UX/UI Design Foundations

Doing this boot camp has been an amazing experience. The mentors are so nice and helpful, and the course itself is user friendly and informative. Each person involved with Avocademy are completely dedicated to making sure their students succeed! 

I always receive compliments about my stand-out portfolio and I give credit to the help of Avocademy. You really do get out quality designs with the work you put in. I also appreciate the community and mentorship so it didn't feel like I was doing it all on my own. Nonetheless, I would definitely recommend Avocademy because the work really speaks for itself.

Avocademy UX/UI Foundations is a great course! I love that you can apply what you are learning as you go, and that at the end you have a solid project. You learn the design process such as doing research, ideation, design, and prototype. You have access to one-on-one mentor meetings and feel led throughout the learning process. The mentors are amazing, and you can see that they are there to encourage you as you complete the course.

Avocademy's course was great! The content was informative layout in an easy to follow, organized curriculum.  I really enjoyed having a schedule to follow and timelines to achieve during the foundation process. I'd recommend this course to anyone interested in knowing more about UI/UX.

Avocademy is by far the best Bootcamp I have ever attended. I wanted to break free from the medical field and stop working 12 hr shifts, so I made the change into a new career in UX/UI Design. The mentors here at Avo are amazing, always willing to help, and always check up on you to ensure you are doing well and on track. I would highly recommend this Bootcamp to anyone wanting to pursue a UX/UI design career. and last but not least they will help you get into job placement!

Overall the experience is great! you can work on your timeline when you please, and the learning process is straightforward and easy to comprehend. Most of the time feedback is very timely and all of the mentors are very friendly and are more than happy to point you in the right direction.

I had such a great experience with Avocademy Foundations! It helped me so much to learn and become a better Product Designer and offers so many resources from tutorials, articles, books, mentors, a community of similar people in the same phase/field. 

I was contacted by Maca on LinkedIn after I posted in a Transitioning Teacher thread. I had no idea what shift to make, just that I wanted out of teaching. I researched UX Design and all the Bootcamps for a month before signing up. Avocademy is amazing. They ease you in quickly, but effectively and not too overwhelming. I was able to quckly catch on and have learned so much. After finishing Foundations, I signed up for Career Jumpstart. I am currently on my third project and I am applying for work. They provide resume and portfolio help, mock interviews and portfolio walkthroughs, mentor opportunities and even references if you need them. I've gotten all of my friends curious about it and even my husband signed up and is about to finish the Foundations course! Avocademy was worth it in every way. The only critique that I have is that the mentors can be a bit contradicting when reviewing your assignments and that can take up time, especially in the Wireframes and Hi-Fi screen assignments. It can get a little frustrating, but a one-on-one call always helps.

I really enjoyed the Avocadamey foundations course. The course material is organized and in depth, and the mentors are all very helpful. Each mentor has their own style and strength, so as a student you are exposed to a lot of different design styles. The one thing I would say could be better is at certain parts of the course there may not be enough available mentors, so you are waiting on feedback longer in one phase than at another phase. Overall I think this is the best UX/UI bootcamp available, and I ended up continuing on to their career jumpstart program!

Before starting this program I was stuck in life trying to figure out what I wanted to do. The Avocademy staff is so kind and offers a free session to talk to them before deciding to stat the program. This is what helped me make the choice to join the program. While in this program, I enjoyed it a lot. I'm so glad this program has all the resources and mentors to help whenever I felt stuck or really needed help. 

