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Certificates: Certificate "Vocational German language support for the commercial/technical sector"
Certificate "UI/UX Design" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Zertifizierungsprüfung Berufsbezogene Deutschförderung -
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: 12 Weeks
Job-related German language support for the commercial/technical sector
General language skills (approx. 1 day)
Repetition of important grammar topics and application of complex linguistic structures of German grammar
Reading and understanding texts from different areas, global and selective reading comprehension
Improving listening comprehension
Correspondence in a professional environment (approx. 2 days)
Layout and letter design
Contemporary salutations and letter introductions
Customer-oriented letters and e-mails
Reporting
Cover letters according to DIN 5008
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)
Confident communication in the company
Forms of communication in teams
Meetings and presentations
Conflict management
Staff appraisals
Job interviews
Sales and consultation meetings
Writing offers
Trade fairs and product presentations
Complaints
Business career field (approx. 6 days)
Human resources, management and labor law
Finance and controlling
Payroll accounting
Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)
Advertising
Market analysis and market research
Online marketing and e-commerce
Company processes (approx. 9 days)
Restructuring, process management, process changes
Digital transformation
Changes in energy management and environmental protection
Project management
Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)
production
Purchasing
Delivery and transportation
Retail trade
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)
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
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
The course provides you with the necessary know-how for employment as a commercial and technical specialist, including job-related German language training, in order to achieve successful integration into the German labor market.
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.
Web developers, web designers, app developers, software developers, user interface designers, project managers, graphic designers, media designers.
The course is also aimed at specialists from the commercial and technical fields, taking into account an integrative component.
With specialist knowledge in UI and UX, you will improve your chances as a developer in graphics, advertising, web, multimedia or full-service agencies, as well as with software and database providers. Knowledge in the field of UI/UX is required in almost all industries.
The course also provides you with work-related German language training to enable you to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and to communicate confidently both internally and externally.
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).