From UX research and UI design fundamentals, wireframing in Sketch and prototyping in InVision, to basic coding in HTML/CSS and Career/Portfolio tips. An insightful, hands-on & affordable 5-day course run by a professional UX designer with 15+ years of experience: https://schoolofux.com/ux-5-day-course.html

Day 1 — UX Design

UX Design, How to do it Right. By the end of the day you'll know how to carry out user research, map user journeys, create IA, run user testing and more:

• differences between UX and UI
• carrying out user research and reporting findings
• mapping user journeys, storyboarding and experience maps
• creating information architecture, sitemaps, card sorting
• running user testing remotely and 'in the wild', A/B testing
• review of the best accessibility practices
• looking into analytics
• tools for design mockups and prototyping
• working with developers
• book recommendations and lots of QnA
  
  

Day 2 — UI Design

Designing Pixel-Perfect UI. By the end of the day you'll learn the base User Interface design principles, how to create an icon font and optimise for touch, make your UI responsive and accessible and more:

• UI design principles & process
• typography (faux fonts, px vs. em, n-dash vs. m-dash)
• accessibility (how to get WCAG-compliant)
• components (usability practices, affordance)
• iconography (creating icon font)
• graphics (formats comparison incl. SVG, ways to optimise)
• layout (responsive techniques, mobile first, desktop)
• interactions (prototyping, optimising for touch)
• various design tools on the market
  
  

Day 3 — Wireframing

Wireframing & Prototyping (using Sketch and InVision). We'll create an interactive prototype of a website in just under 3 hours, which you'll then be able to run and test on your mobile phone. Please bring your own laptops with Sketch app installed on MacOS (or Figma if you're on Windows) and let's design & prototype together.

• structuring content
• creating layout in Sketch app (mobile-first approach)
• embedding fonts, icons and graphics
• prototyping using InVision web app (navigation, interactions, optimising for touch)
• testing on a real device
  
  

Day 4 — Prototyping Responsive UI in HTML & CSS

Basic coding skills for web and mobile, which are extremely beneficial to understand how to design products, which can be efficiently implemented and speak the same language with software developers. You'll leave with plenty of knowledge on how to create basic layout in HTML (including responsive mobile website) and apply styling using CSS.

• introduction into coding for designers
• HTML basics
• CSS basics
• creating responsive layout
• inspecting websites in-browser
• working with developers
• book recommendations
• lots of QnA

Day 5 — Career in UX

How to Start a Career in UX. You'll leave with plenty of knowledge on what it's actually like to be a UX designer in the field, what you need to become a freelancer, how to create portfolio, where to find a perfect job, interview tips, market rates and a lot of food for thought.

• what a day of a UX designer looks like
• working in startups vs. big companies vs. design agencies
• how to create impressive portfolio
• where to find a perfect job
• practical tips for your interview
• how to be a freelancer
• money side: market rates
  
  

Everyone's welcome:

Suitable for complete beginners with no previous experience, as well as those who have already started exploring UX & UI design and want to spruce up their skills. Whether you're designing your own app, looking to improve your design skills or change your career — we are here to help you.

• UX & UI designers
• graphic designers
• software developers
• web designers
• product owners
• project managers
• business analysts
• marketing specialists
• startup founders
• students
  
  

Who runs it:

This course is run by a professional UX & UI designer Sergei Golubev with 15+ years of experience working with Microsoft, Heathrow, British Gas and numerous startups. He founded The School of UX and The UX Conference in London.

What our students say:

https://schoolofux.com/reviews.html

"Perfect point-of-entry to UX. A simple, clear and straight-forward course."
★★★★★

"Great design tips and ideas. Tutor has wide & great experience in the field of UI & UX. A real expert."
★★★★★

"I learned a lot. I have attended a lot of full-day design training courses which are too high-level and practical details about UX are not discussed. After watching only 30 mins of your video, I was able to apply it to my job straightaway."
★★★★★

"The School of UX sessions have really helped me to understand more about what UX is and isn't and also how it fits in with the whole life cycle of building products. The case studies and examples discussed in the classes really helped to get an understanding of how these principles can be applied to real world projects. I'd highly recommend these courses to anyone with an interest in learning more about UX!"
★★★★★

Where:

The course will run at School of UX in Canada Water Library, just opposite Canada Water tube station on Jubilee Line (2 stops away from London Bridge).

Questions?

Just email us on team@schoolofux.com