User Experience - Visual Design

Issued by Division of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY

Earners of this badge have developed the skills needed to visualize and design apps for all platforms. The process includes planning, design thinking, visual design, and interaction design. Emphasis will be placed on learning the UX process, design principles, aesthetics, web and mobile design concepts, color, typography, visual communication, design elements and patterns, and design process from concept to completion.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Weeks

Skills

Earning Criteria

This course immerses students in the practice of UX and Visual Design for Digital Interfaces.
Students ideate, sketch, wireframe, create lo fidelity comps and high fidelity prototypes of an app or website and resolve all design related issues including layout, color and type. Students work individually and in pairs and groups of 3.
Participate in the Design Challenge group project (started in Human-Centered Design).
Demonstrate the ability to bring a concept to life through Art Direction, UX, Visual Design and Prototyping.