General
- Undergraduate
- 15 learners; individual projects
- 420 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners apply to projects
Preferred companies
- 1/1 project matches
- Anywhere
- Payment by employer C$18.00 / hour
- Any company type
- Any industries
Categories
Project timeline
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May 6, 2024Experience start
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August 17, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Students in teams of one will apply appropriate UX research methods to develop actionable insights that will help you improve your products, systems, and services. Our third-year students have a few terms of research and design practice under their belts and are ready to apply their skills in the real world.
- Learner skills
- User interface design, User experience design, User research, User testing
- Deliverables
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The final deliverable will depend on the nature of the project requested depending on your organization's needs.
Project Examples
The Honours Bachelor of Digital Experience Design is a four-year degree that produces designers who can solve problems using human-centered, socially conscious, and economically viable digital solutions.
Project examples include but are not limited to:
- Create wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to illustrate design ideas for web & mobile applications
- Design user interface (UI) elements to provide interactive, informative, and engaging experiences
- Develop user personas, journey maps, information architecture, user flows, etc.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research (surveys, interviews etc.) to inform and validate design decisions
- Perform usability tests to gain feedback and provide insights that help enhance user experiences -- George Brown College has state-of-the-art user testing facilities
- Assist with the development of augmented reality (AR) prototypes using appropriate tools
- Create 2D & 3D visuals for concept development of digital products, systems, and services
- Identify and troubleshoot user experience (UX) problems (e.g., responsiveness, accessibility etc.)
- Create animated graphs or charts for walkthroughs of datasets for various digital visualization projects
- Participate in design jams/sprints using knowledge of design tools such as card sorting, empathy maps, storyboarding etc.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Compensation must be provided by the employer. Are you able to provide an hourly wage (in CAD)?
Are you available for a quick call with the Field Education staff to initiate your relationship and confirm that the scope of your project fits the student's co-op requirements?
I understand that a Work Term Agreement must be completed by both the student and employer before beginning this experience.
I understand that an Employer Evaluation Form will be sent to me after the end of the student's co-op work term to assess their performance (worth 50% of their final grade). I agree to complete it.