Coursera – Microsoft UX Design Professional Certificate 2024-12

Published on: 2024-12-19 08:21:51

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Descriptions

Microsoft UX Design Professional Certificate, Through hands-on projects and expert-led instruction, you’ll learn the entire UX design process, from conducting user research and creating wireframes to designing high-fidelity mockups and prototypes. You’ll also learn essential soft skills like collaboration and communication, crucial for success in any design role. Throughout this program, you’ll work on a capstone project: designing a mobile grocery shopping app for busy professionals. In a series of 12 projects, you’ll conduct user research, create wireframes and prototypes, and test your designs to ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience. You’ll apply UX design skills to a real-world scenario, building a portfolio-worthy piece that demonstrates your ability to solve complex design challenges.

You’ll start with user research, using different methods to uncover the pain points and the wants and needs busy professionals have when it comes to buying groceries. You’ll design the information hierarchy within the app, ensuring a logical structure that makes sense to users. Finally, you’ll transform your static mockups into an interactive prototype so Grocery Shopping App users can tap, swipe, and navigate the app, and give you valuable feedback on your design.

What you’ll learn

Define the core principles of UX, Human-Centered Design, and design thinking frameworks, and identify UX team roles and user research methods.
Translate insights into solutions by analyzing user needs, using design ideation techniques, storyboarding, and applying information architecture.
Adapt design ideas into interactive prototypes using wireframing, mockups, prototyping tools, and leverage design systems and style guides.
Apply visual design principles and craft high-fidelity mockups that adhere to platform best practices and ensure accessibility for all.

Who this course is for

Entry-Level professionals looking to start a new career as a UX Designeror a related field such as UI design, or interaction design. Interested learners may be making a career switch, currently work in a related role and wish to transition into a UX design role.