ONLINE BOOTCAMP Overview
Join the next generation of inclusive UX/UI Designers
Our part-time, live Accessible Design Bootcamp is an immersive 5 week learning experience. You'll take a learn-by-doing approach during live sessions with 20 designers around the world.
During the Bootcamp you'll understand the value of an inclusive design method, the fundamentals of accessibility, and you'll graduate with a fresh perspective for designing products inclusively. As well as understanding the theory, you'll learn how to conduct an accessible audit, and an accessibility system between Figma and Notion that your team can bake into their daily workflow.
LIVE UX/UI BOOTCAMPS
Why learn live with Memorisely?
100%
For context, typical online courses have a 12.6% completion rate. We're proud to have a 100% completion rate
5/5
The main goal of our Bootcamps is to ensure designers learn-by-doing and have a bunch of fun in the process.
150+
Our alumni are dotted around the world and we're proud to serve 150,000 designers in 150+ countries
#1
Memorisely is the number one online and live Design Bootcamp with a trusted community of 150,000 designers
20
From our experience and feedback, 20 is the perfect class size for bringing designers together to learn with each other.
500+
We've taught over 500 UX/UI Designers live and our awesome alumni have gone on to work with Google, Pinterest, and NASA!
UX/UI Curriculum
Learn-by-doing with a modern Accessible Design curriculum
Our Accessible Design Bootcamp is setup to ensure you learn the role of inclusion in design and practically apply this to your daily workflow. We take a learn-by-doing approach with live classes and project based homework. We don't believe in powerpoint and you'll collaborate with a committed class of designers around the world who share your passion for accessible design.
Part-Time · 5 weeks
Our Part-time Bootcamp is an immersive 5 weeks. You'll be joining 20 designers from around the world and jumping into live classes on Monday with office hours on Wednesday.
As well as meeting your Accessible Design classmates in our Bootcamp slack, you'll be asked to complete prep work using Notion, Stark, and Figma to get you up to speed on conducting accessibility audits
- Meet your classmates in Slack 👋
- Create Notion, Figma, Loom, and Stark accounts
- Complete Accessible Design reading list
- Complete Accessible Design prep tasks
- Write Accessible Design articles
In the first week of Bootcamp you'll dive into Figjam to collaborate with classmates and learn the foundations of Accessible Design. Designing inclusively begins by understanding your own ability bias that we'll dive deep into during the second week fo Bootcamp
- Understand the role of inclusion in design
- Learn the WCAG accessibility principles
- Learn the importance of designing beyond your ability bias
- Start your Accessible Design System in Notion
- Learn why we must design for people with permanent and temporary disabilities
In week two you'll continue working in Figjam and dive deeper into conducting an honest audit of your ability bias. During this week you'll learn how to design digital products without using your own abilities as a baseline
- Learn the value of knowing your ability bias
- Understand why inclusive design begins with exclusion
- Recognise incorrect assumptions lead to exclusion
- Learn how to shift towards inclusion
- Build a user and business case for inclusive design
During week three you'll learn the importance of inclusive UX Research and the value of learning from a diverse range of users. Inclusive research ensures we consider the full range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture, gender, age, and other forms of human difference.
- Learn the value of inclusive UX Research
- Master best practices for inclusive research
- Recognise the perspectives that are missing from research
- Become mindful of tokenizing people
- Include different identities in your research
- Learn how to reach your intended research audience
- Recognise you'll iterate on your inclusive research methods
During week four you'll learn how to design accessible user interfaces in Figma. This week is a deep dive into the foundations of accessible user interfaces with color contrast checks, font scales, focus order sequencing, vision generation and simulation.
- Learn how to create an accessible color palette
- Define an accessible font scale for your product
- Confidently run contrast checks on colors
- Learn how to define focus order sequencing
- Learn how to design for different visual impairments
- Create an accessibility system for your team
It's a common misconception that accessible design requires you to just run color contrast checks. In week five we advance our understanding of accessible user interfaces and take a deep dive into alt text, image descriptions, component state design, time limit extension, bypass links, transcripts, target sizes, and a whole lot more.
