UI/UX for Web Design & Reach Ahead Experiences at Niagara College

UI/UX for Web Design & Reach Ahead Experiences at Niagara College

I’m Interested!

I’m Interested!

Sector & Price:

Sector & Price:

All sectors

All sectors

$50–$75 per student

$50–$75 per student

Requirements Met:

Requirements Met:

UI/UX for web design certification

UI/UX for web design certification

Reach ahead experiences

Reach ahead experiences

Date:

Date:

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Time:

Time:

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Address:

Address:

100 Niagara College Boulevard, Welland, ON L3C 7L3

100 Niagara College Boulevard, Welland, ON L3C 7L3

Overview:

Overview:

Niagara College’s Welland Campus combines modern design, technology, and collaborative spaces to give students hands-on experience that connects directly to user-experience thinking. The award-winning Student Commons provides a welcoming hub for collaboration and study, while digital media labs and makerspaces allow students to experiment with 3D printing, VR, and production tools. With flexible, accessible facilities and cross-disciplinary programs, the campus helps students learn how design, environment, and technology come together to shape real user experiences.

Niagara College’s Welland Campus combines modern design, technology, and collaborative spaces to give students hands-on experience that connects directly to user-experience thinking. The award-winning Student Commons provides a welcoming hub for collaboration and study, while digital media labs and makerspaces allow students to experiment with 3D printing, VR, and production tools. With flexible, accessible facilities and cross-disciplinary programs, the campus helps students learn how design, environment, and technology come together to shape real user experiences.

What makes this experience unique?

What makes this experience unique?

This SHSM experience at Niagara College’s Welland Campus highlights why user experience design remains one of the most important creative career paths in the era of artificial intelligence.

This SHSM experience at Niagara College’s Welland Campus highlights why user experience design remains one of the most important creative career paths in the era of artificial intelligence.

UX is introduced as a multimedia discipline that now includes Voice User Interfaces and AI-powered user experiences, with experimental interaction design representing the most cutting-edge work being developed in the field.

UX is introduced as a multimedia discipline that now includes Voice User Interfaces and AI-powered user experiences, with experimental interaction design representing the most cutting-edge work being developed in the field.

Students explore how subtle and intricate design choices that shape human emotions and usability cannot be fully replicated or polished by machines.

Students explore how subtle and intricate design choices that shape human emotions and usability cannot be fully replicated or polished by machines.

By engaging with Niagara’s modern labs and creative spaces, students gain a deeper appreciation of how design, technology, and human behavior intersect in shaping the tools of the future.

By engaging with Niagara’s modern labs and creative spaces, students gain a deeper appreciation of how design, technology, and human behavior intersect in shaping the tools of the future.

Students leave with insights into why UX is a career pathway that will remain relevant and in demand, while also exploring how new technologies open up exciting, creative directions for design, guided by a LearnIt facilitator who is a UX professional.

Students leave with insights into why UX is a career pathway that will remain relevant and in demand, while also exploring how new technologies open up exciting, creative directions for design, guided by a LearnIt facilitator who is a UX professional.

Highlights in action:

Highlights in action:

Drop-off Location:

Drop-off Location:

The bus drop-off location is in the loop in front of the Rankin Technology Centre - East Entrance. Our staff will be waiting there to guide you to the event space.

The bus drop-off location is in the loop in front of the Rankin Technology Centre - East Entrance. Our staff will be waiting there to guide you to the event space.

Check Google Maps: North Rd

Check Google Maps: North Rd

Agenda:

Agenda:

😀 9:00am - 9:30am: Students arrive (we will be there to greet you, don’t worry)

🌞 9:30am - 9:45am: Warm up activity (after all, we need to get warmed up)

🎉 9:45am - 11:15am:
Group A: Hands-on workshop on UI/UX for web design
Group B: Recruitment presentation & personality quiz

🍱 11:15am - 12:00pm: Lunch break (we do better than pizzas, don’t worry)

🏫 12:00pm - 1:30pm:
Group A: Recruitment presentation & personality quiz
Group B: Hands-on workshop on UI/UX for web design

🍬 1:30pm - 2:00pm: Wrap up (yes, there will be candy)

😀 9:00am - 9:30am: Students arrive (we will be there to greet you, don’t worry)

🌞 9:30am - 9:45am: Warm up activity (after all, we need to get warmed up)

🎉 9:45am - 11:15am:
Group A: Hands-on workshop on UI/UX for web design
Group B: Recruitment presentation & personality quiz

🍱 11:15am - 12:00pm: Lunch break (we do better than pizzas, don’t worry)

🏫 12:00pm - 1:30pm:
Group A: Recruitment presentation & personality quiz
Group B: Hands-on workshop on UI/UX for web design

🍬 1:30pm - 2:00pm: Wrap up (yes, there will be candy)

Helpful Info:

Helpful Info:

Schedule Flexibility

Schedule Flexibility

We understand that bus schedules often shape your day more than you do. We're happy to adjust the agenda to fit your timing needs. Just let us know as early as possible if your school has any specific constraints.

We understand that bus schedules often shape your day more than you do. We're happy to adjust the agenda to fit your timing needs. Just let us know as early as possible if your school has any specific constraints.

Tentative Scheduling

Tentative Scheduling

Event dates may be subject to change based on sector partner availability. Final details and confirmations will be shared at least one month prior to your scheduled field trip.

Event dates may be subject to change based on sector partner availability. Final details and confirmations will be shared at least one month prior to your scheduled field trip.

Backup Plan

Backup Plan

In the event of school closures due to weather or other unforeseeable circumstances, events will be rescheduled.

In the event of school closures due to weather or other unforeseeable circumstances, events will be rescheduled.

Group Size Update

Group Size Update

Please register the number of students you plan to bring. You’re welcome to swap students, but adding more requires prior approval. Just send us an email and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

Please register the number of students you plan to bring. You’re welcome to swap students, but adding more requires prior approval. Just send us an email and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

Update Timeline

Update Timeline

Please let us know of any changes to your group size at least two weeks before the event.

Please let us know of any changes to your group size at least two weeks before the event.

Absence Policy

Absence Policy

No-shows will be charged the full event fee. However, we are happy to offer a free online training session for any students who are absent.

No-shows will be charged the full event fee. However, we are happy to offer a free online training session for any students who are absent.

Group Supervision

Group Supervision

Please bring the right number of staff or chaperones based on your school board’s guidelines.

Please bring the right number of staff or chaperones based on your school board’s guidelines.

UI/UX for Web Design & Reach Ahead Experiences at Niagara College

I’m Interested!

I’m Interested!