文章一
-
Udacity: Intro to the Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
This course provides a summary of key concepts from the first two chapters of The Design of Everyday Things (Revised and Expanded Edition, November 2013) by Don Norman. -
Coursera: Introduction to User Experience Design by Georgia Institute of Technology
The focus of this course is to introduce the learner to User Experience (UX) Design -
Open2Study: User Experience For the Web (WebUX)
Learn to create great experiences for people visiting websites, with proven tools and techniques. [Springboard: User Experience Design](http://learn user experience (ux) design - free curriculum | springboard/)
In this course, not only you’ll get introduction of User Experience Design, but also you’ll get material as far as career coach in UXD field.-
InVision App: Principle of UX Design Ecourse
The lesson on UX Design will be emailed to you on a weekly basis. There’s a total of 9 lessons that you’ll get by subscribing to this course. Not only UX, Invision also came in clutch providing a wide range of material on product design as well. -
Gymnasium: UX Fundamental**
UX Fundamentals** will teach you how to apply user-centered design principles in order to improve your website and mobile app design. A must-take course for anyone working in web design and development. -
Lynda.com: UX Course**
**The UX courses in Lynda.com is actually free and VARIOUS, but you’ll have to subscribe and pay for the membership. But don’t worry, they’ll give you a month of free trial. -
FutureLearn: Digital Skills User Experience
This course aims to equip you with a broad understanding of User Experience and covers the foundations of User Experience design and process including; user journeys, prototypes, information architecture, and wireframes. -
High Resolution: An Interview with Design Lead like no other
High Resolution provide us all with series of videos that we can access through their site or watch it easily on Youtube. The videos are about 45 minute-ish long. -
CareerFoundry: Think Like A UX Designer
This course provides you with a hands-on exploration of user experience practices. Once you subscribed to their site, they’ll send you a week-long email course and will give you a solid grounding in the key elements of UX, through real-life exercises.
Bonus content:
List of worth-mentioning books about UX Design/UI Design/Interaction Design:
- Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug (like, DUH?!)
- SPRINT by Jake Knapp
- The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett
- The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
- About Face by Alan Cooper
- Hook by Nir Eyal
- Measuring the User Experience by Tom Tullis
https://blog.prototypr.io/im-broke-a-student-can-i-learn-ux-for-free-b9e9342ff09d
文章二
1. InVision - Principles of UX Design Ecourse
If you’re not familiar with InVision, it’s an amazing Product Design tool that allows you to prototype websites/apps, create design systems and collaborate seamlessly. In addition to these awesome features, InVision offers some pretty great educational resources, including a free Ecourse on the Principles of UX Design.
By signing up for this course, you’ll receive weekly emails with lessons on UX Design. There’s a total of nine lessons that you can get through without ever leaving your inbox.
Similar to the InVision course, when you sign up for Hackdesign you’ll receive lessons on a weekly basis. The lessons are created by some of the world’s top designers who hone their craft at companies like Airbnb, Tech Crunch and TED. In addition to the weekly lessons, you’ll get access to design challenges, tools and other helpful resources.
3. Figma - Learn Design Pilot
Not only does Figma offer one of the best design tools out there right now, but they’ve also put together a free online design for beginners. The course covers a variety of subjects including design thinking, ethics, accessibility, inclusion, research and typography.
Along with the lessons, you’ll also be able to practice what you’re learning with a few assignments including a Design Your CV exercise, which is great for new UX Designers out there.
4. Future Learn - Digital Skills: User Experience Course
Among the hundreds of free online courses provided by Future Learn, you’ll find this awesome User Experience Design course created by Accenture. It’s a 3-week course with an estimated effort of 2 hours a week. The course covers the foundations of UX Design, tools and testing.
Here’s a hidden gem that offers a plethora of free UX/UI educational content including courses covering the basics, the design workflow, design and prototyping tools and even some content on HTML & CSS. LearnUX.io offers hundred of hours of free content, which is amazing considering it’s completely free.
6. Gymnasium - UX Fundamentals Course
Gymnasium is a portal created by Aquent that offers a variety of free online courses for design and marketing professionals. The UX Fundamentals course is focused on professionals in the Web Design and Development industry. It offers six lessons, covering topics like User Research, Information Design, Wireframing, Prototyping and more.
