Certificate of UI Designer
Duration Time
30 weeks
Available Location
Kelowna Online
Upcoming Start Dates
January 15th, 2024
March 25th, 2024
June 3rd, 2024
August 19th, 2024
Entrance Requirements
Academic IELTS 5.5 score
High school diploma
The User Interface Design Program is designed for students who are interested in future careers in the field of mobile, voice and web design. The program provides a solid foundation of theory and practical knowledge needed to create user-friendly interfaces.
On graduation, learners will be able to:
– Implement UI tools, frameworks, and built-in components.
– Apply user research techniques in the different stages of product development.
– Shape and implement adaptive user interfaces for different screen sizes.
– Apply user-centered design.
– Apply building blocks of Android and IOS user interfaces.
– Use voice and story mapping.
– Design user interfaces that are easy and comfortable to use.
– Create a portfolio implementing personal brand identity.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this diploma can consider career opportunities under NOC 2175 or 5241 which includes positions such as:
– Web designers and developers
– Graphic designers and illustrators
– Communication Designer
– Production Designer
– Interactive Designer
– Art Director
– Creative Director
Courses (80 hours per course)
This course provides an overview of user interface design. Students will learn how to create an effective design methodology, design and organize screens and web pages that encourage efficient comprehension and execution, and create screen icons and graphics that make displays easier and more comfortable to use.
This course introduces user research and design. Students will apply user research methods, investigate the pre-and-post considerations during the different stages of the process, facilitate activities of the process, prepare for and conduct the research activity, analyze, present data to stakeholders and implement feedback throughout the product development lifecycle of the project.
The course explores guidelines for usability and how it relates to user-centered design. Students will learn how to view interface and screen design from the user’s perspective to build structures that make sense to users, design components to help users complete tasks on any device, place elements to guide users to information and functions, and display complex data with artful visualizations.
This course provides an overview of voice and web interfaces. The course will explore best practices in the field of voice interfaces, voice-enabled chatbots, security and testing in a cloud platform, multiple platforms of voice interactions for applications, real-world examples of how to produce smart and practical virtual assistants, story mapping, story mapping and its application in Agile and Lean projects, the story lifecycle and the implementation process.
This course provides an overview of the mobile app design process and how to design using IOS and Android platforms. Students will explore topics such as designing for humans, the dynamic differences in mobile design, the first sketches of an app, finding the right design flow, designing for visual appeal, working with programmers, making apps usable by all, designing for simplicity, combining visual appeal to enhance user interface, receiving feedback and refreshing a design.
