Offered by: Microsoft and edX

Course Level 3: Advanced

Estimated Study Time: 50+ hours

What you’ll learn

Module 1: Understanding User Needs

Needfinding

Contextual Inquiry

Refine User Needs

Module 2: How User Needs Inform UI Design

“How Might We” Statements

Incorporating User Research

Understanding Tasks

Simple UI Mockups & Prototypes

Module 3: Incorporating UI Elements

Combining Tasks into a cohesive design

Common “visual affordances”

UI Design Trends and Best Practices

Evaluating Interfaces

Module 4: Making it all look good

Color

Typography

Whitespace/content balance/clarity

Branding

Visual Hierarchy and how the eye accepts information