Introduction to the course

• It provides students with a comprehensive introduction to product design. It acquaints them with the fundamental principles, elements, and tools necessary for successful design. The unit emphasizes the primary purpose of product design, which is to create innovative solutions that cater to user needs and evoke emotions. Through engaging lectures and interactive discussions, students gain a deep understanding of the impact that well-designed products can have on society and individuals.

Figma interface

• What is Figma/where to find figma
• Start screen/ Menu bar/ tools panel / The layers and pages panel/ The
• component panel / The prototype panel

Setting up a new project

• Creating a new project working with teams

Adding and editing content

• Working with frames
• Working with shapes
• Working with shapes
• Working with pen tool
• Working with text
• Working with images
• Working with icons
• Working with images
• Working with icons
• Working with color
• Working with components

Responsive

• working with version control

Prototyping, sharing, exporting

• Creating a prototype
• Sharing your design
• Exproting assests

Intersection of Design. Technology

• Through critical analysis understand how user experience as a field sits in the intersection of different areas of the product
• what is the difference between User Experience Design and User Interface Design?
• Learn about heuristics and apply heuristic evaluation to various websites
• Conpetitive Research

Wireframing, Sketching, Prototyping

• Practice a sketching session for an existing website or mobile appliction of your choice. Start with sketching on whiteboard or your notebook.
• Sketch wireframes for your class project.
• Learn Sketch to create wireframes/prototypes.
• Learn the power of prototyping and testing an idea. Understand different methods of prototyping and thier levels

Building a Case Study

• Finish clickable prototype.
• Case study examples as web pages and PDFs.
• Using a complication of compilation of user research, prototypes, and user research, build your case study as either as HTML page or a PDF using the application of your choice

Final Project Presentation

• The Business of UX Design
• Present class projects as case studies on-screen
• Getting into the business: strategies and ideas
• UX Resources