Prototyping for Digital Experiences

Low-fidelity prototyping methods for digital products and services
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You don't need to know how to code to come up with innovative digital products and services. To build the right thing—and build the thing right—you have to design for people first and use technology as a tool to meet real human needs. Prototyping is a time-tested method for generating innovative solutions by keeping humans at the center of the design process and gathering feedback early and often.

Course Outcomes
  • Shape ideas for digital products and services—from apps to websites and technology interfaces—using quick, low-fidelity prototyping.
  • Build something people will love by gathering feedback that will help you tap into real human needs and make your ideas even stronger.
  • Share a compelling vision for your digital experience through prototypes to create alignment and earn support.
  • Save time and money by refining your concepts before moving to more high-fidelity prototypes, wireframes, or coding digital builds.
Skills You’ll Gain
Prototyping Human-Centered Design Digital Design
Format Online Self-Paced Course
Start Date Start Anytime*
Quantity
Time 8-10 Hours
Price
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$199
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$199
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What You'll Learn

Introduction

Why building great technology is really about understanding people.
Watch a sneak peek
  • Prototyping for Digital Experiences—A sneak peek of the class
1 Video Lesson
  • Technology Starts with People—Build digital experiences that matter
1 Assignment
  • A Digital Day-in-the-Life: Think through digital software, apps, and devices that you use every day and what makes them good or bad, and why.

Lesson 1: Dive Into Digital

Learn how technology can be more human.
2 Video Lessons
  • Designing Products We Love—Three qualities of great digital experiences
  • Design for Conversation—How can technology be more human?
1 Assignment
  • Tag, You’re It: Write the conversation for the interaction of a digital experience that you know well.

Lesson 2: Build to Think

Prototype to push your thinking and generate ideas.
4 Video Lessons
  • More Prototypes, More Potential—Prototype to push your thinking
  • Mentor Moment with Kim—Avoid jumping to one solution
  • Build to Think—Prototyping in action
  • Watch—Explore the Unknown
1 Assignment
  • Spin the Wheel: In this assignment, you will choose a digital experience and a set of users, sketch prototypes to help think about new ideas, and apply a constraint to help push your thinking even further.

Lesson 3: Build to Learn

Test your assumptions to see which ideas are the most viable.
5 Video Lessons
  • Prioritize Your Prototypes—Answer key questions and build confidence
  • A Mentor Moment with Ethan—Bring developers into prototyping
  • A Mentor Moment with Danielle—Prototyping with your users
  • Build for Feedback—Five tips for designing digital prototypes
  • A Mentor Moment with Kim—Sometimes it’s not going to be digital
1 Assignment
  • Get in Front of Users: Craft a plan and a prototype to test your digital experience with users.

Conclusion: Build to Communicate

Learn to use prototypes to help tell the story of your digital experience.
2 Video Lessons
  • Share Your Vision—Prototype to tell a story
  • Mentor Moment with Ethan—Prototypes change the conversation
1 Assignment
  • Your Turn: Quickly craft a story about your prototype from the previous lesson.

Meet Your Instructors

Chris Nyffeler

Former Design Director at IDEO

While at IDEO, Chris guided a community of visual, systems, and user experience designers, as well as software developers. He has pushed the craft of interaction design forward in the consumer web, mobile, e-commerce, digital health, and social media industries, and has earned multiple patents and awards. Chris holds a B.A. in Graphic Design and Art History from the University of Florida.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We offer three types of courses: self-paced courses, cohort courses, and certificate programs. Self-paced courses are fully online and flexible, so you can take them from any time zone, anywhere in the world. These courses take between 1-8 hours to complete, and you can complete the course any time within 90 days. Courses consist of a series of videos, activities, and small assignments.

All of our self-paced are fully online and flexible, so you can take them from any time zone, anywhere in the world.

All course materials, including videos, activities, and assignments will be available while you are enrolled in a course. We provide 90 days of access from the date of purchase, so you may spread your learning over multiple weeks, or refer back to it multiple times during your access period. You will only have access to the course materials while enrolled.

Self-paced courses are flexible courses meant to be completed independently. While you will watch videos from an instructor, there won’t be any feedback given on assignments. 

If you’d like to take a course where you can get feedback and coaching from our teaching team, check out our cohort courses

After completing a self-paced course, you will be able to add it to your “licenses and certifications” on LinkedIn.

We also have certificate programs that consist of multiple courses. After completing a certificate, you will receive a certificate of completion via email as a downloadable PDF within 1-2 weeks of completing the final required course. Certificates are configured for uploading and sharing on LinkedIn.

We offer a discount when you enroll in multiple courses at the same time through some of our certificate programs, including Foundations in Design Thinking, Business Innovation, Human-Centered Strategy, and Communicating for Impact

You can also enter your email address at the bottom of this page in order to receive updates on future offers or possible discounts. 

You can purchase a course on our website using a credit card, PayPal, or Shop Pay. For US customers, we also offer installment plans at checkout if you use the Shop Pay method of payment.

We typically are not able to accommodate bank transfer or invoicing. However, if your order includes 10 seats or more, please contact hello@ideou.com and our team will be happy to review your request.

Loved by Learners Across the Globe

Hiromi Sakae
Hiromi Deputy General Manager Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Trading & Investment
Susan Svensson
Susan Senior Instructional Designer Genentech
Tom Miller
Tom Manager, Connected Learning K-12 School Programs, Cleveland Clinic
Atul Deshpande
Atul Principal Consultant Wipro
Prototyping for Digital Experiences
Self-Paced Course

“This course lowered the barrier to start making prototypes and to actually feel the power of how much prototypes can communicate.”

Hiromi Japan
Prototyping for Digital Experiences
Self-Paced Course

“The courses offer knowledge and skills applicable to multiple audiences. They enable you to enhance and build upon existing knowledge and skills, think more broadly and deeply about the 'customer/client' experience, think outside your own industry, and own the belief that everyone can be creative.”

Susan Oakland, CA
Prototyping for Digital Experiences
Self-Paced Course

“I loved the workbook and will refer back to it for years to come.”

Tom Beachwood, OH
Prototyping for Digital Experiences
Self-Paced Course

“The learnings from this course are very important from a product-building perspective.”

Atul Pune, Maharashtra, India

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