Hope Armstrong
Treehouse Teacher
California
Topics & Specialties
Courses & Workshops I've Taught
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Collaborating with Developers
Designers will learn how to involve developers throughout the design process, from conceptual brainstorming to implementation in code.
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Ethical Design
With all the power that technology yields, it comes with tremendous responsibility. This course will introduce Ethical Design, which considers the moral implication of one's work on others. Specifically, we'll focus on tech at the intersection of development, design, and business. We'll reflect on how tricky interfaces and dirty data practices have negative consequences on society. Ethical frameworks and tools will be shared so you can evaluate and align your actions with your values. Techniques for effective advocacy will enable you to nurture human-centered decisions in your organization. This course is for everyone who works in tech, regardless of their role.
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11 minPractice
Practice Creating UX Content
Practice creating UX content. You'll be given two companies with differing brand personalities, and you'll create UX content for their product pages.
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User Onboarding
User onboarding optimization has a huge impact on user retention, allowing users to engage with a product and understand its value. We'll take a look at several user onboarding patterns.
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25 minWorkshop
Designing Dynamic UI States
When designing views in a website or app, it's common to think about the ideal state first. Content perfectly fills the UI, graphs are visualizing data, the user has familiarity with the tool, and the full functionality of the product is apparent. However, there are many more states to anticipate, from onboarding new users to helping more seasoned users discover new functionalities and manage copious amounts of data. In this workshop, you'll learn how to design UI for dynamic app states.
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Designing Interactions
Learn the principles of Interaction Design, including the five dimensions, interaction models, and cognitive psychology. Apply those principles by learning how to design interactions in a design program.
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Presenting Design Ideas
Learn how to effectively present your design process to stakeholders so you can communicate a vision. Define the agenda, set the project goals, share your research, compare iterations, navigate feedback, and create a path for the next steps.
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Designing for User Roles
Delve into the nuances of building a product for multiple audiences. Learn how user roles are defined and used. Recognize the importance of providing various permission levels, learn best practices, and analyze how B2B (business-to-business) products serve many types of users.
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37 minWorkshop
Creating Mockups
Learn how mockups are used in the design process, and discover techniques for bringing them into your workflow. Practice transforming a set of wireframes into realistic depictions of the app by applying visual design styling and using Apple’s UI Kit for Adobe XD.
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Typography for Designers
Typography is one of the most important aspects of good design. In this course, you'll learn all you need to know about creating good typography as a UX Designer: how to choose a typeface; what to look for when laying out type, how to create typographic hierarchy, laying out type, and creating responsive typography.
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6 minPractice
Before and After: Typography
Improve the typography on an existing design.
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Before and After: Layout
Improve the layout of an existing mobile iOS app.
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Before and After: Color
Practice designing with color.
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Solving Problems with UX Design
Product design is about solving problems. Learn how to identify problems, understand the difference between "needs" and "wants," and how to convert a problem statement into a hypothesis you can test with user research.
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Conducting User Interviews
Learn how to validate product ideas by identifying an audience, sourcing participants, conducting user interviews, and analyzing the results.
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Collecting Design Inspiration
Collecting design inspiration is a fun way to get fresh ideas! It also helps you stay current with design trends and become aware of emerging design patterns. The goal is to collect designs that spark your own creative ideas.
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7 minWorkshop
Receiving UX Feedback by Example
See positive ways of handling different types of feedback on your designs, including constructive, negative, and prescriptive feedback.
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26 minWorkshop
Handling Feedback as a UX Designer
This workshop prepares new designers for handling feedback on their work in a diplomatic, effective, and professional manner.
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Introduction to Wireframing
Wireframing is a useful part of the design process. Throughout a website or mobile app project, you will have a lot of ideas and the best way to sort through those ideas is to brainstorm. Wireframes are a visual artifact of brainstorming, and the goal is to make them with minimal effort, as to encourage ideation. Whether you're a designer or not, wireframing is an important skill to have in your toolkit. It's beneficial for product managers, marketers, or anyone else with ideas for a website or mobile app. Wireframes are a valuable tool for visualizing user experiences, iterating on ideas, and sharing ideas with others.