I'm a graduate of Avocademy UX/UI Foundations program. Let me start out by saying that when I started I had never heard of UI/UX design (and I have a Tech background). I had learned about Avocademy thru Tik Tok and did my research about the UX/UI industry. I found it interesting and decided to pursue a career in UX/UI. My next step was to contact Avocademy about the program. From my first interaction with a member of Avocademy you could tell they care. First, they answered all of my questions in detail, assuring me that I did not need a background in design to succeed. I started the UX/UI Foundations program. First, you will learn about research and interviewing and then turning that information into personas to eventually help you create your first case study. Throughout the program you will have to submit (and in my case re-submit and re-submit again) your work to mentors that have years of experience in the UI/UX industry. I really loved this part of the program. It was because of the iterations I had to do, that I eventually learned how and why you do some things and why you don't. Once the research is finished and approved, comes the designing of your app. They do a fantastic job of teaching you about low, medium and high fidelity wireframes and give all the information to help you learn everything about Figma and how to properly use this tool to design. You complete each stage of your design from low-fidelity wireframes to finally a working prototype. All while submitting your work to experienced mentors and doing iterations at each stage. Throughout the iterations, you will learn why and how to design in Figma. Learn the basics of design and master those design skills. Once the wireframes and prototype are completed and approved, the program and mentors help you with developing your portfolio and properly showing your first case study properly within your portfolio. I also completed the second program, Career Jumpstart, and I am currently looking for a UI/UX position. The second program is just as good as the foundations program. You have opportunities to work on real-life projects for clients with teams of 4-6 people. These same projects have Project Managers and Team Leads. Once the project(s) are completed, Avocademy helps you update your portfolio for those projects. Once you have finished the 2 projects, you start your position search with Mentors that help you either make or update your CV. This program has a fantastic method to get you hired. Avocademy has covered everything from start to finish. When I started this program, I had never heard of UX/UI and did not have any type of design background. I currently finished with Foundations and Career Jumpstart and I am looking for a position in UX/UI. I design on an almost daily basis during my free time, because I love to. I then post them to my LinkedIn for any and all to see. Feel free to message me with any questions you have about the program and my experience. Avocademy is a fantastic bootcamp to learn UI/UX design. Go check it out, I'm glad I did!https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasblake5199/

Avocademy is the best UX bootcamp out there! I knew nothing about UX/UI before I started now I can do research, design mock-ups, and conduct user-testing all while applying best practices and passing AAA contrast. 

I come from a design background and I found Avocademy through Tiktok and immediately was interested in joining. First of all, you can't beat the price compared to other bootcamps. They have great articles and videos explaining the entire UX process. The 1on1 mentorship is unmatched. The fact that they are other ux/product designers in the field looking at your work while working through the program is great. You are learning these skills while also connecting and networking with other students. I would 100% recommend this to others who are wanting to break into the UX tech space. I have now signed up for the career jumpstart program, so I am excited to start that.

I completed Avocademy's UX/UI Design Foundations program and it was an incredible experience. Students get unlimited mentor support (1-on-1, without having to pay extra!). The mentors are very knowledgeable and helpful. The unlimited mentor support is such a bonus. Everyone is very involved and so helpful, including the owner herself. The content within the course is consistently being updated with the latest and most relevant info for aspiring UX/UI designers. The content is also in such a way where you're learning from a variety of resources, therefore really honing in on everything and learning/viewing it all from a variety of different perspectives. In other words, it's taking the entire process of learning UX/UI and teaching it in a way that's understandable, can be integrated well, beginner-friendly, and clearly user-centric (always an important factor for a UX course lol). Amongst all these pros the only cons that I have are:-  when doing iterations, one mentor might say one thing and another mentor might say another. BUT that's also a great opportunity to exercise your communication muscles (as that's something that will be needed as a UX Designer anyway lol) AND in the long-run I can see why one said one thing and another said something different - because my designs had been too much on one extreme and then by trying to fix it I went into the other extreme. So, honestly, even the con is pretty much a pro. Iterations can be frustrating a times but they really are necessary and the best way to learn how to best respond is by going through the course.- because it is self-paced, it can be easy to lose track of time, delay timelines. The course is structured and made in such a way for them to really help you out with that, staying on top of your lessons and everything but ultimately it comes down to the student to actually uphold themselves to the timeline. Again, another opportunity.So really, both cons are pretty much pros as well.Honestly, I found it to be an incredible course (I honestly didn't expect it to be SO good given that they're just a fraction of the other UX bootcamps I was looking into). I loved it so much that I've taken their Career Jumpstart program *and* their Design Masterclasses. Seriously. If you're looking to get started as a UX Designer, I whole-heartedly recommend Avocademy (I'm actually doing so for my friends and family looking for a career change lol). 

