Conversational Design (Designing for Voice)
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A friend and I worked to improve our portfolios and meet the UX and UI requirements. The course helped me to prepare the variety in what UX involves itself in.
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The most valuable aspect of the course was understanding better of the break down stages of a User Experience and putting them to practice. Working in a start-up, we go through most of the stages, it has been very helpful to run through things in a more structured manner.
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Course
Online
Description
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Type
Workshop
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Level
Advanced
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
6 Weeks
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Start date
Different dates available
The Designing for Voice (Alexa) course is our most exciting course to date. You will gain a holistic understanding of voice user interface best practices and will learn how to code, publish and maintain an Alexa skill. You will have all the skills needed to incorporate industry leading voice experiences to your products and examples to showcase in your portfolio.
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About this course
Mastering Conversation Design- Acquire the skills needed to design industry leading conversations invoice, a course built with support from Amazon. Prototyping and testing voice experiences- Create low and high fidelity voice prototypes and learn practical ways for usability testing voice experiences. Advanced Topics in VUI- Learn best practices for advanced topics in voice, including multi-modal interactions and dealing with privacy and safety. Evaluating use cases for voice- Understand the benefits and limitations for voice and ensure you're utilising it for the tasks that will provide real value to your users. Deliverables for Certification- Learn how to produce all the deliverables required by Amazon to certify an enterprise level skill including voice user flows, scripts and account linking screens. Development of Alexa Skills- Get a solid understanding oh how Alexa skills are set up and coded and be in a position to have informed conversations with technical stakeholders.
This course is for those who want to gain a holistic understanding of voice user interface best practices and those who want to learn how to code, publish and maintain an Alexa skill.
An evening course taught by seniors UX'ers with over 7 years experience. Multiple teachers deliver the class which provides a richer course. This is a practical course where you will build a project for your portfolio, which is why this course is delivered over multiple weeks, You will work in teams to develop your project.
Once an enquiry is made they will be added to our agile marketing system where they receive a number of different emails regarding getting signed up to the course.
We are currently working with UCL to get accredited more information will be provided shortly.
This course is aimed for beginners, however, prior UX experience is beneficial. We will be offering pre-course work so you can get familiarised with the presumed knowledge.
There will be some tools used in this program however, these will be provided.
Yes. Only a deposit is needed to secure your place but full payment will be required prior to the course starting.
Reading material will be provided before you begin the program to help you prepare for the training course.
Refunds will be provided up to 14 days in advance. Alternatively, you will be able to sign to our next training course since we plan on running two courses per year.
Yes. Group discounts are available. You should enquire for more information if you seek group discounts.
Slides from the lectures will be provided, you will also be able contact the teachers if you have any questions.
Invoice can be provided on request. Please contact us for more information.
Reviews
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A friend and I worked to improve our portfolios and meet the UX and UI requirements. The course helped me to prepare the variety in what UX involves itself in.
← | →
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The most valuable aspect of the course was understanding better of the break down stages of a User Experience and putting them to practice. Working in a start-up, we go through most of the stages, it has been very helpful to run through things in a more structured manner.
← | →
Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Tim Penton
Madeleine Vironda
Subjects
- Voice
- Testing
- Design
- User Experience
- Alexa Skills
- Voice Design
- Voice Interactions
- Conversation Design
- Design techniques
- Design Process
- Voice Interfaces
- Amazon Alexa
- Voice Modulation
- Voice Projection
- Usability training
Teachers and trainers (2)
Kane Simms
VUI Expert
Stratis Valachis
MUXL Trainer
Course programme
Week 2: Design your first Alexa Skill, Part 1 -conversation fundamentals -voice interactions with Amazon Alexa -usability constraints of voice
Week 3: Design your first Alexa Skill, Part 2 -identifying intents and utterances -User flows for voice -Multi-modal interactions -account linking
Week 4: Usability Testing for Voice interactions -test structure & facilitation techniques -identifying appropriate testing methods, including Wizard of OZ -intro to usability testing
Week 5: Building your Alexa Skill -Understanding Amazon Alexa Developer Platform -Setting up a working skill -Configure, Develop, Test Skill
Week 6:Making it Live -learning to code advanced skills -certification process -Understanding and extracting meaning from analytics
Conversational Design (Designing for Voice)