UX UI Design: Transform (part-time)

Online

24 weeks, part-time

22 Nov 2021 - 2 Jun 2022

Real client projects & career support

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Course overview

Land a job in UX UI Design and transform your future with this innovative and career-focussed course.

Australian recruiters report that employment demand for Designers with both UX and UI Design skills far outweighs the supply. This comprehensive online course will equip you with the full spectrum of theoretical and practical skills required in a well-rounded UX UI Designer.

Get job-ready with Career Support:

Enter the course as a beginner and get job-ready after graduation
Master the full spectrum of theoretical and practical skills
24 weeks of personalised career support, guidance and advice
Expand your UX UI Design network and be part of an active community

A truly comprehensive and supported online course:

Combined UX and UI Design for increased employability
Hundreds of hours of content and activities along 24 weeks
Weekly live video sessions with your mentor and classmates
Unlimited 1:1 sessions with your mentor for tailored support
Learn on our state of the art learning platform

Get the practical experience employers are looking for:

Forget case studies: work on two real, live client projects
Manage stakeholders and deadlines – just like you would in a real job
Build your professional portfolio
Receive trusted, industry-recognised credentials

A highly collaborative and interactive learning environment:

Replicate the collaborative approach of a real UX UI Design job
Cohort-based to connect with classmates, grow together and make lifelong friends
Delve into specific topics and ask questions to your mentor in live video sessions

Course timeframe

corporate

Work in groups to solve a business challenge and build artefacts for your portfolio

social impact

Work in groups to solve a Not-For-Profit challenge and build artefacts for your portfolio

What you'll learn

MODULE 1: INTRO TO UX UI DESIGN

An overview of UX, UI and Interaction Design
The Human-Centred Design context
The Double Diamond framework for innovation
Design thinking
Designing for the experience economy – UX and UI in relation to Service/Strategic Design, Customer Experience (CX), Business Design and Venture Design

MODULE 2: UX RESEARCH

Research problem statements
An overview of research techniques
Considering the business and the customer
Interviews
Surveys
Heuristic evaluation
Contextual inquiry
Fly on the wall
Competitor analysis
Data analysis

MODULE 3: MAPPING EXPERIENCES

MODULE 4: DESIGN PRINCIPLES

An overview of design principles
UX Design principles
Defining a project’s design principles
Defining the design challenge
“How might we” statements

MODULE 5: IDEATION

The purpose of ideation
Brainstorming and ideation techniques
Democratic design
Decision making methods
Minimum Viable Product in a UX context

MODULE 6: DESIGNING THE UX

Card sorting
Information architecture
User flows
Interaction design
Intuitive UI

MODULE 7: DESIGNING THE UI

MODULE 8: WIREFRAMES

MODULE 9: UI DESIGN

UI interactions
Inclusive design
Responsive design
Good vs. bad UI Design

MODULE 10: FROM WIREFRAME TO PROTOTYPE

Prototyping
Usability testing
Handing over to developers

MODULE 11: UX PROJECT MANAGEMENT

UX projects
UX in wider design projects
UX project methods: Waterfall, Agile, Lean

MODULE 12: WORKING WITH CLIENTS

LIVE CLIENT PROJECTS

Work in groups to solve UX UI Design challenges for two real, live clients, applying your new-found skills and building your portfolio. Your first project will be a corporate, commercially-focussed scenario. The second will be for a Not-For-Profit organisation. Splitting the projects between commercial and social impact offers you the opportunity of working in vastly different environments, towards very different goals.

Consult with clients to understand their goals and requirements
Apply UX UI Design principles and practices to real-life projects, producing professional portfolio work
Present UX UI Design solutions and processes to clients

Career support program

Once the client projects are completed, it’s all about landing you that dream UX UI role! At this point of your learning journey, you’ll have the skills and practical experience – all that’s left is to craft your career narrative.

With the Career Support Program, you’ll receive comprehensive career guidance and support. You’ll undertake activities including but not limited to the following:

Finesse: Add polish to your Portfolio, CV and LinkedIn creating a coherent career narrative
Practice: Hone your soft skills, such as interview and presentation techniques.
Search: Build your network within the industry and apply for your dream roles.

Who this course is for

There are no prerequisites required for this course. This course is specifically designed for anyone aspiring to land a coveted role in UX UI Design. It is ideal for:

Professionals who are looking to switch career paths with new in-demand UX UI Design skills
Working professionals who bring design and digital related career experience with them
Students who want to learn UX UI online, and acquire a job quickly without going to uni/college
Anyone with transferable soft skills from previous professional experience: creative thinking, curiosity, problem solving, teamwork, an eye for detail, etc

Career outcomes

After graduating from our UX UI Design Transform course, you can apply for jobs such as:

UX UI Designer
UX Designer
UI Designer
And similar Human-Centred Design roles

Earn a digital credential

We partner with Credly to deliver digital credentials for our graduates. Digital credentials are a graphical representation of your skills, combined with a description of the knowledge and activities it took to earn them.

Digital badges can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

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Our students work with the best

Our students' success stories

Academy Xi has a 4.2 score out of 5, rated by 2552 students.

“It gave me the chance to clearly demonstrate my skills and understanding of the full design process.”

Yuka Mochizuki

I went in with high expectations, which were all met. I totally understand why people recommend this course, and in particular, Hayden… it [the training] absolutely enabled me to get the job with Westpac. When I did the interview, I was about 75% through my first project - which was a mobile app for sustainability and recycling and featured a smart bin. I was prepared to answer standard interview questions, but the interviewer asked me to walk her through a digital project that I loved. I feel that if it hadn’t been for the project within the UX UI Design Transform course, I wouldn't have been able to get the job. It gave me the chance to clearly demonstrate my skills and understanding of the full design process.

“I felt a sense of community that I didn’t with university training”

Oshi Paranavitane

Academy Xi online training was completely different. I made so many new connections and I felt a sense of community that I didn’t with university training. The class sizes were small, so we actually got to know each other - it was way more engaging.

“intensive, challenging, but ultimately rewarding”

Danny Unitt

I chose to study UX at Academy Xi because I wanted to update my skillset to be relevant in a digital world. I found the courses and projects intensive, challenging, but ultimately rewarding. I made valuable connections with my classmates and instructors and got what I felt was a good insight into the UX industry.