UX Research Basics
By the end of this course, learners should be able to explain Lesson 1: Design principles for digital products
Embark on your learning journey with UX Research Basics. This course is designed to be accessible to beginners while providing enough depth to challenge experienced learners.
You'll gain hands-on experience through interactive coding exercises, quizzes, and real-world projects. Our community forum provides support whenever you need it.
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What you will learn
- By the end of this course, learners should be able to explain Lesson 1: Design principles for digital products
- By the end of this course, learners should be able to explain Lesson 2: Typography and visual hierarchy
- By the end of this course, learners should be able to explain Lesson 3: Color systems and contrast
- By the end of this course, learners should be able to explain Lesson 1: Design a mobile screen flow
- By the end of this course, learners should be able to explain Lesson 2: Create reusable components
Skills you will develop
Product discovery
Skills you’ll develop
Course completion demonstrates these skills. Verification requires assessment or reviewed challenge work.
What you will build and prove
- Practice: Practice: Lesson 1: Design principles for digital products
- Project: Apply UX Research Basics
- Quiz: Lesson 1: Design principles for digital products check (pass 70%)
- Final assessment: UX Research Basics — course assessment (pass 70%)
Course journey
How this free course is structured — watch, practise, and progress module by module.
- Introduction & Setup
- Core Concepts
- Hands-On Practice
- Intermediate Techniques
Practice
1 optional practice exercise — apply what you learned. Practice is not required to complete the course.
Assessment
- Lesson 1: Design principles for digital products check · pass mark 70%
- UX Research Basics — course assessment · pass mark 70%
Prove
Course completion means finishing required lessons , and the course assessment . That grants a certificate of completion — not a professional certification. Optional practice does not block completion.
Curriculum
Week 1: Introduction & Setup
- Lesson 1: Design principles for digital products Preview Practice 9min
- Lesson 2: Typography and visual hierarchy Preview 23min
- Lesson 3: Color systems and contrast 15min
Week 2: Core Concepts
- Lesson 1: Design a mobile screen flow 9min
- Lesson 2: Create reusable components 24min
- Lesson 3: Prototype interactions 10min
Week 3: Hands-On Practice
- Lesson 1: Design a mobile screen flow 20min
- Lesson 2: Create reusable components 25min
- Lesson 3: Prototype interactions 25min
Week 4: Intermediate Techniques
- Lesson 1: Design a mobile screen flow 13min
- Lesson 2: Create reusable components 25min
- Lesson 3: Prototype interactions 19min
- Lesson 4: Gather and apply feedback 24min
- Lesson 5: Hand off designs to engineers 11min
- Lesson 6: Build a case-study portfolio piece 17min
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Instructor: Africoders
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