Kings College London UX Design Career Accelerator: User-Centered Optimisation
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FourthRev
User-Centered Optimisation is the 3rd course in a 6-month programme developed by digital experts at the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London, in collaboration with leaders from tech companies. Individuals who have earned this badge can demonstrate a range of skills, including visual design, high-fidelity prototyping, design-to-development handoffs and techniques to continually optimise products through user feedback and data.
- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Weeks
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Brand Design
- CV Building
- Design-Development Handovers
- Designing Minimal Viable Products (MVPs)
- Design System
- Emerging Technologies
- Figma (Design Tool)
- Growth Mindset
- Guerilla Research
- High-Fidelity Design
- High-fidelity Prototyping
- Inclusive Design
- Introduction to Customer Experience (CX)
- Introduction to Service Design
- Intro to Back-end Development
- Intro to Front-end Development
- Iterative Design
- Moodboarding
- Portfolio Building
- Post-launch UX Activities
- Prioritisation
- Prototyping
- Qualitative Data
- Quantitative Data
- Rapid Prototyping
- Research
- Responsive Design
- Skill Mapping
- Style Guide
- Sustainable Design
- Synthesising data
- The value of UX
- Typography
- UI Design
- User Experience (UX)
- User Experience (UX) Design
- User Feedback
- User Research
- UX Case Studies
- UX History
- UX Job Search
- UX Mindset
- Visual Design
Earning Criteria
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Earners of this badge were required to submit high-fidelity design documentation including: refined mid-fidelity wireframes based on usability testing, a style guide, high-fidelity designs and prototype, and design handoff notes. Additionally, they were required to create a case study showcasing their process and solutions for improving a self-selected website or app.