Coursera offers both paid and free courses. If you’re not ready to spend $49 for a Course Certificate, you can simply enroll for free. The free version gets you full access to videos, reading material, discussions and you can even submit assignments for evaluation. If you go down the free route, you pretty much get the entire course, without the certificate.
This amazing site offers over 18,000 online courses from a variety of categories including Photography, Business, Technology, and of course, Design. In the UX Design category you’ll find quality courses created by world-renowned designers working for companies like Mailchimp, InVision and UserTesting.com.
Similar to Coursera, there’s a free and premium subscription. The free subscription will still get you a long way, so be sure to check it out!
Scroll down on the Free Learning Resources page to the Design section and you’ll find a list of free livestreams offered on a weekly basis by General Assembly. A few of the topics include: Intro to UX Design, Visual Design and even tips on acing your design interviews.
Envato Tuts+ offers how-to tutorials and online courses on design, coding, graphic arts, and more. Some videos and tutorials on UX Design are free, while others require a subscription to Envato Elements. The good thing about the subscription is that it also gets you access to design resources like WordPress themes, stock photography, graphics, eBooks and more.
So technically Lynda isn’t free, but you can get started with a 30-day trial. Whether you take advantage of the trial or take the paid route, Lynda is a great learning resource that offers thousands of videos on UX Design and other related disciplines like UI Design, Service Design and Programming.
文章三
1. Skillshare’s Online UI/UX Classes
Skillshare is an online learning community where working professionals can create courses teaching the things they do best and they have an entire section dedicated to UI/UX design.
It covers topics including mobile design, prototyping, and web design. It has very general introductory UX courses and incredibly specific UX courses on topics such as resume design and how to use Adobe XP or Illustrator.
There’s an entire world of UX courses for you to discover on Skillshare, all of them free of charge.
See Related: How To Choose The Right Web Developer
2. LinkedIn Learning’s “Become a User Experience Designer”
One of LinkedIn’s newer offerings to those looking to branch out in their career is a paid training arm that offers a variety of classes to help you advance or change careers. Happily, your first month is free or this class would not have made this list.
This course clocks in at just under 12 hours of curriculum-guided content, unlike Skillshare where you are putting together your own learning path. What we really like about this course is that it begins with an optional, hour-long overview of the UX field and what careers are available, which is perfect if you’re a beginner.
3. Udacity’s Product Design Course
Udacity is a website that offers a combination of paid and free courses designed to teach the skills that technology companies recruit for, and that includes UX design.
Granted, UX design is combined in a module with UI design in this course, but it is a great two-month-long course that will help you get that great idea out of your head and into this world. In addition to UX/UI concepts, you will learn about actionable metrics that you should be measuring as well as Google’s insanely popular Design Sprint process.
4. California Institute of the Arts UI/UX Design Specialization
If you haven’t discovered Coursera yet, welcome to your newest addiction. Coursera compiles free, online courses offered by universities around the country and puts them all in once place, just for you.
CalArts has offered up not just a course in UX design, but a series of four courses that leads you to a specialization certificate in UI/UX Design and a project you can add to your portfolio. Imagine that on your resume. Additionally, when you enroll in this specialization, you are eligible for an extended free trial of a full product suite of UX tools from Optimal Workshop.
See Related: What Does Responsive Web Design Mean?
5. Georgia Tech’s Introduction to User Experience Design
Another Coursera offering, this 8-hour, 5-week course from Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing is the perfect beginner course for someone who wants to dip their toe into UX design.
Coursera user and course grad MC says it better than we could: “This is an insightful introductory course to User Experience Design. While it is just an introduction, the lessons and the examples provided were comprehensive, leaving you with a thirst for more.”
Final word.
Whether you are looking for a career change or just to learn more about the field of UX design and how it can help you design a better mousetrap, these courses are a great starting point for your journey in this exciting field.
Have you taken any of these courses? What did you think? Let us know in the comments!
See Related: What Is A Wireframe In Web Design?
—
Thrive Design is a customer-centric web design company from Seattle. Contact us today to find out how we can elevate your business online! Find us on Clutch, UpCity, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
https://thrive.design/top-5-free-ux-design-courses-for-2020/