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Leon Hui

Continuing Studies Instructor

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Bio

Leon Hui is a Senior Service and User Experience Designer with over 15 years of experience in agency and in-house roles. He has led digital design initiatives at TransLink and other companies including Yahoo!, Yellow Pages, Indigo and Hudson’s Bay Company. He designs equitable, accessible services by aligning user needs with organizational objectives. Leon holds an Honours Bachelor of Design from York University and is a Certified SAFe 6 Agile Product Manager. Based in Vancouver, he enjoys the outdoors, tennis and volleyball, exploring painting and studying different languages.

24/25 Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Design Core Skills CSDS 102 CS26/SP

Description

What does it mean to be a Creative Professional in today's world? Learn about diverse career paths available to designers within a wide variety of industries and organizations. Led by practicing designers and creative professionals, this course will help you find your passions, identify and share your distinct qualities and story, and discover new and evolving job opportunities. This hands-on workshop is intended for students who have recently discovered a passion for design and are interested in bringing their practice into the world.

Material List: Be prepared for your course. Download the material list to source and purchase your supplies before your first class.

Upon successfully completing this course, students will receive a digital skills badge through Accredible, a digital credentialing service. To learn more about Accredible or to opt-out of receiving a digital badge for CS courses, please complete this online form.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Design Core Skills CSDS 111 CS26/SP

Description

Learn to remove accessibility barriers in design to ensure equality and inclusion of access and experience for differently abled bodies. This course explores the value of accessibility, different disability types, assistive technologies, accessibility regulations and the language of accessibility for digital products. You will examine and apply various Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), discover how to test for and document accessibility issues by applying several manual and automated accessibility testing methods, and present your recommendations for valuable, intuitive, and accessible digital content and interfaces. By the end of the course, you will have designed a compelling, accessible, and responsive high-fidelity wireframe or prototype that demonstrates your knowledge of accessible design.

Material List: Be prepared for your course. Download the material list to source and purchase your supplies before your first class.

Upon successfully completing this course, students will receive a digital skills badge through Accredible, a digital credentialing service. To learn more about Accredible or to opt-out of receiving a digital badge for CS courses, please complete this online form.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.