
Redesign The CityPups Dog Adoption App
Learn real-world UX skills like onboarding and usability testing, then them off in an awesome portfolio project showcasing the CityPups Dog Adoption App.
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Level up your UX skills, experience, and career - in just a few hours.
Want to get experience with some of the most useful UX skills, while also helping some cute pups find there fur-ever home? Of course you do!
Who is this for?

UX Beginners
Who want to learn UX skills by actually doing it!

Designers-In-Training
Who want to build new skills and a portfolio project.
You'll Learn
- How to design a great first-time experience for users
- How to conduct a professional usability test
You'll Create
- An onboarding flow to help users find the perfect dog to adopt
- A professional portfolio project showcasing your project and process.
Get Experience With In Demand UX Skills
- UX Basics
- UI Design
- Career Skills
- Visual Design
- Portfolio
- Sketching
- UX Research
- Onboarding
- Usability Testing

Workshop Highlights
Real skills , taught by an expert instructor

Joe Formica

In addition to teaching, Joe has been a self-employed Senior Product Designer for the past eight years. He has worked with dozens of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to new startups, where he has played an integral role in their growth and success. Joe believes that there is no substitute for learning by doing - all Bitesize courses are hands-on, project based, and beginner friendly. If you take a class with Joe, you’re guaranteed to walk out with a tangible project that you're proud to show off to the world. Joe works every day to solve "need experience to get experience" problem that prevents people from exploring new skills, roles, and careers in technology, and believes that learning as an adult should be exciting, fun, and rewarding - not daunting.
Step-by-Step Lesson Outline
Complete an awesome project with hands-on guidance from an expert instructor
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Welcome!
Get comfortable, focused, and excited to start designing.
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Get our project brief
Take on the role of UX Designer for CityPups, and learn what you’ll be trying to solve.
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Create Your Portfolio Project
We’ve created a pre-made portfolio template that you can use to add and show off your work.
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Design a great First-time experience
Onboarding is really important – we’ll show you how to get it right.
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Watch a Usability Test
Let’s find out how we can make it easier for someone to find the perfect pup for them.
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5 Minute Break!
Chill out, grab some water, and stretch before we jump back into the project!
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Sketching Our Designs
Learn sketching basics, and warm up with some quick exercises. Then, we'll generate ideas and solutions to help improve the CityPups experience.
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Bring our designs to life in Figma
We'll take our rough sketches and bring them to life with a template and style guide.
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Next Steps
Specific steps to take the skills from this workshop and get good, fast.
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