Getting started with UX design

As technology changes and more media outlets compete for customers’ time, providing an enjoyable experience is critical to both attracting and keeping users. 

This class aims to demystify UX by giving a practical and simple introduction to what UX is while also explaining some of its core concepts of usability.

This is a field that affects all areas of business — prepare to dip your toes into an ocean of new concepts and ideas that will enlighten your perspective on the human-computer interaction experience.

Main takeaways:
Create your own personas
Designing goals for your users
Creating user scenarios
Sketching your product
How to get user feedback

Please bring
A laptop or notepad to jot down notes

About the instructor
Leading this workshop is CEO and co-founder of iXperience, Aaron Fuchs, who – after graduating with a BSc from Yale University in 2010 and working on Wallstreet for two years – decided that his true passion lay in technology and teaching that passion to others. After moving back to Cape Town and working as a Product Manager at Prodigy Finance for two years, he started iXperience in 2013 – a summer tech academy for American university students that teaches them to code through an eight week intensive bootcamp, while allowing them to explore and immerse themselves in the beauty of Cape Town.