Course

Product Design Fundamentals

Research, screens and a handover an engineer can build from.

Start
Any time
Length
6 weeks
Delivery
Online
Level
Beginner

Programme fee

₦150,000

One payment, in full, when you enrol. There are no instalments.

You enrol yourself. There is no application to wait on.

Modules
2
Lessons
3
Taught material
2h 25m
Piece of work
1

Is this for you

Written for beginners.

Taught online, at your own pace: you start when you enrol and set your own rhythm.

Six weeks at your own pace, ending in a piece of work for your portfolio: the research behind it, the screens themselves, and the notes that let somebody else build it.

What you will be able to do

3 outcomes, each one assessed.

Each outcome is judged on the work you hand in, and the result is recorded on your learning record.

  • PDF.O1

    Find out what people need

    Separating what somebody said from what they meant.

    • Learn what users needCompetent
  • PDF.O2

    Design screens people can get through

    Including the states where something has gone wrong.

    • Design a usable interfaceCompetent
  • PDF.O3

    Hand it over so it gets built

    States, sizes and behaviour, without an engineer having to ask.

    • Hand a design over to be builtCompetent

Levels run introduced, developing, competent and advanced, on Meridian Institute of Technology's own competency framework.

Syllabus

What you will be taught

2 modules · 3 lessons · 2h 25m of taught material

  1. 01

    Listening first

    1 lesson · 50m

    1. Interviews that are not leading50 min
  2. 02

    Designing the unhappy path

    2 lessons · 1h 35m

    1. Every state, not just the good one55 min
    2. Handover notes40 min

The work

What you hand in

Each piece is reviewed by the academy's assessors, and the result is recorded on your learning record.

  • Project

    Portfolio piece: research, screens and handover

    One flow, designed from research and handed over properly.

Completing

What counts as complete, and what you receive

Finish the lessons, hand in the work, and the programme is complete.

100%of the required lessons

100%of the required work handed in and approved

Verified academy

Meridian Institute of Technology

Certificate in Product Design

Does not expire

Issued by Meridian Institute of Technology when your assessed work is approved for every skill this programme promises. It lists each one and how it was judged, and anyone you give its code to can check it against the record on Alethris.

How you get in

Take your place

There is no application to wait on.

  1. 1Enrol.
  2. 2Pay the fee in full.
  3. 3Your workspace opens straight away.
Fee
₦150,000
Refund
Full refund within 30 days of paying, and none after that
Access
365 days from joining