I had an awesome experience with the Avocademy's bootcamp. The mentors were extremely welcoming and helpful, I learned tons everyday because of the curriculum and the way they teach it. Overall a wonderful experience!

Honestly, Avocademy is exactly what I needed! The mentors are all hands on, its very structured and it really helped me to stay organized and learn in a controlled setting. I was looking to gain the skills to transition my career and thats what Avocademy gives you. The ability to learn, apply what you learn and learn best professional practices. 

I could not have picked a better bootcamp experience! The curriculum was divided into east to understand videos and assignments. The mentors were so helpful and patient, especially since I had zero experience or background in the design/ tech field. I learned so much and you won’t get a better bang for your buck elsewhere. 

I joined the Avocademy UX/UI Design Bootcamp. As an educator seeking to change careers, I really thought I would be able to build a portfolio by the end of the course, receive mentorship, and get a job. They are relatively new BootCamp. I had to take breaks due to current work stress and did not complete the program in the timeline. Once I finally got back on track, the curriculum shifted and changed. A different struggle is that you are not placed with a consistent mentor. Mentors are placed with certain activities or units. I struggled with one mentor approving a document, and the following one saying it wasn't good enough and I needed to redo it. I completed the portfolio and realized the intro bootcamp wasn't enough. I would need to take 2-3 more Bootcamp style "courses" ranging from $3,000-5,000. Even though there were regular posts of students finding jobs, many students after 6 months were still looking for work. (UX/UI field is not open for newcomers). You have to show at least 2 years of experience to be considered for a UX position, and the bootcamps only provide you with 1 portfolio (not enough for an employer). I wish had chosen a bootcamp with a job guarantee, and not a course that requires 2-3 separate bootcamps to get a job. 

I reviewed countless UX Bootcamps, but Avocademy continued to stand out to me. It had everything I decided I was looking for after doing research on what I would need/want in a Bootcamp AND it was affordable. I got an email about a graduate zoom call where Avocademy graduates shared their experience from day one to landing a job as a UX Designer. This call made me want to sign up immediately. Hearing their stories, hearing them talk about feeling that inevitable imposter syndrome and that it was normal and ok, reassured me that I, too, could do this. I just needed to START and get to work. So I did. The course provides written and video content and lots of examples along the way, which was very helpful for a visual learner like myself. This course is so supportive in the way it is written; reminding you are doing a good job, reminding you to take care of yourself, etc. As a neurodivergent mom of 3 transitioning from being a SAHM and entrepreneur, those little details helped me a LOT. The project seems huge and overwhelming at first, but they do an excellent job of breaking it down into bite size pieces and reminding you to just focus on that one step in front of you. The mentorship they provide is amazing too, the mentors are great at what they do and always offering helpful tips and ideas, and the option to meet virtually with a mentor is available as often as you need.There were times when I grew impatient, waiting for mentors to review my work and worrying I wouldn't meet my deadlines for each phase, but it all worked out in the end. Is this a perfect course? No, but it's ever-evolving and they are very transparent about that, which I appreciate. They are always always looking for ways to improve their students experience and that's a sign of the type of environment you want to be in. The learning environment was exactly what I needed and knowing that I had the option to join Career Jumpstart to further my education and experience with support in my job search - well, I absolutely made the right decision in choosing Avocademy. 

If you're looking to get into UX/UI Design, this is the course to take! It's reasonably priced and you learn so much. I feel so confident about my skills from taking this course and I felt so supported by the mentor team at Avocademy. It does move really fast so you have to be ready to put in the time, but it's so worth it.