- Learn how to write accessible alt text
- Understand how to form image descriptions
- Master the visual cues of state design
- Learn how to design and form bypass links
- Wrap up your Accessibility System in Notion
- Graduate with your class! 🎉
- Receive Accessible Design certification
Bootcamp Schedule
Learn live with a micro class of designers
Our Online and Live Bootcamps are intense and It will be a lotta work. We pride ourselves on having a schedule that works for busy designers around the world. Every step of the way you'll receive support from your teacher, classmates, and our tribe of thousands of designers around the world!
Live class
2 hours
Jump into our live class with designers
Mon
Tue
Homework
1 hour
Wrap up this weeks design task and enjoy your weekend with family and friends 🎉
Wed
Office Hours
1 hour
Ask questions and check in with your class
Yoga
1 hour
Unwind from Bootcamp
Thu
Fri
Homework
1-2 hour
Wrap up this weeks design task and enjoy your weekend with family and friends 🎉
Weekend
Chill out
All weekend
It's healthy to take a break and enjoy time with family and friends
How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people’s lives just by doing our job a little better
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Learn Accesible Design Live
Learn live with a micro class
Jump into a live zoom class with your class mates around the world and collaborate live in tools like Figma and Notion. These sessions are designed to help you learn-by-doing.
Case Study
Build a case study during Bootcamp
Collaboration is key for every designers and every week you'll be set design tasks to complete collaboratively with a team mate during Bootcamp. As well as learning new skills during Bootcamp, you'l graduate with a tangible case study for your portfolio or as evidence to support positive change in your design team.
We take a learn-by-doing approach and if you'd prefer quizzes and text heavy reading lists then we suggest exploring other schools.
Accessible Design Teacher
Learn from inclusive UX/UI Designers in our industry
Our Accessible Design teachers are super passionate about educating the next generation of inclusive UX/UI Designers and have years of experience creating accessible digital products. Oh, and they are super-friendly and bring a bunch of good energy to our live classes!
Zander Whitehurst
Founder of Memorisely
"Hey! My name is Zander and I'm the founder & CEO of Memorisely. I studied at Oxford University, New York University, and was an early member of Hotjar's remote product design team. I've been Product Designer for a decade and have grown a community of
150,000 UX/UI designers. I'm an Educator Advisory Board member for Figma and have taught Designers at Google, Nasa, Airbnb, Spotify, and Uber. I'm a super enthusiastic teacher and don't believe in powerpoint presentations!"
Andressa Lombardo
Principal Designer
–– Teamwork
TEACHER
Molly O'Toole
Bootcamp Manager
–– Memorisely
Bootcamp Manager
LA Drury
Operations Manager
–– Memorisely
Bootcamp Ops
Accessible design tools
Our bootcamps are designed around the latest usability testing design tools. Unlike corporate courses that have a fixed tool-stack from decades past, we believe it's important to equip designers with the latest tool-stack to excel in their career.
Micro UX/UI Class
Join a micro class of UX/UI Designers around the world
We think it's vital to have a personalised learning experience and we purposefully limit class sizes to 20 designers. Keeping class sizes small, ensures we can cover more in the time we have and you'll learn directly from other designers. Plus, it's a safe place to learn with the whole class contributing to discussions and sharing feedback.
Meet our Alumni around the world
We're proud to educate designers around the world and take a lotta pride in forming a supportive alumni. We throw quarterly alumni events and often have alumni return to Bootcamps as guest speakers.
"Memorisely has reinforced what I've known as a UI/UX designer and has enabled me to challenge my own assumptions to become a better designer by teaching today's latest tools with a hands-on approach to problem solving, creative thinking, and design."
"The bootcamp has helped me gain understanding and confidence about my role as a Product Designer. I now have a clearer vision of the processes I should be implementing into my workflows."
"Remote work has never been so popular, and I can't think of a better time to take the UX/UI Bootcamp. Being able to learn different skills for your process and to collaborate with others while doing live exercises with people from around the globe is just a great experience."
"The live-learning approach can't be beat. Zander keeps things engaging and your classmates hold you accountable! The culture couldn't be better."
"I've honestly never had a more positive classroom experience. The instruction is top-notch, we learn skills and do work that we're proud to share, and the community is second to none 💪."
