Interested in this College?
Get updates on Eligibility, Admission, Placements Fees Structure

Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Ease of use is now a critical component of a successful digital world. An app or a website must provide users with a smooth, intuitive user experience in order to perform its objective comprehensively. The User Experience Design online course develops an understanding of how people engage with online content to develop settings that match their changing demands.

The User Experience Design Training offers fundamental knowledge of UI, UX design and research methodologies, as well as teaches how to collaborate with stakeholders, perform user testing, build wireframes, and produce prototypes. The course covers assessing recent trends in the industry and also helps in planning a professional career journey so that skills and knowledge may be better used to start a career in the UX sector.

The User Experience Design certification syllabus helps to enhance knowledge of online user behaviour and covers knowledge of operating vital tools for improving the performance and user experience of the website or app. The course teaches candidates highly applied, practical user experience design skills to enhance performance in their current role or to plan for future career advancement.

The Highlights

Assessments and projects
10 weeks duration
Self-paced learning
Split fee option available
7-10 hours per week
Online learning
Downloadable resources
Shareable certificate
Course provider Getsmarter
University of Cape Town offering

Programme Offerings

Offline resources
Case Studies
Self-paced learning
online learning
Live polls
video lectures
Infographics
quizzes

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	UCT Cape Town

Fee type	Fee amount in INR
User Experience Design fees	Rs. 64,974 (Incl of all taxes)

The User Experience Design fee is Rs. 64,974 (Incl of all taxes). The program fee should be paid in a single lump sum or three instalments of. The final price might include an administration charge of 3 percent if the applicant opts to pay in installments. The program cost can be paid via various options like bank transfer/EFT or credit/debit card.

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

The student must complete all exercises, lesson plans, and modules including live polls, case studies, presentations, and quizzes in order to be qualified for User Experience Design Certification. Exams and practical activities are commonly used to assess students' development. A learner must fulfill the requirements of the program guide in order to be certified. Students will be provided with a program guide after completing registration.

What you will learn

Designing skills

Certification Qualifying Details

The student must complete all exercises, lesson plans and modules including live polls, case studies, presentations and quizzes in order to be qualified for User Experience Design Certification by UCT. Exams and practical activities are commonly used to assess students' development. A learner must fulfill the requirements of the program guide in order to be certified. Students will be provided with a program guide after completing registration.

Who it is for

Web developerDigital Marketing Executive

Web developers or digital marketing executives interested in learning how consumers think, react, and engage in order to enhance conversion.
Small business owners who want to improve the way internet users engage with their services will be benefited from UX design ideas presented in this course.
Candidates already in design, web development positions who want to broaden their knowledge and certify their existing competence with a diploma from the University of Cape Town.

Admission Details

To get admission in the User Experience Design, go through the steps mentioned below:

Step 1. Visit the official course webpage.

Step 2. To start the registration process, tap the ‘Register Now’ button

Step 3. Agree to the terms and conditions and continue

Step 4. Fill in personal details to create an account on Getsmarter

Step 5. Fill in the sponsor details and binning address

Step 6. Pay the fee amount and start the course on the scheduled date

The Syllabus

Review digital user experience design as a discipline in relation to its historical context and current trends
Recognise the need for designing human-oriented interactive experiences
Identify the tools that a UX designer needs to master
Describe the role of the web designer in relation to that of the UX designer

Investigate the course product context, namely a webmail client
Recognise the relationship between the user, the usage context, and UX design
Articulate what a product-use context is and how to develop one
Choose aspects of personas, the usage hypothesis, and functional requirements that are applicable to given statements or scenarios
Complete a list of requirements for a product that is ranked according to product priority
Evaluate a user path to identify potential assumptions that could be remedied by an alternate usage
Describe audience archetypes and a user persona
Create a usage hypothesis based on a list of requirements
Differentiate between IA and UXD

Recognise the importance of trust and mutual respect during the user study to the stakeholders
Identify who the stakeholders are in a user study
Recognise the need for designing human-oriented interactive experiences
Analyse the importance of objectives in the Product Use Context
Articulate the motives and objectives, open and hidden, of the listed stakeholders

Decide on the selection criteria for a subset of users that will be studied
Investigate the role of user-based evidence in a user study
Evaluate the reliability of statements made by users during user testing
Create a non-biased survey
Practice how to use evidence-gathering methods
Test the users to discover real usage

Analyse evidence gathered, discard what is not relevant, and justify these decisions
Complete a Hypothesis Evaluation Matrix
Apply methods used to diffuse tension while requiring stakeholders to adjust their expectations
Describe how to manage conflicts between stakeholder goals and the evidence gathered

Use textual and visual cues to encourage planned usage of products
Identify the role of UX in a visual or aesthetic design
Analyse a practical website brief
Interpret several influential design principles and how they relate to UXD
Recommend both aesthetic and functional suggestions for a well-rounded user experience

Review functional software to create wireframes
Describe the classes and principles of wireframes
Analyse common user interface elements and their role in the user journey
Develop an interaction design
Design a set of wireframes
Compile an information architecture
Evaluate how to address the problems identified in the Hypothesis Evaluation Matrix
Operate functional software to create wireframes

Investigate the most appropriate prototypes for specific processes
Identify what constitutes the different kinds of prototypes
Analyse the prototype process
Test prototypes with the user sample to evaluate prototyping decisions and rationales
Create a clickthrough prototype
Show the prototype to the initial group of users and request feedback

Analyse a UX mini-study
Compile all the necessary components for a UX study
Review good PowerPoint practices when presenting work
Evaluate the success of various UXD presentations
Formulate your own UX study presentation

Discuss anti-patterns and historical trends in UX
Recall the theories and skills learned throughout the course
Identify anti-patterns, UX, and design trends
Articulate the importance of context when designing for UX
Identify future UX and design trends
Formulate a personal development roadmap for the next 12 months as a UX practitioner
Evaluate current trends and their applicability to UX design