Superhi Intro To Ux Design Syllabus

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Intro to User

Experience

Design
Our go-at-your-own-pace

short course has 8+ hours of

video lessons that will teach

you the best practices for

creating effective, intuitive

experiences for people.

Have a question? Get in touch!

hi@superhi.com

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Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design

About the course


Interested in UX design but not sure where to start? Our user
What you’ll learn
experience design short course will teach you the best
What user experience is, why it’s
practices you need to plan and design complex digital projects.

important and what goes into an


iterative design process
We’ll cover all the bases of an iterative UX design process
How to balance both business goals

including user research, wireframing, prototyping, UI design


and user needs to create a successful

and user testing. Learn how to think like a UX designer and


digital project
confidently work on projects for yourself and clients. Students
will also receive 6 months of Figma Pro free. Popular research methods and how to
turn insights into personas, user
journeys, site maps and user flows

Who is this course for? How to create wireframes and


prototypes to handoff to clients and
stakeholders
Anyone who wants to learn how to solve design problems using
How to conduct user testing with real
a human-centered approach and proven skills and methods.
people, get feedback and make
You don’t need to have any experience with UX prior to taking informed design decisions
this course.

What makes a case study and UX

portfolio successful, and how to make

Most of our students work in the creative and tech industries, your own case studies
but you can work in any industry to join the course.

What you’ll get


8+ hours of video lessons UX design project
Covering the basics of UX design and
An end-to-end project and case study. Follow along 

best practices or create a project you can use in your portfolio

Resources Access to the SuperHi community


Resources to get you started and keep you Join our Slack and our super secret group

going post-course on Facebook

Continued help post-course


Help from our expert instructors with years of
experience in the industry
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design

Lesson 1

Introduction to UX

What is user experience (UX) design?

What are the roles and responsibilities of a


UX designer?

How is a UX designer different from...

Pillars of user experience

• What does a UX design process look like?

Lesson 2

Project: Marketplace All

Course project introduction: creating an


online marketplace

We'll cover what it's like to receive a brief


from a client and first steps to approaching
a design project

• Exercise: Filling out a project questionnaire

Do I have to finish the course in Nope – once you buy the course, it’s yours forever! You’ll always have

a certain amount of time? access to the lessons and our Slack community for support.



This course has around 8 hours of video lessons, so you can break down

your learning however works best for you and your schedule.
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design

Lesson 3
Research

What’s the discovery phase and where do


we begin?

Popular user research methods like


interviews, competitor analysis, affinity
diagrams and surveys

Exercise: create and send out a user survey

Balancing business goals and user needs

• Exercise: mapping out a user journey

Lesson 4
Analysis

How to take research and insights and use


it to make informed design decisions

Personas, user journeys and user flows

Information architecure (iA)

• Exercise: creating a site map

Why Figma? There are lots of tools available for designing and prototyping out there.

We’ll use Figma on this course it’s free, cloud-based (meaning you don’t
have to download anything or have the files saved anywhere on your
computer) and available to both Mac and Windows users.
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design

Lesson 4
Wireframing

What is a wireframe and why are they


important?

Sketching

Exercise: paper prototyping


Exercise: build your own wireframe in
Figma

Lesson 5
Prototyping

Introduction to prototyping

Most popular design and prototyping tools


in the industry today

• Exercise: make an interactive prototype in


Figma

Need help with any of


There are a few dedicated places to ask for help. You can ask directly on
the projects? course videos – just scroll down and you’ll see the Q+A section.

You can also join our student Slack group or email us at hi@superhi.com.
Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design

Lesson 6
User Testing

What is user testing and why is it important

Stakeholders

Popular methods like surveys, usability


Feedback
testing, A/B, focus groups

Usability

Exercise: setting up and running a user test

Copy •
How to turn feedback into insight to inform
Questionnaire
what design to implement

Lesson 7
Design

Introduction to visual and UI design

Bringing your wireframes into to


high-fidelity designs

• How to create consistent, effective designs

Continued support If you’re making your own projects after the course and need help,
just ask us! We want you to make the projects you want to make.

Syllabus — Intro to User Experience Design

Lesson 8
Wrap Up

How the UX process is a continual loop,


what to do next now that you've finished
the course

We'll show you what makes a successful


case study, and provide a template for your
own in the future

Exercise: make your own case study


• Resources and project briefs so you can


keep learning and designing!

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