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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Course Overview

Ease of use is now a critical component of a successful digital world. An app or a website must provide users with a smooth, intuitive user experience in order to perform its objective comprehensively. The User Experience Design online course develops an understanding of how people engage with online content to develop settings that match their changing demands.

The User Experience Design Training offers fundamental knowledge of UI, UX design and research methodologies, as well as teaches how to collaborate with stakeholders, perform user testing, build wireframes, and produce prototypes. The course covers assessing recent trends in the industry and also helps in planning a professional career journey so that skills and knowledge may be better used to start a career in the UX sector.

The User Experience Design certification syllabus helps to enhance knowledge of online user behaviour and covers knowledge of operating vital tools for improving the performance and user experience of the website or app. The course teaches candidates highly applied, practical user experience design skills to enhance performance in their current role or to plan for future career advancement.

The Highlights

  • Assessments and projects
  • 10 weeks duration
  • Self-paced learning
  • Split fee option available
  • 7-10 hours per week
  • Online learning
  • Downloadable resources
  • Shareable certificate
  • Course provider Getsmarter
  • University of Cape Town offering

Programme Offerings

  • Offline resources
  • Case Studies
  • Self-paced learning
  • online learning
  • Live polls
  • video lectures
  • Infographics
  • quizzes.

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesUCT Cape Town

Fee type

Fee amount in INR

User Experience Design fees

Rs. 68,811 (Incl of all taxes) 

The User Experience Design fee is Rs. 68,811 (Incl of all taxes). The program fee should be paid in a single lump sum or three instalments of. The final price might include an administration charge of 3 percent if the applicant opts to pay in installments. The program cost can be paid via various options like bank transfer/EFT or credit/debit card.

Installment Plan

1st installmentRequired before:

2025-01-21

Amount Due:

₹22,937.00 INR

2nd installmentRequired before:

2025-02-20

Amount Due:

₹22,937.00 INR

3rd installmentRequired before:

2025-03-22

Amount Due:

₹22,937.00 INR


Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

The student must complete all exercises, lesson plans, and modules including live polls, case studies, presentations, and quizzes in order to be qualified for User Experience Design Certification. Exams and practical activities are commonly used to assess students' development. A learner must fulfill the requirements of the program guide in order to be certified. Students will be provided with a program guide after completing registration.

What you will learn

Designing skills

Certification Qualifying Details

The student must complete all exercises, lesson plans and modules including live polls, case studies, presentations and quizzes in order to be qualified for User Experience Design Certification by UCT. Exams and practical activities are commonly used to assess students' development. A learner must fulfill the requirements of the program guide in order to be certified. Students will be provided with a program guide after completing registration.


Who it is for

  • Web developers or digital marketing executives interested in learning how consumers think, react, and engage in order to enhance conversion.
  • Small business owners who want to improve the way internet users engage with their services will be benefited from UX design ideas presented in this course.
  • Candidates already in design, web development positions who want to broaden their knowledge and certify their existing competence with a diploma from the University of Cape Town.

Admission Details

To get admission in the User Experience Design, go through the steps mentioned below:

Step 1. Visit the official course webpage.

Step 2. To start the registration process, tap the ‘Register Now’ button

Step 3. Agree to the terms and conditions and continue

Step 4. Fill in personal details to create an account on Getsmarter

Step 5. Fill in the sponsor details and binning address

Step 6. Pay the fee amount and start the course on the scheduled date

The Syllabus

  • Recognise the need for designing human-oriented interactive experiences
  • Review digital user experience design as a discipline in relation to its historical context and current trends
  • Describe the role of the web designer in relation to that of the UX designer
  • Identify the tools that a UX designer needs to master

  • Recognise the relationship between the user, the usage context, and UX design
  • Investigate the course product context, namely a webmail client
  • Articulate what a product-use context is and how to develop one
  • Complete a list of requirements for a product that is ranked according to product priority
  • Choose aspects of personas, the usage hypothesis, and functional requirements that are applicable to given statements or scenarios
  • Evaluate a user path to identify potential assumptions that could be remedied by an alternate usage
  • Create a usage hypothesis based on a list of requirements
  • Describe audience archetypes and a user persona
  • Differentiate between IA and UXD

  • Identify who the stakeholders are in a user study
  • Recognise the importance of trust and mutual respect during the user study to the stakeholders
  • Recognise the need for designing human-oriented interactive experiences
  • Articulate the motives and objectives, open and hidden, of the listed stakeholders
  • Analyse the importance of objectives in the Product Use Context

  • Investigate the role of user-based evidence in a user study
  • Decide on the selection criteria for a subset of users that will be studied
  • Evaluate the reliability of statements made by users during user testing
  • Practice how to use evidence-gathering methods
  • Create a non-biased survey
  • Test the users to discover real usage

  • Complete a Hypothesis Evaluation Matrix
  • Analyse evidence gathered, discard what is not relevant, and justify these decisions
  • Describe how to manage conflicts between stakeholder goals and the evidence gathered
  • Apply methods used to diffuse tension while requiring stakeholders to adjust their expectations

  • Identify the role of UX in a visual or aesthetic design
  • Use textual and visual cues to encourage planned usage of products
  • Interpret several influential design principles and how they relate to UXD
  • Analyse a practical website brief
  • Recommend both aesthetic and functional suggestions for a well-rounded user experience

  • Describe the classes and principles of wireframes
  • Review functional software to create wireframes
  • Analyse common user interface elements and their role in the user journey
  • Design a set of wireframes
  • Develop an interaction design
  • Compile an information architecture
  • Operate functional software to create wireframes
  • Evaluate how to address the problems identified in the Hypothesis Evaluation Matrix

  • Identify what constitutes the different kinds of prototypes
  • Investigate the most appropriate prototypes for specific processes
  • Analyse the prototype process
  • Create a clickthrough prototype
  • Test prototypes with the user sample to evaluate prototyping decisions and rationales
  • Show the prototype to the initial group of users and request feedback

  • Compile all the necessary components for a UX study
  • Analyse a UX mini-study
  • Review good PowerPoint practices when presenting work
  • Formulate your own UX study presentation
  • Evaluate the success of various UXD presentations

  • Recall the theories and skills learned throughout the course
  • Discuss anti-patterns and historical trends in UX
  • Identify anti-patterns, UX, and design trends
  • Identify future UX and design trends
  • Articulate the importance of context when designing for UX
  • Evaluate current trends and their applicability to UX design
  • Formulate a personal development roadmap for the next 12 months as a UX practitioner

Instructors

UCT Cape Town Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What is the purpose of User Experience Design certification?

The main purpose of UX is to improve the experience that customers have while dealing with the product and to ensure that they take interest in that.

2: What is a user experience model?

The user experience model includes assessing and analysing user behavior.

3: How can I learn designing user experience?

By doing the User Experience Design course from UCT, one can learn to design user experience. 

4: Are UX designers in demand?

According to LinkedIn research, UX designing is among the top five demanding talents.

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