Join us for four interactive UX classes where you'll explore the initial steps of the design process and create low-fi visuals. This is great for beginners and gives you the tools and the practice so you're comfortable with everything from the brainstorming process to understanding and implementing wireframes. 

Details:

Schedule: Classes will be held on Saturdays, from February 17th to March 9th.
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2p - 4p ET / 11a - 1p PT
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2p - 3p ET / 11a - 12p PT. - Class Needs to be Rescheduled

New Scheduled 

• Saturday, March 2, 2p - 3p ET / 11a - 12p PT
• Saturday, March 9, 2p - 3p ET / 11a - 12p PT
• Saturday, March 16, 2p - 3p ET / 11a - 12p PT

Course offerings:

Class #1: UNDERSTAND AND DISCOVER
Saturday, February 17
2p - 4p ET / 11a - 1p PT

Dive deep into the heart of design as we explore problem-solving, hypothesis formulation, and solution statements. 

• Uncover the secrets of effective research, competitor analysis, and audience definition. 
• Develop a keen sense of empathy through mapping pain points and crafting user personas. 
• Get ready for an exciting exercise where you'll conceive a restaurant and create a captivating user persona.
• Be sure to have a pen or pencil and paper available for the class.
  

Craft a solid foundation for your designs by defining information architecture and understanding its pivotal role. 

• Clarify user and client needs, outlining scope with content and functionality requirements. 
• Transform your ideas into tangible structures through our exhilarating exercise of structuring requirements into a sitemap using both traditional and digital tools.
• Be sure to have a pen or pencil and paper available for the class.
  

Class 3: INTERFACE ELEMENTS AND SKETCHING
New Date Saturday, March 9
2p - 3p ET / 11a - 12p PT

• Learn the art of composing interactions by choosing the right elements.
• Unleash your creativity through hands-on exercises that involve brainstorming and sketching low-fi interfaces using the simplicity of pen and paper.
• Be sure to have a pen or pencil and paper available for the class.

Class 4: WIREFRAMES 
NEW DATE: Saturday, March 16

2p - 3p ET / 11a - 12p PT

• Explore characteristics that make a wireframe effective and responsive.
• Familiarize yourself with popular wireframing tools such as Balsamiq, Whimsical, Mockflow, Figma, and Illustrator.
• Cap off your journey by creating a low-fi wireframe, incorporating elements learned throughout the course, using your preferred wireframing tool.
• You will need a Balsamiq.cloud account for this class; it is recommended you visit Balsamiq.cloud before the course and set one up (it only takes a minute!) 
  

Cost: $120 for the whole series

Classes are available to register separately; links below:

UX Design: Discovery. Register here.
$80 for course

UX Design: Strategize. Register here. 
$40 for course

UX Design: Interface Elements and Sketching. Register here.
$40 for course

UX Design: Wireframes. Register here.
$40 for course