Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs

Design a User Experience for Social Good and Prepare for Jobs is the seventh and final course in a program that will equip you with the skills you need to become an entry-level UX designer. In this course, you will design a dedicated mobile app and a responsive website focused on social good. You will showcase all that you’ve learned during the certificate program to complete the design process from beginning to end: empathizing with users, defining their pain points, coming up with ideas for design solutions, creating wireframes and prototypes, and testing designs to get feedback. By the end of this course, you will have a new cross-platform design project to include in your professional UX portfolio. This course will also prepare you to land your first job as a UX designer. You’ll learn how to interview for entry-level UX design positions. You’ll get tips from Googlers based on their own interview experiences and their unique perspectives as hiring managers. And, you’ll polish the professional UX portfolio you’ve been building throughout the program so that it’s ready for job applications.

Current UX designers and researchers at Google will serve as your instructors, and you will complete hands-on activities that simulate real-world UX design scenarios. Learners who complete the seven courses in this certificate program should be equipped to apply for entry-level jobs as UX designers.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply each step of the UX design process (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test) to create designs focused on social good.
• Identify the differences between dedicated mobile apps and responsive web apps.
• Understand progressive enhancement and graceful degradation approaches for designing across devices.
• Build wireframes, mockups, and low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma or Adobe XD.
• Add a new design project to your professional UX portfolio.
• Create your portfolio of design work for job applications.
• Join and participate in online UX communities.
• Interview for an entry-level UX design job.
• Determine if freelance design work is a good career fit for you.

This course is suitable for beginner-level UX designers who have completed the previous six courses of the Google UX Design Certificate.

• Apply each step of the UX design process (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test) to create a portfolio project focused on social good.

• Build wireframes, mockups, and low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes for a dedicated mobile app and a responsive website.

• Prepare to successfully interview for an entry-level UX design job.

• Determine if freelance design work is a good career fit.

Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Starting the UX design process: empathize, define, ideate
Week 2
Creating wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes
Week 3
Creating mockups and high-fidelity prototypes
Week 4
Designing a complementary responsive website
Week 5
Building a professional presence
Week 6
Finding a UX job

FAQ

When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?

Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:

What will I get if I subscribe to this Certificate?

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Certificate, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.

What is a UX designer?

User experience (UX) designers focus on the experience that users have while using products like websites, apps, and physical objects. UX designers make those everyday interactions useful, enjoyable, and accessible. The role of an entry-level UX designer might include coming up with ideas to address user problems, conducting research with users, and designing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.

If you enjoy talking to and empathizing with people, drawing, thinking creatively, or paying attention to details, a job as a UX designer might be a good fit for you!

What background is required?

This course is the seventh and final course of the Google UX Design Certificate, which will equip you with the skills you need to apply to entry-level jobs in user experience design. We strongly recommend that you complete the first six courses of the certificate program before completing this one:

- Course 1: Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

- Course 2: Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate

- Course 3: Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes

- Course 4: Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts

- Course 5: Build High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma

- Course 6: Responsive Web Design in Adobe XD

In this course, you will create a final capstone project to include in your professional UX design portfolio and demonstrate all of your learnings from the certificate program. To succeed in this course, you should have experience: 

If you are unfamiliar with any of these topics, you should enroll in the earlier courses of the Google UX Design Certificate to learn more.

What tools or platforms are included in the curriculum?

Figma and Adobe XD are the design tools taught in the Google UX Design Certificate. In this course, you can choose which of these two design tools you’ll use to create your capstone design project. 

Spreadsheets, word processing applications, and presentation applications will also be used. Throughout the program, you will create a professional portfolio, using the platform of your choice, to showcase your UX design work.

Which jobs will this certificate help me prepare for?

One of the most exciting parts about joining the field of user experience is the large number of job opportunities available. Nearly every company needs UX designers to help create their digital and physical products. While the need for UX designers continues to grow, there is currently a shortage of UX design professionals to fill those roles. 

A career in UX design allows you the opportunity to work as a generalist, finding a role as a UX designer, UI designer, or UX researcher, or as a specialist, like a visual designer or interaction designer. Upon completion of this certificate program, you will be able to search for jobs with all of these titles, and find the role that best suits you.

Do I need to take the course in a certain order?

This is the seventh and final course in the Google UX Design Certificate. We highly recommend completing the seven courses in this certificate program in the order presented, because the content and applications in each course build on information presented and practiced in earlier courses.

This course is similar to a capstone project. The goal is to demonstrate and apply learnings from the certificate program, so guidance will be limited.

Reviews

The course was great, with detailed explanation and a lot of examples. The assessments and quizzes were very helpful. My experience with this course was really awesome.

One of the best course contents which I have studied so far. It had a design flow to it with lot of examples, practice quizzes, tasks etc.,

love that I can work and complete certificate at my own pace. It's give time do many other things and still have time to farther my knowlegdge.

The course is very good. The platform needs implementation though, it has some bugs with the videos not showing the image sometimes and not a good flow, like having to go back to continue sometimes.