Online Course – Google Certified Professional Certificate in UX Design

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Online Course - Google Certified Professional Certificate in UX Design

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Understanding user needs
  • Identifying user problems
  • Finding ideas for design solutions
  • Creating wireframes, prototypes and mockups
  • Testing designs in usability studies
  • Rehearsing designs based on feedback
  • Using design tools like Pigma and Adobe XD
  • Create a portfolio with completed projects

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • UX Designer
  • User Experience Project Manager
  • Product key
  • User Experience Analyst
  • User Interface (UI) Designer
  • Application developer with an emphasis on user experience
  • User Experience Consultant
  • Usability expert

Professional Certificate – 7-course course series

Even without a degree or prior experience, you can launch a career in user experience (UX) design. The training developed by Google is the ideal foundation for finding a well-paying job.

UX designers focus on how users interact with products like websites, apps, and physical products. They ensure that everyday interactions are useful, enjoyable, and accessible.

Gain the skills you need in 7 courses that will prepare you for entry-level employment. You can complete the certificate in less than 10 hours per week and in less than 6 months.

You will design projects both on paper and in digital tools like Pigma and Adobe XD. Upon completion of the certificate program, you will have a professional portfolio of three complete projects.

75% of Google Certificate graduates in the US report improvements in their careers within 6 months of completing the certificate.

All Google career certificates are available here .

Quote: *Based on responses from a 2021 U.S. adult survey

Hands-on Learning Project

This program includes over 200 hours of educational content and hundreds of hands-on activities and performance assessments that simulate real-world user experience design scenarios. The interactive content was developed by Google employees.

Learn how to manage the design process from start to finish: understand user needs; identify user problems; come up with ideas for design solutions; create wireframes, prototypes, and mockups; test designs in usability studies; and iterate on designs based on feedback.

Through videos, readings, performance assessments, and activities, you’ll learn about design tools (like Figma and Adobe XD). You’ll also create a portfolio of three projects that you can use when applying for jobs.

With Google’s Career Certificate in UX Design, you’ll develop skills that many employers are looking for today.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

User Experience Design (UXD) Basics

Course 1 • 20 hours

What will you learn?

  • Identify common tasks of UX designers in entry-level roles and introduce the teams you will work with.
  • Basic concepts in user experience design such as human-centered design, the design process, and accessibility.
  • An explanation of why design workshops are an important and beneficial part of the work of UX designers.
  • Start creating an online portfolio where you can showcase your work in the future.

Skills you will develop

  • User Experience Design (UX)
  • model
  • prototype
  • User Experience Design (UXD)
  • pajamas

Course 2 • 31 hours

What will you learn?

  • Descriptions of methods for UX research.
  • Build empathy with users and understand their problems and needs.
  • Define user needs through problem descriptions.
  • Develop ideas for possible solutions to problems.

Skills you will develop

  • User Experience Design (UX)
  • Cables
  • UX Research
  • prototype
  • User Experience Design (UXD)

Course 3 • 20 hours

What will you learn?

  • Prepare storyboards to develop ideas for solving usage requirements.
  • Create documents on paper and digitally using the Pigma design tool.
  • Create paper prototypes to design interactive designs.
  • Design a low-fidelity prototype in Figma.

Skills you will develop

  • User Experience Design (UX)
  • Usability tests
  • Adobe XD
  • prototype
  • User Experience Design (UXD)

Course 4 • 21 hours

What will you learn?

  • Plan and conduct guided and unguided usability research.
  • Summarize the findings from usability studies and derive insights.
  • Share research methodologies and findings with compelling presentation skills.
  • Modify designs based on insights from their research.

Skills you will develop

  • User Experience Design (UX)
  • Cables
  • prototype
  • User Experience Design (UXD)
  • UX Research

Course 5 • 33 hours

What will you learn?

  • Develop high-quality models and prototypes using the Figma design tool.
  • Define and use common visual design elements.
  • Use design systems to organize, standardize, and improve designs.
  • Describe the role of design review and feedback meetings during design iterations.

Skills you will develop

  • User Experience Design (UX)
  • prototype
  • User Experience Design (UXD)

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