Information Experience Design

Below is a list of popular design tools and software. While this is not an exhaustive list by any means, you will find that the software listed below is ubiquitous in information experience design professions. 

• Prototyping
  • Sketch
  • Adobe XD
  •  Invision
  • Balsamiq
  • Figma
• Coding:
  • Sublime Text
  •  Atom
• Image Manipulation
  • ​Photoshop
• Video
  • ​Final Cut Pro
  • Premiere Pro
• Testing
  • ​Hotjar for heatmaps & screen recordings
  • usertesting.com for remote user testing
  • TryMyUI for remote user testing
  • Optimal Workshop for Tree Testing & Card Sorting 
• Analytics:
  • ​Google Analytics 
  • StatCounter
  • Matomo (formerly Piwik)

Students in the Information Experience Design program have the ability to install the Adobe Creative Suite on their personal computers. This is an invaluable resource, and you will surely be using all of these programs throughout your career as an IXD professional. In particular, be sure to check out Adobe XD, an industry standard prototyping software.

The libraries provide students access to LinkedIn Learning video tutorials. There are excellent courses on User Experience, Software Design/Development, and Information Experience Design. To get started, visit our LinkedIn Learning guide.

There are plenty of open source alternatives to Adobe Creative Suite. Check out these free creative programs!

• Need Photoshop? Check out GIMP
• Digital Painting? Check out Krita
• Need Illustrator? Check out InkScape
• Need Sketch? Try Pencil Project
• 3D? Try Blender