Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs
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Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs at Coursera Overview
Duration | 46 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 7 of 7 in the Google UX Design
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 46 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs at Coursera Course details
- Design a User Experience for Social Good and Prepare for Jobs is the seventh and final course in a program that will equip you with the skills you need to become an entry-level UX designer. In this course, you will design a dedicated mobile app and a responsive website focused on social good. You will showcase all that you?ve learned during the certificate program to complete the design process from beginning to end: empathizing with users, defining their pain points, coming up with ideas for design solutions, creating wireframes and prototypes, and testing designs to get feedback. By the end of this course, you will have a new cross-platform design project to include in your professional UX portfolio.
- This course will also prepare you to land your first job as a UX designer. You?ll learn how to interview for entry-level UX design positions. You?ll get tips from Googlers based on their own interview experiences and their unique perspectives as hiring managers. And, you?ll polish the professional UX portfolio you?ve been building throughout the program so that it?s ready for job applications.
- Current UX designers and researchers at Google will serve as your instructors, and you will complete hands-on activities that simulate real-world UX design scenarios. Learners who complete the seven courses in this certificate program should be equipped to apply for entry-level jobs as UX designers.
- By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- - Apply each step of the UX design process (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test) to create designs focused on social good.
- - Identify the differences between dedicated mobile apps and responsive web apps.
- - Understand progressive enhancement and graceful degradation approaches for designing across devices.
- - Build wireframes, mockups, and low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma or Adobe XD.
- - Add a new design project to your professional UX portfolio.
- - Prepare your portfolio of design work for job applications.
- - Interview for an entry-level UX design job.
- - Determine if freelance design work is a good career fit for you.
- This course is suitable for beginner-level UX designers who have completed the previous six courses of the Google UX Design Certificate.
Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs at Coursera Curriculum
Starting the UX design process: empathize, define, ideate
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 week 1
Design for progressive enhancement and graceful degradation
Google's focus on the user
Design across devices with the 4 Cs
Differentiate between dedicated mobile apps and responsive web apps
Begin the empathize phase
Develop personas
Build user stories
Create user journey maps
Define problem statements
Case study: Defining a user problem in the real world
Begin the ideate phase
Conduct a competitive audit
Follow the UX design process across devices
Ideate with Crazy Eights
Wrap-up: Starting the UX design process: empathize, define, ideate
Welcome to Course 7
Design for social good
Introduction to third portfolio project
Design for mobile first
Learn more about designing across devices
Learn more about empathizing with users
Learn more about personas
Activity Exemplar: Develop personas
Learn more about user stories
Activity Exemplar: Build user stories
Learn more about user journey maps
Activity Exemplar: Create user journey maps
Learn more about problem statements
Activity Exemplar: Write a problem statement
Learn more about competitive audits
Activity Exemplar: Conduct a competitive audit
Learn more about ideating with Crazy Eights and How Might We
Activity Exemplar: Sketch to generate ideas for a mobile app
Glossary
Submit your third portfolio project prompt
Test your knowledge on mobile-first design principles
Test your knowledge on designing across devices
Self-Reflection: Avoid bias in personas
Activity: Develop personas
Activity: Build user stories
Activity: Create user journey maps
Test your knowledge on problem statements
Activity: Write a problem statement
Test your knowledge on competitive audits
Activity: Conduct a competitive audit
Self-Reflection: Consider best practices of designing for different screen sizes
Activity: Sketch to generate ideas for a mobile app
Weekly challenge 1: Design across devices
Creating wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes
Welcome to week 2
Begin to wireframe
Sketch paper wireframes
Create digital wireframes
Build a low-fidelity prototype
Plan a usability study
Conduct a usability study
Analyze and synthesize research results
Iterate on designs based on research insights
Case study: The importance of testing in the real world
Wrap-up: Creating wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes
Learn more about paper wireframes
Activity Exemplar: Sketch paper wireframes for a mobile app
Learn more about creating digital wireframes
Activity Exemplar: Create digital wireframes for a mobile app
