Discover how to create usable, enjoyable, and accessible product interactions. Learn to empathize with users, define pain points, ideate design solutions, and create wireframes, prototypes, and mockups. This is the first course in the User Experience (UX) Design Certificate, a series designed to prepare you for an entry-level UX designer role.

Syllabus

Introducing user experience design

Welcome to the Google UX Design Certificate
Begin the Google UX Design Certificate
Michael: Get started in UX design
Introduction to Course 1: Foundations of User Experience Design
Get started with your Google UX Design Certificate
Welcome to module 1
The basics of user experience design
Jobs in the field of user experience
User experience careers
Most common UX tools
Stay current with the UX industry
The product development life cycle
Learn more about the product development life cycle
Design for good user experience
Characteristics of good user experience
Review: Identify good user experience
Job responsibilities of entry-level UX designers
Specialists, generalists, and T-shaped designers
Erika - Generalist or specialist designer
The role of a beginner UX designer
Work in a cross-functional team
Interact with cross-functional teammates
Practice Quiz: Self-Reflection: Your journey to become a UX designer
UX design jobs at different types of companies
The influence of company size and industry
From certificate to career success
Juan - A UX design career journey
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge of the roles you can pursue in UX design
Wrap-up: Introducing user experience design
Glossary terms from module 1
Graded Quiz: Module 1 Challenge

Thinking like a UX designer

Welcome to module 2
Universal design, inclusive design, and equity-focused design
The importance of equity-focused design
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge on equitable design approaches
Get to know platforms
Design for different platforms
Designing cross-platform experiences
User-centered design
Who are my users?
Assistive technology
Elise - The importance of assistive technology
Additional resources on designing for accessibility
User-centered design and assistive technology
Akhil - Thinking about users new to technology
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge on the user
Glossary terms from module 2
Graded Quiz: Module 2 Challenge

Joining design sprints

Design thinking: A UX design framework
UX design business requirements
Phase 1: Empathize with users
Phase 2: Define users' needs
Phase 3: Ideate solutions
Phase 4: Prototype solutions
Phase 5: Test solutions
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge on the design thinking framework
Welcome to module 3
Introduction to design sprints
Five phases of design sprints
Benefits of design sprints
Learn more about design sprints
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge on design sprints
Plan design sprints
The design sprint brief
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge on planning a design sprint
An entry-level designer's role in a sprint
Jason - All about design sprints
Practice Quiz: Self-Reflection: Identify the benefits of design sprints
Design sprint retrospectives
Common retrospective questions
Practice Quiz: Self-Reflection: Think through a retrospective for a previous project
Practice Quiz: Test your knowledge on design sprint retrospectives
Wrap up module 3
Glossary terms from module 3
Graded Quiz: Module 3 Challenge