototyping, UX, and UXD (user experience design).
- Getting user feedback by testing UX designs
Who it is for
Wether you are looking to get your first job as a UX designer or even an UX architect, you would want to consider this course for learning.
Admission details
Step 1: Access the Design a User Experience for Social Good classes through this link: https://www.coursera.org/learn/ux-design-jobs?specialization=google-ux-design.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Enrol for free’ button.
Step 3: Sign-in or sign up on Coursera.
Step 4: You can either learn for free by auditing the curriculum or avail of your seven-day free trial and receive full access to the programme. To continue this access for the certificate and graded work, you must purchase it.
Filling the form
You can register for Coursera’s Design a User Experience for Social Good certification programme by creating a learning account. You must fill in your name, email, and password, for this. You can also do this through your Google or Facebook ID, or sign in if you’re an existing user via your Facebook/Apple/Google/Coursera credentials.
The syllabus
Module 1: Design for social good and strengthen your portfolio
Videos
Readings
- Welcome to Course 7
- Design for social good
- Introduction to creating an additional portfolio project
- Design for mobile first
- Learn more about designing across devices
- Introduction to the portfolio project guide
- Portfolio project guide for empathizing with users
- Portfolio project guide for defining user needs
- Portfolio project guide for ideating design solutions
- Portfolio project guide for creating lo-fi prototypes
- Portfolio project guide for testing prototypes
- Portfolio project guide for creating hi-fi prototypes
- Conclusion to the portfolio project guide
- Introduction to the portfolio project guide checklist
- Glossary terms from course 7, module 1
Quizzes
- Test your knowledge on mobile-first design principles
- Test your knowledge on designing across devices
- Module 1 challenge
Discussion Prompt
- Progressive enhancement and graceful degradation in the real world
Plugins
- Choose your third portfolio project prompt
- Design for social good
Module 2: Build a professional presence
Videos
- Explore personal brands
- Use writing best practices in a portfolio
- Start to build an online presence
- Create or update social media profiles
- Get involved in UX design communities
- Network and find a mentor
- Overcome impostor syndrome
- Catherine - Conquer impostor syndrome
- Wrap up module 2
Readings
- Review examples of strong personal brands
- Start to develop a personal brand
- Create your personal brand and About Me page for your portfolio
- Best practices to develop an online presence
- Create or update a Linkedin profile
- Create or update a Behance profile
- Develop a UX design network
- Learn more about overcoming impostor syndrome
- Glossary terms from course 7, module 2
Quizzes
- Test your knowledge on building an online presence
- Activity: Practice networking
- Module 2 challenge: Build a professional presence
Discussion Prompt
- Share your personal brand
- Explore UX design posts
- Ideas for networking
Module 3: Finding a UX job
Videos
- Welcome to module 3
- Prepare a UX portfolio for job applications
- Introduction to the interview process
- Conduct pre-interview research
- Get to know the interviewers
- Build rapport with interviewers
- Cinthya - Interview tips from a hiring manager
- Use strategies to answer interview questions
- Jay - Interview tips from a hiring manager
- Develop an elevator pitch
- Kartik - Interview tips from an entry-level designer
- Present a portfolio during interviews
- Understand whiteboard interview
- Juan - Interview tips from a UX designer
- Introduction to freelancing
- Jennifer - My journey as a freelance UX designer
- Create a business plan
- Find clients as a freelance UX designer
- Landing the first client
- Wrap-up: Finding a UX job
- Congratulations on completing Course 7: Design a User Experience for Social Good and Prepare for Jobs
- Congratulations on completing the Google UX Design Certificate!
- Exploring professional opportunities
- Recap of the certificate program
Readings
- Publish case studies to a portfolio website
- Tailor a portfolio for types of jobs
- Learn more about UX specializations
- Finalize your UX portfolio for job applications
- Overview of the UX design interview process
- Prepare for interviews
- Learn more about the STAR method
- Develop responses to potential interview questions
- Manage difficult interview questions
- Learn more about developing an elevator pitch
- Draft an elevator pitch
- Learn tips for interviewing remotely
- Learn more about portfolio presentations
- Give a portfolio presentation
- Learn more about whiteboard interviews
- Ask interview questions
- Prepare for interviews with Interview Warmup
- Learn more about business plans
- Learn more about finding clients as a freelance UX designer
- Review templates for proposals
- Glossary terms for course 7, module 3
- Course 7 glossary
- UXD certificate glossary
- Showcase your work
- Claim your Google UX Design Certificate badge
Quizzes
- Test your knowledge on UX portfolios
- Test your knowledge on preparing for UX interviews
- Test your knowledge on strategies to answer interview questions
- Activity: Schedule a mock interview
- Test your knowledge on panel and whiteboard interviews
- Self-Reflection: Questions you would ask an interviewer
- Test your knowledge on creating a business plan
- Test your knowledge on working as a freelancer
- Self-Reflection: Potential clients for your freelance design work
- Activity: Finish your UX portfolio
- End-of-certificate checklist
- Weekly Challenge 3
Discussion Prompt
- Share UX portfolio tips
- Share difficult interview questions
- Optional - Share your elevator pitch
- Share your course experience
- Connect with other Google UX Design Certificate graduates
- Share your career goals
Plugin
- End of certificate survey
Scholarship Details
Coursera offers financial aid to select applicants. If you require this facility, visit the course website and select the ‘financial aid available’ link for the Design a User Experience for Social Good training. Once you’ve applied, you must wait for at least two weeks for Coursera authorities to notify you about your selection.
How it helps
The Design a User Experience for Social Good certification benefits include preparing you for a future career in UX design. You will gain industry-relevant skills to approach employers for an entry-level UX designing role.
Moreover, you will be under the mentorship of Google’s UX professionals themselves. They will share their personal experiences about working in this field and prepare you to ace interviews. If you finish the course, you can purchase Coursera’s certificate, shareable via LinkedIn/your CV. You can print it out as a hard copy too, and showcase your verified expertise to potential recruiters.
FAQs
It will take you a time commitment of approximately 24 hours to finish this course.
You can reset the course deadlines according to your schedule.
There is no penalty in cancelling the subscription during your trial period.
No, you must purchase the Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs to avail of the shareable certificate.
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