UX Crash Course: Introduction to user experience design | Wellington

UX CRASH COURSE Wellington

This course gives you hands-on experience of a digital UX design project from start to finish in an intense one day workshop.

On this course you take a project through a complete design life cycle from initial research, to ideation, to design to user testing. As well as gaining practical experience of the some of the most common user experience design methods as you work through the project you learn the principles behind them so you can make good decisions about what approach and methods will get you the best outcomes for your own projects. The goal of the day is for you to be able to take what you learn and apply it immediately to your current projects and use what you learn as a base for further study.

Who is it for

No prior knowledge is required to do this course, it is suitable for absolute beginners.

However, the course is primarily aimed at:

Digital designers

Web, interaction and UX designers who want to build on their UX skills, put into practice approaches they have read about, adopt a user-centred design approach or better their understanding of the principles behind common UX design methods.

Graphic designers

Traditional designers who want to transition into digital design or learn how to work better with their UX colleagues.

Strategists and analysts

Senior practitioners who want to gain an understanding of the principles of user experience design and experience how those principles are practised on the ground.

Developers

Developers who want to build on their UX skills or learn how to work better with their UX colleagues.

Product owners and project managers

Product owners and project managers who want a better understanding of how a user experience design approach can get them better outcomes on their products and projects.

On the day

You will take a UX project from research to testing

You are put in a team and work on a digital design project throughout the day learning and applying user-centred design methods as you go. No coding is required and most teams elect to design their project on paper in order to keep the focus on design decisions, not implementation.

You will learn the basic principles and definitions behind user experience design

You will learn the basic principles of user experience design including its history and common terminology used.

You will get an introduction to basic principles and best practice for user research

You learn how to identify if research is required, what kind is required, and the basics of designing research to get valid outcomes. You experience implementing a common research method and learn how to synthesise and interpret user research results.

You will get an introduction to basic principles and best practice for interaction design

You learn the basic principles behind making good interaction and UI design decisions and experience putting those principles into practice.

You will get an introduction to basic principles and best practice for user testing

You learn what you can and can’t user test, how to design user tests that are likely to get you valid results and experience designing and facilitating user tests for your project.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course, no previous experience with design or coding is required.

What should you bring

All materials are provided. We don't provide lunch but do provide fruit and snacks and do a coffee run!

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Should I do the 1 day or 1-week User Experience Design Course?

We provide a 1 day (The UX Crash Course) and 1 week (UX Intensive Week) UX course.

They are based on the same practical approach and cover similar subject matter areas but vary in the level of depth they go into and the time you get to put the methods into practice. None of them assume any previous experience with design or technology, and you should be able to start applying what you learn straight away after any of them.

We recommend the 1 day course for people who want an understanding of UX principles and experience in working on a UX project in as rapid a format as possible! You participate in a full human-centred UX process, moving very quickly through each stage. You will learn enough to start applying what you learn in your regular design practice, and to use as a base for further study.

We recommend the week-long course for people who need to ‘level up’ and become a full UX designer, or have demanding roles that require a robust ability to apply best practice human-centred design principles to their UX work. This week can be done in addition to either the 1 day or 2 day course or can be taken as a stand-alone course. It includes all the material found in our 1 day UX courses (Crash Course, user research, information architecture, UI design, and usability testing) and the 2 day introduction course, but includes extra content that connects all these practices together and more time to experience putting everything you learn into practice.

Combining courses

All other courses (including the week-long UX intensive course) are suitable as a follow up to  the 1 day crash course. Although there is some material overlap, all the other courses go into much more depth through each step of a human-centred UX process.

Terms & Conditions

20 people maximum.
We will notify and refund you if this event is cancelled.
No refund for withdrawal within 24 hours of the workshop date.
50% refund for withdrawal within 8 days of the workshop date.
Tickets are transferable to other people but not to other UX Gym courses.