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Launch Your Career in UX/UI Design. Build job-ready UX design skills through hands-on projects and learn to use industry leading tools like Figma. No degree or experience required.
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Define the core principles of UX, Human-Centered Design, and design thinking frameworks, and identify UX team roles and user research methods.
Translate insights into solutions by analyzing user needs, using design ideation techniques, storyboarding, and applying information architecture.
Adapt design ideas into interactive prototypes using wireframing, mockups, prototyping tools, and leverage design systems and style guides.
Apply visual design principles and craft high-fidelity mockups that adhere to platform best practices and ensure accessibility for all.
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Through hands-on projects and expert-led instruction, you'll learn the entire UX design process, from conducting user research and creating wireframes to designing high-fidelity mockups and prototypes. You'll also learn essential soft skills like collaboration and communication, crucial for success in any design role.
This Professional Certificate is unique in its focus on:
Hands-on Learning: You'll build a professional portfolio showcasing your skills to potential employers.
AI in UX Design: Leverage AI as a powerful tool to enhance UX Design efficiency and creativity.
Industry-Relevant Tools: Learn to use Microsoft PowerPoint, Figma, and Fluent 2, popular design tools used by professionals.
Accessibility and Inclusive Design: Create designs that cater to diverse user needs.
Collaborative Design: Gain experience working with cross-functional teams.
Upon completion, you'll be able to:
Conduct user research and create user personas.
Develop wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
Apply visual design principles and create high-fidelity designs.
Understand and implement accessibility guidelines.
Effectively communicate design decisions and collaborate with stakeholders.
Receive guidance on resume building, job searching, and interviewing.
No prerequisites are required. Whether you're switching careers or just starting, this program will provide you with the foundation and practical skills needed to thrive in the exciting field of UX design.
Applied Learning Project
Throughout this program, you'll work on a capstone project: designing a mobile grocery shopping app for busy professionals. In a series of 12 projects, you'll conduct user research, create wireframes and prototypes, and test your designs to ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience. You’ll apply UX design skills to a real-world scenario, building a portfolio-worthy piece that demonstrates your ability to solve complex design challenges.
You’ll start with user research, using different methods to uncover the pain points and the wants and needs busy professionals have when it comes to buying groceries. You’ll design the information hierarchy within the app, ensuring a logical structure that makes sense to users. Finally, you'll transform your static mockups into an interactive prototype so Grocery Shopping App users can tap, swipe, and navigate the app, and give you valuable feedback on your design.
This course explores the core concepts of User Experience Design (UXD) and Human-Centered Design (HCD). It introduces design thinking and how it is used in UX/UI design. It will also cover UX roles and responsibilities. Finally, learners will start work on a portfolio of their designs.
In this course, learners will analyze user needs and research and use those insights to make design choices. They will review design ideation techniques and use Design Thinking to generate create storyboards, user flow diagrams, and journey maps. Last, they will use information architecture principles to organize content for intuitive navigation.
In this course, you will create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, using Figma and Fluent 2 Design.
In this course, you will apply visual design principles to create high-fidelity mockups, considering platform-specific design patterns and best practices, while incorporating user feedback from usability testing.
Our goal at Microsoft is to empower every individual and organization on the planet to achieve more. In this next revolution of digital transformation, growth is being driven by technology. Our integrated cloud approach creates an unmatched platform for digital transformation. We address the real-world needs of customers by seamlessly integrating Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, LinkedIn, GitHub, Microsoft Power Platform, and Azure to unlock business value for every organization—from large enterprises to family-run businesses. The backbone and foundation of this is Azure.
This Professional Certificate has ACE® recommendation. It is eligible for college credit at participating U.S. colleges and universities. Note: The decision to accept specific credit recommendations is up to each institution.
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Entry-Level professionals looking to start a new career as a UX Designeror a related field such as UI design, or interaction design. Interested learners may be making a career switch, currently work in a related role and wish to transition into a UX design role.
Experience with spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets and presentation slides such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides is a plus but not required.
UX design, or user experience design, is the process of creating products or services that provide meaningful and relevant experiences to users. It encompasses all aspects of the end-user's interaction with a company, its services, and its products.
UX designers focus on enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure derived from interacting with a product or service. They conduct user research, create wireframes and prototypes, and test designs to ensure they meet user needs and expectations.
In this course you will create accounts that enable you to use free versions of Microsoft PowerPoint, Figma, and Fluent 2.
This program is ACE® approved —when you complete, you can earn up to 10 ACE college credits.
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
If you subscribed, you get a 7-day free trial during which you can cancel at no penalty. After that, we don’t give refunds, but you can cancel your subscription at any time. See our full refund policy.
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