Learn more about building low-fidelity prototypes
Check and share low-fidelity prototypes
Activity Exemplar: Build a low-fidelity prototype for a mobile app
Learn more about planning a UX research study
Activity Exemplar: Plan a usability study
Learn more about conducting usability studies
Activity Exemplar: Conduct a usability study
Learn more about analyzing and synthesizing research results
Learn more about iterating on low-fidelity designs
Glossary
Test your knowledge on paper wireframes
Activity: Sketch paper wireframes for a mobile app
Activity: Create digital wireframes for a mobile app
Activity: Build a low-fidelity prototype for a mobile app
Test your knowledge on planning usability studies
Activity: Plan a usability study
Test your knowledge on conducting usability studies
Activity: Conduct a usability study
Test your knowledge on analyzing and synthesizing research results
Creating mockups and high-fidelity prototypes
Welcome to week 3
Create mockups
Document a design system
Build a high-fidelity prototype
Plan and conduct a usability study for a hi-fi prototype
Wrap-up: Creating mockups and high-fidelity prototypes
Review foundational elements of visual design
Review arranging elements in mockups
Review visual design principles
Learn more about design systems
Activity Exemplar: Create mockups of a mobile app
Activity Exemplar: Build a high-fidelity prototype of a mobile app
Learn more about usability studies
Glossary
Activity: Create mockups of a mobile app
Activity: Build a high-fidelity prototype of a mobile app
Activity: Plan a usability study
Activity: Conduct a usability study
Activity: Synthesize research and modify designs
Weekly challenge 3: Mockups and high-fidelity prototypes
Designing a complementary responsive website
Welcome to week 4
Design for different use cases
The importance of information architecture
Build sitemaps
Sketch to generate ideas for a website
Understand common website layouts
Review two ways to create wireframes
Create wireframes for different screen sizes
Build a low-fidelity prototype for a responsive website
Optional - Test a low-fidelity prototype for a responsive website
Design mockups for a responsive website
Build a high-fidelity prototype for a responsive website
Optional - Test and iterate on high-fidelity designs
Add a case study to your UX portfolio
Wrap-up: Designing a complementary responsive website
Learn more about information architecture
Learn more about sitemaps
Activity Exemplar: Create a sitemap
Learn more about ideation for websites
Activity Exemplar: Create wireframes for a responsive website
Learn more about creating wireframes for different screen sizes
Activity Exemplar: Create wireframes for different screen sizes
Activity Exemplar: Build a low-fidelity prototype for a responsive website
Optional - Revisit planning and conducting usability studies
Revisit designing mockups
Activity Exemplar: Create mockups for a responsive website
Activity Exemplar: Build a high-fidelity prototype for a responsive website
Learn more about UX portfolio case studies
Glossary
Self-Reflection: Define use cases for your designs
Activity: Create a sitemap
Test your knowledge on common website layouts
Activity: Sketch to generate ideas for a responsive website
Test your knowledge on creating wireframes
Activity: Create wireframes for a responsive website
Activity: Create wireframes for different screen sizes
Activity: Build a low-fidelity prototype for a responsive website
Optional - Test your knowledge on planning and conducting usability studies
Activity: Optional - Plan and conduct a usability study for a lo-fi prototype
Test your knowledge on designing mockups
Activity: Create mockups for a responsive website
Activity: Build a high-fidelity prototype for a responsive website
Activity: Optional - Plan and conduct a usability study for a hi-fi prototype
Test your knowledge on UX portfolio case studies
Finding a UX job
Welcome to week 5
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 interviews
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!
Recap of the certificate program
Tailor a portfolio for types of jobs
Learn more about three specializations in UX
Activity Exemplar: Finalize your UX portfolio for job applications
Overview of the UX design interview process
Prepare for interviews
Learn more about the STAR method
Activity Exemplar: Develop responses to potential interview questions
Manage difficult interview questions
Learn more about developing an elevator pitch
Activity Exemplar: Draft an elevator pitch
Learn tips for interviewing remotely
Learn more about portfolio presentations
Learn more about whiteboard interviews
Ask interview questions
Sign up for Big Interview
Learn more about business plans
Learn more about finding clients as a freelance UX designer
Review templates for proposals
Glossary
Showcase your work
Claim your Google UX Design Certificate badge
Test your knowledge on UX portfolios
Activity: Finalize your UX portfolio for job applications
Test your knowledge on preparing for UX interviews
Activity: Develop responses to potential interview questions
Test your knowledge on strategies to answer interview questions
Activity: Draft an elevator pitch
Activity: Schedule a mock interview
Activity: Give a portfolio presentation
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
End-of-certificate checklist
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