"Honestly Memorisely just functions so differently compared to other bootcamps. It’s authentic, updated frequently to keep up with the fast-paced evolving industry, and the community is amazing!! Made some really good friends :)"
"My experience with the Bootcamp have been nothing but positive - The duration of this Bootcamp is very suitable and accommodating to my schedule as well as it is not too long or short. At the same time, I needed a refresher for UX to upgrade my skills and was intrigued by the course content so that I can be more confident as a designer."
"Very customised and super welcoming. I love the small class size and the process. Do it... do it now 😆"
"Memorisely has been an excellent experience! Zander has put together an excellent, no frills, course that is highly engaging paired with an extremely welcoming environment. After each class I feel like I have a solid understanding of the lesson, and I'm able to take that into the design tasks."
"Because of the normal price, the small class size and I think it gave me a more friendly, personal vibe, on other course students seems like a number in the class.And I think it also helps that I was before already in the Slack community, which I really like. :)"
"Are you ready? Hold on! You're going to dive in and learn skills you've been dreaming of mastering and skills you didn't even know you'd need in an engaging and collaborative format."
"It's the live classes for me. They're super engaging and it's great that you guys are almost always available. Personally, it's pretty close to being the perfect balance of autonomy vs assistance. There's plenty of work to complete too. Also, my designer neighbor is impressed with the work so that's reassuring!"
Pricing
Transparent and flexible payment plans
Unlike other courses who tuck away their prices, we are totally transparent with our online Bootcamp pricing and take pride in being accessible and affordable.
Enroll now
Join a micro class of designers
Complete Accessible Design Prep Tasks
Write Accessible Design articles
Complete Accessible Design reading list
Learn the value of inclusive design
Design accessible interfaces in Figma
Create an accessible systems in Notion
Join live Accessible Design classes
Join Accessible Design Office hours
Receive Accessible Design certificate
Enroll nowJoin a micro class of designers
Complete Accessible Design Prep Tasks
Write Accessible Design articles
Complete Accessible Design reading list
Learn the value of inclusive design
Design accessible interfaces in Figma
Create an accessible systems in Notion
Join live Accessible Design classes
Join Accessible Design Office hours
Receive Accessible Design certificate
Next Accessible Design Bootcamp
Filling up supafast!
Our Bootcamps tend to fill up pretty quickly which is why we open up months in advance. And we purposefully limit class sizes to 20 designers to ensure each bootcamp offers a personal learning experience.
2022, Feb 14th - Mar 16th
Accessible Design Bootcamp
Mon · 5-7pm GMT
🥳 Full Class
May 23rd - Jun 24th
Accessible Design Bootcamp
Tue · 4-6pm GMT
🥳 Full Class
Bootcamp Questions
Got a question about our Bootcamp?
Chances are at this stage you have a couple questions. We encourage our students to ask questions directly and you can arrange a quick call with us anytime.
Each bootcamp has 20 designers. For us, it's important to keep these bootcamps super personal. This personal model ensures we can support and motivate 100% of students to graduate and have an awesome experience.
We have a mix of experienced designers looking to switch to a remote career, junior designers learning the latest workflows, and folks switching career. The mix of designers keeps the learning diverse and those with experience typically step up to support juniors. We try to craft a neat feedback loop for everyone and don't require you to have had any UX/UI experience.
All learning is done remotely. Before the bootcamp you'll be invited to a private slack space to meet your classmates from around the world. Each week you'll join a zoom class together and throughout the bootcamp we encourage you to collaborate, and constantly feedback to learn-by-doing.
Two reasons.
Firstly, our Bootcamps differ from typical online courses. Unlike online courses that are sold for having 60hr+ of video behind a paywall, Memorisely Bootcamps are immersive learning experiences. Typical online courses have a 12.6% completion rate, whereas we pride ourselves on measuring success with a 98% completion rate from students. So instead of trying to teach yourself by goggling at a video, you'll join a fun class and be taught!
Secondly, you'll be joining classmates around the world, motivating, collaborating and learning from each other. We consider these micro classes, and together you'll graduate and likely remain design buddies for life 🙌
