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Certificates: Certificate "AI-supported media design with Adobe Creative Cloud"
Certificate "UI/UX Design"
Certificate "UI Design Advanced" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 14 Weeks
AI-supported media design with Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Photoshop CC - Image editing and AI (approx. 10 days)
Introduction and working environment
Color and brushes
Selection and cropping
Layers and smart objects
Tonal value and color correction
Montage and transformation
AI-based image editing, Firefly
Camera Raw and RAW optimization
Text, shapes and paths
Output and automation
Specialist knowledge
Adobe Illustrator CC - Vector graphics and AI (approx. 5 days)
Basics of vector graphics, workspaces, anchor points
Firefly in Illustrator, generative shapes, colors, symbols
Text to vector, generative recoloring and color psychology
Interlacing and 3D effects
Font identification with AI
Automatic shape corrections
Corporate design development
Icon design and UI components
Infographics and diagrams
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Adobe InDesign CC - layout, typography and AI (approx. 10 days)
User interface, sample pages, layout grid
Smart Layout and Auto Style (AI), automatic design and text formatting
Typography, paragraph and character formats, variable fonts
Placing, adjusting and cropping images and graphics
Style transfer
Tables, data merging, GREP styles
Hyperlinks, buttons, ePUB, web export
Accessible design and PDF/UA
Adobe Acrobat Pro - Publishing, accessibility and automation (approx. 5 days)
Acrobat Pro interface and tools
PDF types, export, preflight, comment function
AI-supported accessibility: tags, alternative texts, structure check
Color management, proof, transparency check
Batch processing, smart actions, cloud workflows
Security and digital signatures
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
UI/UX design
General introduction (approx. 1 day)
UX, Usability, UI, Mental Model Guideline, Human factors Guideline
Principles of user-centered design
ISO 9241-210/HCD
Accessibility: Basic terms, legal requirements (BITV, EU directives), significance for UX design
Process for designing usable interactive systems
Types of AI tools in the UI/UX context (text, image, analysis)
HCD: Analysis - context of use (approx. 2 days)
Personae and empathy map
Customer journey
Overview of web analytics/questionnaire
HCD: Specifying the usage requirement (approx. 1 day)
Scenarios, user stories
Task model, task flows
Context interviews and observation
Diary studies
HCD: Creating design solutions to meet usage requirements (approx. 1 day)
Guidelines and standards: 7 dialog principles of ISO 9241-110
10 principles of user interface design according to Jakob Nielsen
Visual perception, regularities
HCD design solutions: Taxonomy, information architecture and navigation concepts (approx. 3 days)
Flow Chart
User Flow
Information Architecture
Micro information architecture
Conversion strategy
Navigation concepts and sitemap
Card sorting: planning, preparation, implementation and evaluation
Mobile navigation patterns (bootom navigation, hamburger menus, tabs)
Overview of agile project management (approx. 1 day)
Waterfall model vs. agile methods
Insight into agile management according to the Scrum method
Epic, user story and task
Design sprint method
HCD design solutions: User Interface Design (approx. 2 days)
Styleguide, UI KITs, Pattern Library and Design System
UI components/elements and forms
Colors, font and typography in the UI, icons
Accessibility: color contrasts and legible fonts, control elements (size, spacing, focus)
Automated testing of contrasts, legibility and alternative texts
Brief overview of the semantic structure (HTML/ARIA)
Atomic design
Mobile first design
HCD design solutions: Design techniques with Figma (approx. 3 days)
Structure and basics: pages and frames, layout grids, constraints
Components and variants (buttons, libraries, design systems)
Responsive design (frames, auto layout)
Scribbles, wireframes, mockups
Prototyping: interactions, transitions, overlays, prototype sharing
Use of AI functions in Figma and supplementary tools for quick creation and variation of designs
Usability testing and evaluation (approx. 2 days)
Overview of usability testing methods
Thinking Aloud: planning, preparation, implementation and evaluation
Questionnaires (UEQ, AttrakDiff, VisAWI)
A/B testing
Accessibility: tests with keyboard and screen reader
Use of aids and tools
Project work (approx. 4 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
UI Design Advanced
In-depth training in Figma (approx. 4 days)
Brief repetition of basic prototyping functions
Adobe Layout for complex and responsive layouts
Advanced interactions: Animations, interactive components and microinteractions
Creating prototypes for different devices
Use of variables and conditional logic
Dev handoff with Figma (Dev Mode/Inspect)
Integrating user testing and feedback loops
Figma AI in everyday life: generating content, rewriting texts, supporting layout suggestions
Artificial intelligence (AI) in UI design (approx. 1 day)
Application scenarios and limitations
External AI tools for UI design (e.g. AI-based UI generators and assistants)
Insight into Axure RP (approx. 2 days)
Basic functions and advanced features of Axure
Creation of dynamic and interactive prototypes
Use of variables and conditional logic
Working with dynamic panels
Simulating interaction between users and the interface
Handing over and publishing high-fidelity prototypes to development teams
Cross-tool workflows (approx. 1 day)
Collaboration and versioning in Figma (branches, libraries)
Transfer of designs to project management and development tools
Project work (approx. 2 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
After the course, you will be able to plan, design and implement creative projects independently, from image editing and vector graphics to layout and print production. You will work confidently with the central programs of the Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat Pro) and use Adobe Firefly to optimize design processes, automate designs and develop new creative ideas.
Furthermore, convincing usability and a good user experience are the basis for customer confidence in interacting with the company. After this course, you will have comprehensive basic knowledge on the topics of user experience and user interface and will have mastered key guidelines and standards for graphical user interfaces based on the human-centered design process. Using the Figma prototyping program, you will be able to create interactive designs that can be tested and further developed using various methods. You will also have knowledge of agile working methods, usability tests and the use of AI tools in the UI/UX process.
In addition, you will be able to apply advanced prototyping techniques in Figma and be comfortable working with Axure RP. You will be able to create interactive and dynamic user interfaces with dynamic panels, variables and conditional logic in Axure and also carry out the entire workflow - from concept to prototyping to handover to the developers - and manage projects efficiently by integrating the tools.
Media designers, graphic designers, web designers, professionals from artistic professions, public relations, marketing and communication, architecture and photography as well as creative career changers who would like to familiarize themselves with the design of digital and printed media with the Adobe Creative Cloud.
Also web developers, web designers, app developers, software developers, user interface designers, project managers, graphic designers, media designers.
Your future area of application can be in the print and digital sector, but above all in the creation of advertising media. The knowledge you acquire is in demand across all sectors in all areas of design and graphics. With the appropriate know-how, self-employment is also an interesting prospect.
In addition, advanced knowledge of UI design will open up a wide range of career opportunities in graphics, web and software agencies. An understanding of modern prototyping techniques is in demand in almost all industries, giving you very good prospects as a UI designer or front-end developer.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).