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UX Design
This Track is made up of User Experience (UX) design courses, preparing you for a career in user experience. UX design is a growing field that focuses on designing the complete experience a user has with a site, app, or product.
At Treehouse, we love the UX field because it's a great avenue into the tech industry without necessarily requiring coding experience. Many folks in the UX field do use coding skills, but it's not required! User experience is an accessible field, and we believe that with the right courses and guidance, anyone can learn UX.
This Track's UX design courses teach the basic skills needed for a role as a UX designer, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, information architecture, and conducting user tests and analyzing feedback.
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An entry-level salary for the technologies covered in this track is about $42,000 / yr on average.
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Some companies that use these technologies regularly include: Google, Facebook, Yahoo, eBay, Amazon, and Treehouse
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Intro to Design Thinking
Learn the user-centered methods and mindsets that entire businesses are using to improve their product experiences. Throughout this course, we’ll go over how to find the voice of our user, the importance of that voice, and how to create a better experience for our user.
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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.
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Introduction to Product Design
Over the last 10 years, design has proven to be essential to the success of a business. With the rise of the internet and more software being created, and as start-ups and tech companies realize the impact of design on the business and on digital products, there has been an increasing need for design. This course will help you understand and get familiar with product design, the role of design throughout product development and delivery, the different components of product design, and the process of designing digital products and experiences.
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Creating User Experiences
Join us as we learn the basic principles of User Experience Design and how it shapes everyday interactions with products. By structuring products around users’ needs, we can ensure that the products do their job. You will learn how to meet users where they are, think through intuitive experiences, and create products that more effectively meet both your goals and your end users’ goals. This course will help you think more critically through the steps and decisions a user makes while interacting with your product. If you’re considering a career in User Experience (UX) or want to learn more about it, this course will expose you to how to design and plan around the people who use your product.
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Usability Foundations
The concept of usability is directly tied to the success of websites and apps. How easy are they to use? We'll learn in this course how to ensure users can accomplish their goals on websites and apps, as well as laptops and mobile devices. We'll also consider the user centered approach to design, highlight common usability issues on sites and apps, and offer tips on how to ensure your designs stay as usable as possible.
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Information Architecture
In this age of information, it’s not always easy to know how content should be structured - everyone has a different perspective. In this course, you’ll learn about information architecture: what it is, and how it relates to web design and user experience. We’ll learn about the fundamentals of IA components like navigation, labeling, and content organization, as well as techniques to test and evaluate existing website structures. By the end, you’ll know how to organize website content and provide a clear, logical experience for any user.
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Web Design Process
Going from a blank screen to a finished website can be daunting. In this course, you'll learn about the major steps involved in designing websites. We'll learn how to gather information, explore potential concepts, and iterate on a design. By the end, you'll have the foundation you need to continue your design journey.
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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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Evaluating Design
An essential part of the UX design process is measurement and validation. This course will provide an overview of the methods available for measuring the success of a design including A/B testing, surveys, and usability testing. It will specifically deep dive into usability testing so that students will learn about what’s involved in running such a test, from preparing a test plan to presenting actionable findings.
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Track Completion
This course includes:
- Intro to Design Thinking 75 min
- Introduction to Wireframing 2 hours
- Introduction to Product Design 56 min
- Creating User Experiences 94 min
- Usability Foundations 90 min
- Information Architecture 2 hours
- Web Design Process 43 min
- Creating Mockups 37 min
- Evaluating Design 2 hours
- Check out other UX Tracks! 1 min