About Course

This course shows you how to research real users and turn what you learn into better designs. Ayesha Patel teaches interviews, user journeys, simple prototypes and usability tests, using examples from South African apps and websites. You finish with a case study for your portfolio. It suits beginners and anyone changing careers into design.

What Will You Learn?

  • Practise your new skills with hands-on projects (examples included)
  • Organise your work in a clear structure you can reuse
  • Get friendly and fast support from your instructor in the course Q&A
  • Downloadable notes, files and worksheets for all projects

Course Content

Getting Started
This topic gives you a short overview of what is coming. Read it first, then work through the lessons in order and finish each activity before moving on to the next one.

  • How to Use the Course
    03:54
  • Class Project 01 – Write Your Brief
    04:33
  • Design Careers in SA
    02:44
  • Make It Usable
    04:05
  • Quiz – UX Research
  • Understanding what users need
    11:00

What Is UX?

Design Process

Research (Exercises)