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Equip yourself with a background in the UX design concepts that lead to superior products and more meaningful user experiences. We have locations that offer professional User Experience Certifications.
Akendi offers in-depth User Experience certification programs that will help to recognize your user experience research & design expertise in your organization. We offer two types of UX certification:
The exam for the certification courses above can be taken on 28 Feb.
UX Certification can be done as an intensive program and completed in a week or a few courses at a time over as long as two years. UX Certification requires the passing of a final exam. The cost of the exam is included in the certification fee.
Individual courses can be taken on specific skills or as part of a UX certification. The following user experience training courses have yet to take place in this period. Click on the course name to find out more:
President
Tedde infuses Akendi’s UX Training courses with his strong belief that customer and user experience design must go beyond a singular product interface, service, or content. Drawing on his deep experience in research, usability testing, and experience design, Tedde delivers training that is both practical and supported by a solid foundation in theory and empirical research.
Vice President UX & Design
Tara has been leading experience strategy, research, and design for Tier 1 organizations like IDEO, frog Design, and Cossette for over 17 years. Her mission remains focused on using the latest CX/UX strategies and innovations to deliver outstanding high-reward experiences that 'wow' even the most discerning citizen, while bringing in returns of 30% - 400% for her clients. Her most recent digital transformation efforts for SickKids Hospital enabled the hospital to raise over $700 million in less than five months and gained international recognition of several Gold Lions at Cannes. Tara is consistently ranked as one of the Top 10 Strategic Digital Strategists in Canada by Strategy Magazine.
Principal Experience Architect
Dan is a student of history who brings a unique combination of engineering, computer science, psychology, and anthropology knowledge to each course he teaches. Delivering training on Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Experience Mapping, Service Design, and Usability Testing in an accessible, friendly fashion, Dan makes even the most technical subjects interesting.
Senior Experience Architect
Michelle believes that good design is like silence: you never seem to notice when it’s there, but its absence is always missed. With a thorough understanding of end users, Michelle creates these silent designs that support users through every step of their journey. Her experience spans wireframe creation, usability testing, persona development, design feedback, and card sorting. Michelle holds an MSc in Computer Science, with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction.
Senior Experience Architect
Hamilton is a User Experience and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) advocate with over 8 years of experience in the field. He dreams of a world where technology allows humans to reach maximum potential in meaningful and enjoyable ways. Hamilton holds a B.A.Sc. in Computer Science, a M.Sc. in Engineering focused on HCI, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Queen’s University where he focused on Human Factors and User Experience in the Gamification of exercise and rehabilitation.
Prior to joining Akendi, Hamilton was a User Experience Researcher & Designer for Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, where he used his skills in user-centered design, interaction design, usability testing and multidisciplinary research to research, design and build effective computer systems for therapists and children with motor disabilities. Hamilton has also taught courses in computer science and HCI at the university level for over 6 years and published highly cited articles about his work in top international conferences in HCI.
We assume little awareness of the user experience & usability field. Our courses are appropriate for anyone working in the creation of digital products and want to learn about the process, tools and techniques to create successful user experiences. The courses are not focussed on how to use specific software applications like Photoshop or Axure.
Training program cost is per person as stated with a minimum 4 participants per course. Akendi reserves the right to cancel a scheduled training session up to 5 business days prior to the training if a minimum class size of 4 participants has not been attained. Akendi is not responsible for any travel or other costs incurred as result of a cancellation.
A full refund is provided if you cancel more than 4 weeks prior to training start date. We provide a 50% refund between 4 and 2 weeks before a course. No refunds when cancelling within 2 weeks of course start date.
If paying by invoice and you have to cancel a course, a credit note will be issued. If after application of the credit note there is a remaining balance, you must pay the outstanding amount.
All Akendi course materials are copyrighted and owned exclusively by Akendi Inc. Each participant of our training courses agrees not to copy, modify or publish training materials and handouts.
Akendi does not allow any audio / visual recording of any kind in our training sessions.
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User experience Designer™ (CXD™) Certification
User experience Researcher™ (CXR™) Certification
User Experience Designer™ (CXD™) Certification
This is our design program. Courses cover experience design to give the UX designer a deep and comprehensive understanding of a UX design process and the knowledge to apply it.
This course includes 5 full days of training and a 3-hour certification exam.
User experience Researcher™ (CXR™) Certification
This is our research program. Courses cover research and testing to give the UX researcher a deep and comprehensive understanding of a UX research process and the knowledge to apply it.
This course includes 5 full days of training and a 3-hour certification exams.
About Akendi
Akendi is a human experience design firm, leveraging equal parts experience research and creative design excellence. We provide strategic insights and analysis about customer and user behaviour and combine this knowledge with inspired design. The results enable organizations to improve effectiveness, engage users and provide remarkable customer experiences to their audiences.