User Experience Certification

Learn about the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience, its syllabus, and essential tips to prepare for the certification exam effectively.

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Brief Summary

This course is all about the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience exam. It breaks down the syllabus, covers key topics in UX, and offers tips for success. Perfect for folks gearing up for the exam or training providers looking to understand what's on the test.

Key Points

  • Overview of the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience
  • Focus on core concepts and techniques in user experience
  • Exam format: 1-hour multiple choice
  • Nine competency areas including user research and usability evaluation
  • Not an introduction to UX, but a guide to the exam syllabus

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the purpose of the BCS Foundation Certificate in UX
  • Familiarize with the nine competency areas in User Experience
  • Get tips for tackling the certification exam
  • Assess if this qualification suits your career path
  • Navigate core concepts and methods in user experience

About This Course

An introduction to the BCS Foundation Certificate in UX

Do you want to find out more about the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience?

Perhaps you're thinking of taking the exam and you want to know what it covers.

Or maybe you're a training provider and you want to understand the scope of the syllabus.

Or perhaps you'd like to try out some sample questions from the exam.

If so, then this course is for you.

Note: A handful of students have given this course a poor review because they have not read this course description. This course is not an introduction to user experience. This course describes the syllabus of a certification exam. If you want an introduction to UX, try my other courses.

The BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience aims to provide a recognised development pathway for UX professionals to demonstrate their skills and accelerate their careers. It is an independent certification scheme developed by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.

To pass the exam, you'll need to demonstrate your knowledge of the core concepts, techniques and methods in user experience in a 1-hour multiple choice examination.

This course describes the syllabus of the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience.

The syllabus covers user-centered design principles in nine competency areas:

  1. Guiding Principles

  2. User Research

  3. Illustrating the Context of Use

  4. Measuring Usability

  5. Information Architecture

  6. Interaction Design

  7. Visual Design

  8. User Interface Prototyping

  9. Usability Evaluation

This aim of this course is to explain the syllabus and provide some tips for people taking the exam. It will be useful to students who are preparing for the exam and for training organisations that want to understand the syllabus content.

  • Explain the purpose of the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience.

  • Decide if this is the right qualification for you.

  • Appreciate the range of topics that will come up in the examination.

Instructor

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David Travis

I'm on a mission to create more user experience professionals.  Perhaps you'd like a job in user experience. Or maybe you already work in the field but you've never had any formal training. Or maybe you want to improve your skills in one specific area, like usability testing or expert reviews. I've turned thousands of people into user experience designers...

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it is a good match, and very explanatory

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7 months ago

Muy claro y muy ilustrativo. las introducciones conceptuales aportan mucho a la vez que las preguntas de opciones multiples aportan a centralizar aun mas

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7 months ago

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Mohammad A.
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8 months ago

GOOD EXPERIENCE AND INFORMATIVE

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The modules were well-structured and engaging, with a mix of theory and practical assignments that reinforced learning.

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