VIRTUAL UX CAMPS
User Experience Design Summer Programs
Design Thinking & Rapid UI Prototyping for Teens
Our 2020 Summer Camp was a success!
We'll see you again next year!
STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
User experience (UX) is how people feel about their experiences with a product or service. A great user experience, for example, is when a mobile app has the features or functionality that you need, is very easy to use, and responds and loads quickly. Students will apply fundamental design concepts and learn about UX disciplines like user research, interaction design, information architecture, and visual design.
SKILLS TAUGHT AT YOUTHXDESIGN CAMP
Creativity by coming up with novel solutions for problems
Communication by effectively expressing their ideas and presenting their projects
Collaboration through group brainstorming sessions and cooperative projects
Leadership through decision-making and ownership of their designs
ACTIIVITIES AT YOUTHXDESIGN CAMP
Problem Discovery is the process of uncovering real-world problems
Design Thinking is a human-centered iterative process designers use to tackle problems
Rapid Prototyping for design is an iterative approach to quickly improve user interfaces
Usability Testing methods improve designs with continuous feedback from end users
TOOLS THAT WE'LL BE USING (ALL FREE)
Google Meet and Google Hangouts for conferencing and messaging
Google Docs for collaboration, documentation, and presentations
Figma for mobile app design creation and prototyping
POP (Prototyping on Paper) for those who want to sketch by hand and prototype with a smartphone
CAMP SCHEDULE
Day 1
User Research
Find an opportunity
Find your app idea
2 hours
Offline office hours
Individual project guidance
Day 2
Interaction Design
Sketch your idea
Test your design
2 hours
Offline office hours
Individual project guidance
Day 3
Visual Design
Polish your design
Information Architecture
Get ready to code
2 hours
Final presentations
INSTRUCTOR: PATRICIA BASUEL
Patricia has been designing for 15+ years and currently works in the railroad industry as a User Experience Manager at an IoT company. She's worked for both large (Motorola Google/Lenovo) and small companies in tech, transportation, and advertising. She has been teaching summer camps with University of Wisconsin-Whitewater since 2014 through the Cyberhigh program, which has gone virtual this year.
Her passion is to encourage young girls to pursue careers in STEM and help bridge the educational opportunities gap for people of color and minorities. She also mentors through UX Coffee Hours, a volunteer-based program that offers career advice to college students and aspiring UX professionals.
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Download the camp activities guide to check out what we're teaching. Feel free to try it out on your own. Make sure you sign up for next year's camp!
