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Diploma in Design Thinking
Learn more about design thinking and powerful modern design tools with this free online design course.
Description
This free online design thinking course will introduce you to people-centered design and problem discovery. You will learn about the seven mindsets for designers, how there is more to design than aesthetics, and the perceived value that people place on what they see. Next, you will learn how to examine and reflect on design problems. You will also study design research, design analysis, and how to generate ideas that will take the world by storm.
You will then learn how to create storyboards to visualize your concept and to help you with your design process. You will also learn about prototyping and how it can help your design development. You will then study usability testing, how and with whom it should be carried out, and how to debrief and record your results. Finally, you will learn about the design rationale and how to create a great pitch for your design.
Innovative products make our lives easier and save us a lot of time. This free online design thinking course will be very useful to professionals who are working, or want to work, in the areas of product and service design, and will guide them through the main techniques and methodologies that designers use during the design process. So why wait? Start the course today, and in a few short hours you'll have gained a fantastic new skill and set of knowledge!
Start Course NowModules
Module 1: People Centred Design
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Learning Outcomes
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Introduction to Design Thinking
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The Need to be people Centred
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People Centered Design Methodology
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Lesson Summary
Module 2: Problem Discovery
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Examine and Reflect on the Problem
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Reconsider the Right Problem to Solve
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Module 3: Design Research
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Research with Users and Their Contexts - Part I
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Research with Users and Their Contexts - Part II
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Question Framing and Conducting Research
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Module 4: Design Analysis
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User Stories and Themes
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Personas
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Insight Statements, Design Strategy Statement
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Module 5: Diploma in Design Thinking - First Assessment
Module 6: Generating Ideas
Module 7: Stories and Prototypes
Module 8: Introduction to Usability Testing
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Importance of Testing with People
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Testing your Design with People
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Conducting the Usability Test
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Module 9: Refining and Pitching
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Record Results, Enhance, Retest and Refine Design
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Create a Pitch for your Design
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Module 10: Diploma in Design Thinking - Second Assessment
Module 11: Diploma in Design Thinking - Final Assessment
Learning Outcomes
Having completed this course you will be able to:
- Discuss design thinking for creative problem solving.
- Describe mindsets for designers. - Explain people centred design.
- Describe how to reflect on a problem when designing.
- Explain how to explore a problem and analyse it.
- Discuss user research for designing your product/service.
- Explain the difference between market research and design research.
- Describe how to frame questions for interviewing users.
- Explain how to create a persona to help represent your users.
- Describe the use of insight statements and a design strategy statement.
- Describe methods for innovation and generating ideas.
- Discuss idea generation techniques and questions to ask.
- Describe the process of bundling your ideas to create a concept.
- Explain how scenarios and storyboards help articulate and visualise your design.
- Describe how prototyping is a powerful tool for designing.
- Describe the importance of usability testing.
- Explain why you should have users evaluate your design.
- Explain design freedom and prototype fidelity.
- Discuss why you should record your results from usability testing.
- Explain the purpose of pitching your design.
- Describe what a design rationale is.
Certification
All Alison courses are free to enrol, study and complete. To successfully complete this Diploma course and become an Alison Graduate, you need to achieve 80% or higher in each course assessment. Once you have completed this Diploma course, you have the option to acquire official Certification, which is a great way to share your achievement with the world. Your Alison Certification is:
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An incentive to you to continue empowering yourself through lifelong learning
Alison offers 3 types of Certification for completed Diploma courses:
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