IIT Roorkee - UI UX Design 

Kickstart Design Journey with Graphic Designing

Explore the different design principles like Gestalt Principles of Design to improve your design process

Understand important terminologies like balance, contrast, emphasis, unity, alignment, hierarchy, proportion, white space and typography

Learn about the importance of color theory in UI design

Explore Graphic Design Concepts in Depth using Figma

Implement the knowledge of graphic design and Figma that you have learned to create interactive thumbnails and cover pages for your portfolio

Create complex compositions with typography and illustrations

Use real mockups to create dynamic posters for your project

Navigating the Fundamentals of UI/UX

Get started with UI/UX by understanding the difference between UI and UX and the different roles and responsibilities of a UI/UX Designer

Understand different development methodologies like Agile and Waterfall along with design system fundamentals

Put all your knowledge together to cultivate a new daily design perspective

Understanding Design Process and Thinking Method

Learn about different UX problems and how to solve them with case studies and examples

Get started with the design thinking process such as the double diamond model, and measure the impact of design on the consumer

Research on User Experience by choosing the right research method

Discovering User Pain Points through UX Research

Conduct user interviews, field studies, and UX surveys to learn about the user pain points

Conduct stakeholder interviews to present resolutions to the pain points

Present your UX research report to the stakeholders

Exploring Solutions to the User Pain Points

Conduct competitive analysis and work on creating a persona to identify the target audience

Create an empathy map, user flows, customer journey map, and user stories to bridge the understanding of the end user

Implement card sorting, tree testing, information architecture, and heuristic evaluation to evaluate your solutions

Ideation and Problem Solving in Design thinking

Brainstorming and mind mapping exercises

Understand the basics of sketching and develop observational skills and perspective in sketching

Implement methodologies like Scamper, Crazy 8, and Affinity mapping to create creative and interactive visualization

Unfolding the UI Design Journey

Learn about the Atomic Design Principle, different UI elements, design principles, and levels of UI design skills

Learn how to create low-fidelity, mid-fidelity, and high-fidelity wireframes

Unfolding the UX Design Journey

Understand different UX design patterns and laws with practical examples and case studies

Brainstorming the principles of making a good UX design

Create an interactive design process

Mastering Design Tool: Creating Dynamic Designs on Figma

Dive deeper into Figma components and features like frames, panel, vector networks, booleans, variables, and masks

Create responsive design, prototypes, animations, and micro-interactions in Figma

Explore plugins and shortcuts to enhance your efficiency in creating interactive designs

Exploring Color Theory and Implementing Material Designs

Understand the importance of color in UI design to influence users

Create and implement style guides and design systems to provide consistent visual language

Implementing material design and other design systems to enhance the design process and its usability

Formulating Accessibility Guidelines for Inclusive Design

Introduction to inclusive design and exploring the types of accessibility issues

Exploring WCAG guidelines to outline accessibility standards

Creating an accessibility sheet containing all the accessibility features

Evaluating and Analyzing User Experience Standards

Get started with usability evaluation and its types

Perform quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the design and experience

Using user loads (cognitive, motor, and visual) and conducting a usability study

Portfolio Preparation to Showcase Skills

Creating a portfolio on platforms like Behance and Framer will allow you to showcase your skills

Live sample portfolio creation with results from the three projects

Discover valuable insights, techniques and best practices from the industry

Interview Preparation: Becoming Industry Ready

Understand what to expect in an interview

Mock Interviews

How to present yourself in an interview

Effectively Handling Business Stakeholders

Learn about different industry scenarios

Understand and learn about product manager discussions

Managing business stakeholders

Using Generative AI to Create Better Designs

Explore prompt engineering and Generative AI

Implement the use of generative AI and prompt engineering for market research, UX research, and prototyping

Create effective Text Prompts and predictive analytics for UX design

Predictive analytics for UI/UX Optimization