UX, UI, Prototyping, Coding & Portfolio 5-day design course
28 Jan–1 Feb 2019, 13:00–18:00 | Canada Water Library, London SE16 7AR | Beginners–Intermediate
What's on
From UX research and UI design fundamentals, wireframing in Sketch and prototyping in InVision, to basic coding in HTML and CSS, and advice on starting a career in UX with portfolio and job interview tips. An insightful, hands-on & affordable 5-day course run by a professional UX designer with 15+ years of experience
Who runs it
This course is run by a professional UX & UI designer Sergei Golubev with 15+ years of experience working with Microsoft, Heathrow, British Gas and numerous startups. He founded The School of UX and The UX Conference in London.
Day 1 — UX design
Extended version of our UX Design, How to do it Right course. By the end of the day you'll know how to carry out user research, map user journeys, create IA, run user testing and more.
- differences between UX and UI
- carrying out user research and reporting findings
- mapping user journeys, storyboarding and experience maps
- creating information architecture, sitemaps, card sorting
- running user testing remotely and 'in the wild'
- A/B testing
- review of the best accessibility practices
- looking into analytics
- tools for design mockups and prototyping
- working with developers
- book recommendations
- lots of QnA
Day 2 — UI design
Extended version of our Designing Pixel-Perfect UI. By the end of the day you'll learn the base User Interface design principles, how to create an icon font and optimise for touch, make your UI responsive and accessible and more:
- UI design principles & process
- typography (faux fonts, px vs. em, n-dash vs. m-dash)
- accessibility (how to get WCAG-compliant)
- components (usability practices, affordance)
- iconography (creating icon font)
- graphics (formats comparison incl. SVG, ways to optimise)
- layout (responsive techniques, mobile first, desktop)
- interactions (prototyping, optimising for touch)
- various design tools on the market
- designing with developers in mind
- book recommendations
- lots of QnA
Day 3 — Prototyping
Extended version of our Wireframing & Prototyping course. We'll create an interactive prototype of a mobile website using Sketch and InVision, which you'll then be able to run and test on your mobile phone. Please bring your own laptops with Sketch app installed on MacOS (or Figma if you're on Windows) and let's design & prototype together.
- structuring content
- creating layout in Sketch app (mobile-first approach)
- embedding fonts, icons and graphics
- prototyping using InVision web app (navigation, interactions, optimising for touch)
- testing on a real device
- review of various tools
- book recommendations
- lots of QnA
Day 4 — Coding in HTML & CSS
Basic coding skills for web and mobile, which are extremely beneficial to understand how to design products, which can be efficiently implemented and speak the same language with software developers. You'll leave with plenty of knowledge on how to create basic layout in HTML (including responsive mobile website) and apply styling using CSS.
- introduction into coding for designers
- HTML basics
- CSS basics
- creating responsive layout
- inspecting websites in-browser
- working with developers
- book recommendations
- lots of QnA
Day 5 — Career in UX
Extended version of our How to Start a Career in UX. You'll leave with plenty of knowledge on what it's actually like to be a UX designer in the field, what you need to become a freelancer, how to create portfolio, where to find a perfect job, interview tips, market rates and a lot of food for thought.
- what a day of a UX designer looks like
- working in startups vs. big companies vs. design agencies
- how to create impressive portfolio
- best ways to present your work
- where to find a perfect job
- practical tips for your interview
- how to be a freelancer
- money side: market rates
- book recommendations
- lots of QnA
Everyone's welcome
Suitable for complete beginners with no previous experience, as well as those who have already started exploring UX & UI design and want to spruce up their skills. Whether you're designing your own app, looking to improve your design skills or change your career — we are here to help you.
- UX & UI designers
- graphic designers
- software developers
- web designers
- product owners
- project managers
- business analysts
- marketing specialists
- startup founders
- students
What our students say
Who we are
We are professional UX & UI Designers with 10+ years of experience working with the below FTSE 100 companies. We brought affordable UX education to 1000+ people since 2016 through mentoring, courses and conferences:
Where to find us
Our courses are run at Canada Water Library in London SE16 7AR. It's right outside Canada Water tube station, 4 minutes by tube from London Bridge.
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- visa accepted
- mastercard accepted
- amex accepted
Our recognitions
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