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Professional Academy Diploma in UX & UI Design Course

Awarded by
Dorset College Dublin
Duration
11 Weeks Duration
Timetable
Tuesday: : 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Start/End Date
25/03/2025 -03/06/2025
Delivery
LIVE ONLINE CLASSES
Fees
€1050 - Discount 20% - €850
Deposit €75

Black Friday Special Offer: Course Price €850.  Get 20% off the normal €1,020 fee.  Flexible installment payment plans are available.  Apply Online!

Why Study UX UI Design at Dorset College Dublin:

Gain the expertise to design intuitive, user-friendly interfaces and create user-centered designs that deliver exceptional digital experiences.

The Professional Academy Diploma in UX/UI Design is designed for individuals looking to master user experience and interface design. This course is perfect for aspiring designers, product managers, and digital professionals aiming to create user-friendly digital products and enhance customer interactions. With hands-on learning, project work to build your portfolio, and real-time interaction with tutors, this 11-week part-time online course is designed to elevate your design skills and knowledge.

Live expert-led UX/UI design training includes: Master key skills in interactive UX design, user-centered design, UX research, prototyping, and portfolio development. Learn the complete UX design process and apply industry best practices.  Ideal for those looking to excel in UX/UI design, this course provides essential tools, expert knowledge, and hands-on experience to help you excel in your design career.

The average UX Designer salary in Ireland is €61,000 per year. Entry level positions start at €44,000 per year while more experienced developers make up to €72,000 per year.

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Upon successful completion learners will have the key skills:

  • Master design principles to create impactful user experiences.
  • Develop wireframes, prototypes, and interactive designs.
  • Use cutting-edge tools and techniques to bring ideas to life.
  • Design intuitive, user-friendly interfaces.
  • Ensure usability and accessibility for diverse audiences.
  • Leverage industry-standard design tools and software.
  • Collaborate seamlessly and communicate ideas effectively.
  • Lead and manage the design process with confidence.

Design Theory

  • Contemporary theories and standards in Interaction and Web Design.
  • Principles of design for Graphical User Interfaces.
  • Introduction to User Experience Design.
  • Introduction to Usability Principles.
  • Identify target audience types and their requirements.
  • Designing for access and compatibility.

Wireframes & Vector Images

  • Basic principles of vector images – How do they work? What are they used for? 
  • Creating and saving vector images, drawing and editing shapes, colours, and strokes.
  • Working with layers, type, gradients, brushes, symbols and effects.
  • Arranging objects and layers, grouping items, working with artboard, guides, rulers etc. 
  • Editing and combining shapes and paths.
  • Introduction to the pen tool.
  • Importing and exporting assets.

Web Page Authoring

  • Writing and saving files for web.
  • How to structure a HTML page - Semantic and non-semantic tags, creating Text blocks, Lists, Tables, Links, and Images etc. 
  • HTML syntax – tags, attributes and values.
  • Meta-data and link structure in HTML. 
  • CSS syntax – selectors, declarations, properties and values. 
  • Format and Style in CSS- using id and class, working with margins, padding, alignment, floating, positioning etc. 
  • CSS Animation and media queries for dynamic and responsive design.

Sourcing, Editing Media Assets

  • Basic principles of modern Irish/European Copyright Law – How to assess or assert the copyright status of a media asset.
  • Sourcing public domain assets online. 
  • Editing media and optimising for web publication.. 
  • Embedding media assets in a responsive website 
  • Understanding web-safe fonts. 

Web and App Animation

  • Core principles of animation – timing, anticipation, squash and stretch, ease in/ease out, overlapping action, follow-through, staging/framing, arcs, straight ahead and pose-to-pose, secondary action, solid drawing and appeal. 
  • Working with key-frames. 
  • Using curve editor to adjust the timing. 
  • Importing 2D assets. 
  • Creating bone-based animation – setting pivot points, grouping, and arranging. 
  • Sprites and setting sorting layers. 
  • Animating effects. 
  • Controlling animation via scripting.

Live Online Classes

UX UI Design Course at Dorset College Dublin is now 100% Online:  You can now up-skill or re-skill from the comfort of your own home with expert led industry experienced lecturers who will provide you with inspirational lectures and all support materials you need to achieve your goals

Assessment & Awards

Designed for those from a variety of professional backgrounds and experience levels, for example:

  • Are you a complete beginner who is seeking an interesting new career?
  • Are you a designer who wants to add UX/UI to your skillset or take your career to the next level?
  • Good working knowledge of computers and competence in spoken and written English.

Assessment & Award

The assessment strategy is an individual supervised project (70%)..  Also students will be individually continuously assessed (30%) and an individual supervised project (70%) - A project designed to showcase your ability to use UX/UI.  

Assessment Method
Continuous Assessment 30%
Individual Project 70% 

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Professional Diploma in UX/UI Design & Usability
Awarded by: Dorset College Dublin

Career Opportunities

Employers in the IT Industry demand continuous professional development from candidates that shows they are willing to expand their portfolio of qualifications in an ever evolving industry.  This UX Design course is designed to give you job-ready skills in UX UI Design. The average UX Designer salary in Ireland is €61,000 per year. Entry level positions start at €44,000 per year while more experienced designers make up to €72,000 per year.

Flexible Payment Terms

To secure a place on this course a non-refundable deposit of €75 applies and the remainder paid in instalments.  You have the flexibility of using our online payment facility to manage your course payments at any time, from the comfort of your own home.

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Payment Plan

Deposit: €75.00
1st Instalment: €337.50 01/04/2024
2nd Instalment: €337.50 15/05/2025

 

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