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Become a great UI Designer with 14 courses in 4 parts. As a UI Designer, you will be in charge of designing high-fidelity screens for websites and apps, and thus a good understanding of usability, UI design patterns, and psychology are crucial.

  1. Foundation (2 courses)

    These foundation courses provide an excellent introduction to UX design and are recommended for everyone.

  2. UI Designer Beginner (5 courses)

    Understand the basics of UI design patterns and how to work in a user-centered design process.

  3. UI Designer Intermediate (5 courses)

    Master the optimal way to design for mobile interfaces and how to use key usability and accessibility principles in your designs.

  4. UI Designer Advanced (2 courses)

    Learn how to take advantage of brain science and affordances in your designs, and how to design for the frontier of user interfaces.

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Try our on-demand Master Classes instead! In just 60 minutes, you can learn directly from design experts about a variety of topics!

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Human-Centered Design for AI

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Niwal Sheikh, Product Design Lead, Netflix

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how design works, bringing significant shifts and critical ethical questions. From how algorithms work to issues of fairness and keeping user information private, the blend of AI and design raises crucial concerns about our responsibilities in shaping the future of design.

In this Master Class webinar, Netflix Product Designer Niwal Sheikh will talk about human-centered design for AI and how to deal with ethical challenges.

In this Master Class, you'll learn:

  • The best ethical practices in AI.
  • Key considerations for design justice and ethics in AI.
  • The concepts of bias, discrimination, shadow banning and fairness in AI.
  • A collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to establishing ethical AI in our organizations.
  • The future of AI in Design.

Join this webinar to learn how to work with AI while ensuring ethical practices and the development of ethical products.

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How to Innovate with XR

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Michael Nebeling, Associate Professor, University of Michigan

There is a lot of enthusiasm around extended reality (XR) technologies, encompassing virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, and for good reasons. The ways in which these technologies collectively allow us to see and interact with a digitally-enhanced physical world around us are truly stunning. Theoretically, we could now wear modern XR headsets all day long and benefit from their virtual assistance in everyday activities at home, work, and, to some extent, even on the go. Yet, nobody does that. Why is that? Why are we still so far away from the promise that XR would one day replace the smartphone? Should this even be the goal?

In many ways, the answer is yes. Head-worn displays bring many advantages and absolutely hold the potential to revolutionize and significantly improve the way we perceive and interact with digital information around us. At the same time, we need to be extremely careful with how we design and develop for this future of user experiences that seamlessly blend the physical and virtual worlds around us. As designers, we hold a tremendous responsibility.

In this Master Class webinar, Michael Nebeling, professor and XR faculty innovator-in-residence at the University of Michigan, will show you how you can innovate in and with XR—taking into account the unique affordances and opportunities within the XR medium and using XR to carry the benefits over to the real world. Michael will share his vision for future XR tools and applications that help shape designers’ mindsets and positively impact the user experience.

You’ll learn:

  • What the key challenges and barriers are to the more widespread adoption of XR.
  • Why innovation in XR is often misguided by trying to find the “killer app”.
  • How to instead approach XR design in a creative and systematic way.
  • What frameworks and tools are needed to rapidly advance XR design and innovation.
  • Which groups of users are the most likely to first benefit from the advantages with XR.
  • How to scale XR innovation to cater to the needs of a diverse set of stakeholders.
  • What it takes to create inclusive and safe XR experiences.
  • Why you need to keep pushing to continuously innovate and disrupt design with XR.

Join this Master Class webinar to learn how to think outside the box and design for a future where XR technologies are interwoven with everyday life. Learn how to approach the design of future XR interfaces despite current technical limitations and many open issues, and how to ask the right questions and help shape design towards truly innovative and impactful XR experiences.

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The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in UX

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Darren Hood, UX Designer, Author, Speaker and Podcaster

For years the field of UX has focused on methods, methodologies, techniques, artifacts, and deliverables. We have learned, however, that truly successful UX is not just about the work. The ability to interact, relate, and exchange with team members, stakeholders, clients, and leadership has proven to be even more important in some cases. For these reasons, the importance of soft skills (and more specifically, emotional intelligence or EQ) has become increasingly critical.

You'll learn:

  • The challenges and issues EQ can help you overcome as a UX professional.
  • How EQ can impact your projects.
  • How EQ helps optimize relationships with stakeholders and teammates.
  • The benefits EQ in personal and professional growth.
  • Key EQ red flags that serve as identifiers for self growth or in one's teams.

You’ll leave this Master Class with a sound understanding of EQ, its role in UX and and its importance to practitioners and the discipline-at-large.

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UX Design is a Booming Industry

Job opportunities for people with design skills are increasing like never before (an estimated 13% increase from 2010 to 2020). And UX designer salaries are soaring—upwards of $110K in cities like San Francisco and New York.

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