UX Classes in Washington, DC

You know what you want when it comes to designing your site, but what about your users? In this workshop, you’ll get the opportunity to think through your current sites/projects from your users’ perspectives by physically mapping out their concerns in space. Utilizing various techniques to gather user research, you’ll be given an opportunity...

Delivering a phenomenal user experience (UX) is all about connecting with your user and deducing exactly what they want and need. In this workshop, we'll look at the User Experience Design process, with a specific focus on developing interview skills to gain user empathy. Through interactive activities, you will leave with the skills needed to conduct...

Participants will learn how powerful a tool like Tableau can be to showcase data in a visually insightful manner. The major difference between the workshop and this bootcamp is the accelerated level of functionalities that will be taught. Participants will sign up for a free trial of Tableau Desktop and be given a large data set for hands on trainings...

The keyboard that you type on, Siri, email, audio books, captions on Facebook videos, remote controls – these were all originally designed for people with disabilities, yet they significantly changed everyone's world. Often, as designers we get so caught up in accessible legal standards and the WCAG that we don’t realize just how powerful designing...

Have an idea for an app or website, but have been frustrated trying to communicate it to others? Enter Sketch. Sketch is a simple, powerful design tool made specifically for those who design for screens. It has taken the UI/UX design world by storm and designers worldwide have already made the switch. Sketch lets you express your product ideas visually,...

If you could step inside a drawing, what would you draw? What story would you tell? Everyone's talking about virtual reality these days, but it can be intimating to get into. This introductory workshop is designed to explain the basic concepts and make this technology more accessible for beginners. We'll create a VR experience using a little HTML...

Games and game mechanics are becoming ubiquitous in our culture as they flow onto our computers, TVs, tablets and phones. Whether you are creating a traditional game or a consumer-facing software product, it is more important than ever to be able to create a great experience. The art and science of game design is driven by creative problem solving,...

A well-designed User Interface (UI) results in highly engaged and satisfied users. In this training course, you will create an optimal User Experience (UX) that merges functionality and usability in both desktop and mobile environments, as well as leverage interaction scripts, information architecture, wireframes, and interactive prototypes to implement...

In this workshop, we blend business and design thinking within an interactive setting to help you produce quick, tangible results through sketching. This is for anyone who has ideas about anything and wants to learn a few more ways to share them with others. You will: Redefine what sketching is and learn to use the 5 basic shapes to communicate...