Goal: To Get a Job | Salary: ₹5-8 lakh | Nanodegree | No Prior Experience Needed | Taught by Udacity Instructors | Duration: 3 Months
A job-oriented 4-course series that teaches you how to design impactful user experiences for online products such as websites, apps, web, mobile and other interfaces, etc.
In addition, you build a portfolio that showcases your ability to transform user research into high-fidelity interactive designs.
What You’ll Learn
- How to conduct user research, apply design psychology, and create user interface layouts
- How to translate research into low-fidelity prototypes, and turn those into high-fidelity designs that are ready for engineering implementation
- Build a UX portfolio-ready case study that will demonstrate your design capabilities
What You’ll Earn
- ₹5-8 lakh per year is the average beginner salary for a UX Design professional in India (Source: glassdoor.co.in, in.indeed.com, jobted.in, coursera.org)
- $112,000+ per year is the median salary for a UX Design professional in the US (Source: Lightcast™ US Job Postings)
Details
This 4-course beginner-friendly nanodegree program teaches you how to create a digital user experience before it is handed off for development.
Here are the skills you will learn:
- User Experience and Product Design: UI Kits and Plugins, UI Design, Iterative Product Design, High Fidelity Prototypes
- User Research: User Research Planning
- Accessibility: Accessible User Experience Design, Solution Sketching, Production-Ready Assets, Product Prototyping, Product Design Principles, Low Fidelity Prototypes, Human-Centred Design, Guerrilla Design Sprints, Design Systems, User Interviews, Usability Testing
Through the program, you will receive personalized feedback, unlimited submission options and feedback loops. In addition, you will get practical tips and learn about industry best practices with access to additional suggested resources to improve your overall skillsets.
Moreover, you will have access to Github portfolio review and LinkedIn profile optimization to help you advance your career and land a high-paying role.
You will build familiarity and fluency with design research fundamentals and identify the user and the solutions they need.
You will then synthesize your research, and use design sprints to take an idea from concept to low-fidelity prototype.
Finally, you will learn how to turn your low-fidelity prototype into a high-fidelity design, and improve its performance based on data.
Through the program, you will complete projects that can be incorporated into a UX portfolio at the end of the program in order to highlight your capabilities to future employers.
The course comprises of four modules that cover the topics in-depth:
- UX Fundamentals & Design Research
- Concept to Low-Fidelity Prototyping
- High-Fidelity Prototyping to Post-Launch Analysis
- CAPSTONE – UX Portfolio Design
Applied Learning Project
You will complete a UX portfolio design capstone project.
UX Designers demonstrate their skills by showcasing their designs and processes in a portfolio. You will understand what should and shouldn’t be included in a portfolio, as well as the key components that appeal to target audiences.
Moreover, you will learn how to organize previous work and communicate it online, keeping the audience and your career objectives in mind.
You will learn how to apply storytelling and branding frameworks to create a personal profile that conveys a unique value proposition. In addition, you will learn best practices for maintaining and updating a UX portfolio.
