Digital online presence is essential to any business for awareness, promotion, engagement, and success. HTML and CSS are the core languages to design & develop desktop and mobile applications. Bootstrap is the CSS framework to design responsive digital products. In this course the students will learn how to use HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap to build responsive websites and applications to meet the needs of both mobile and desktop users. The students will be working on responsive digital projects by applying UX/UI design principles. This course also covers the deployment of the website and optimizing it for the search engines (SEO).

Digital Accessibility means that the websites and other digital products are accessible and usable to everyone including people with disabilities. Accessibility benefits everyone, people with or without disabilities. As a Web Designer, UX Designer or Usability Analyst, it is our responsibility to remove accessibility barriers and enable differently abled bodies to access the web, PDF, videos, and presentations, using the assistive technologies. This course has been designed to make the students aware of the importance of digital accessibility and how to develop accessible digital products. The students will learn how to evaluate websites against web content accessibility guidelines, ensuring the compliance with Canadian accessibility laws. The students will explore and apply different web accessibility tools and techniques and will study the accessibility laws specific to digital products

In this course, the students will describe and apply the usability testing process to obtain user’s feedback, behaviour, and pain points. The students will develop plan, hire participants, prepare task scenarios, orientation script, and consent forms. The learners will understand the lab and remote testing environments, execute the test sessions and prepare comprehensive report. The report will highlight patterns, findings, and recommendations to improve the user experience.

In this course, the students will create responsive wireframes and interactive prototypes using Figma by applying the design thinking strategies. The students will explore the design thinking process focusing on ideation and prototyping stages. Figma plugins, libraries, and components will be learned along with the shapes, types, and colors. Different types of interactive prototypes will be generated including rapid and functional prototypes.

Digital design system is a key component of the product development life cycle and is vital for consistency, quality, and collaboration. A design system is a primary document which defines the guidelines, UI reusable components, colors, fonts, and branding. In this course, the students will create a design system for a digital product, describing the elements of a design system, process, and guidelines while ensuring the integration of the accessibility. The students will also examine other design systems from Google, Salesforce, IBM, and Apple.

In this course, the students will develop UX strategy and roadmap, aligning the business goals with the user goals. The students will also learn how to recruit, build, and develop a UX team and the stages of the team building. Integration of the UX process into the agile methodology, conflict resolution, performance reviews, communication, and stakeholder management strategies will be discussed. The students will be able to describe and run design sprints and workshops.

The core elements required to be hired in the UI/UX industry includes professional portfolio, and a LinkedIn profile. In this course, the students will create these core elements which will help them to acquire a career in UX/UI. The leaners will explore and apply the portfolio design process and components of a portfolio, write project stories, and create the artifacts to display on the portfolio. Different tools will be used to design a professional portfolio. The students will also learn to package and host an online portfolio. Potential UX careers and job search strategies will be also be explored.

In this project-based course, the students will be working on a major project going through to the complete UX development life cycle, starting from research, ideation, prototyping, testing, mockup design and web design. The students will be applying the research and design skills learned in the previous courses..

In addition to learning career-oriented skills, students learn how to get a job in their chosen profession. Our Employment Services department will assist the graduate in resume writing, as well as preparing for job interviews. Our staff is sensitive to current job market trends and the needs of employers in each local market.
Our graduates receive guidance and training to use career tools that help job seekers build a better resume and cover letter, manage an online portfolio, hone interviewing skills, and develop a personal brand online.
Students will have the use of a computer lab which has unlimited Internet access, as well as job search resources. Facilitators will also be made available to advise on job finding resources, interview skills and techniques and to carry out mock interviews.

This course also looks at the planning, preparation, execution, and follow-up stages of an interview:

• How people find jobs
• Employer expectations
• Presenting an enthusiastic attitude
• Focusing on the right job and the hidden job market
• Transferrable skills
• Thank you letters
• Effective telemarketing
• Handling objections, self-confidence, and self-esteem
• Individual counselling and coaching