In the User Interface Design Specialization, offered by the University of Minnesota, you will gain fluency in industry-standard theory and methods for developing successful user interfaces. Through comprehensive modules, you will learn the critical importance of UI design, user research and early UI design exploration, prototyping and design principles, and techniques for evaluating user interfaces.
Key concepts and techniques covered include structured approaches for understanding user needs, prototyping and design methods, and robust techniques for evaluating design choices. By the end of the Specialization, you will be comfortable applying these concepts and techniques to design interfaces for a wide variety of users from around the world. The culmination of the course is an in-depth Capstone Project, showcasing your fluency in creating intuitive interfaces, which can be presented to prospective employers in the fast-growing field of UI design.
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This comprehensive specialization covers critical aspects of UI design, including user research, prototyping, and evaluation techniques, preparing you to create effective and usable interfaces for diverse products and audiences.
In the Introduction to UI Design module, you will gain an understanding of the critical importance of user interface design and learn industry-standard methods for approaching the design of a user interface. Through case studies and overviews of core user interface design theories and concepts, you will be equipped to avoid reinventing the wheel when designing interfaces.
The User Research and Design module focuses on teaching and practicing techniques of user research and early UI design exploration. You will learn techniques for user research, including in-person research, survey and log-analysis techniques, and how to analyze and deliver user research to support UI design. Additionally, you will practice ideation techniques to generate potential design ideas based on user research.
Prototyping and Design module will equip you with the skills to design and prototype user interfaces, addressing users and tasks identified in user research. You will learn and practice paper- and other low-fidelity prototyping techniques, principles from graphic design, writing a design rationale, and designing for specific populations and situations, including accessible design principles and practices.
The Evaluating User Interfaces module will cover techniques for user interface evaluation, including action analysis, walkthroughs, heuristic evaluation, and user testing. You will learn from usability tests carried out in a real usability lab and techniques to carry out your own tests. Additionally, you will explore setting and measuring usability goals to determine when a design is usable enough to release it.
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