Design & Creativity Courses

Gamification

58 reviews

Gamification is the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. This course will teach you the mechanisms of gamification, why it has such tremendous potential, and…

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Fundamentals of Graphic Design

20 reviews

Graphic Design is all around us! Words and pictures—the building blocks of graphic design—are the elements that carry the majority of the content in both the digital world and the printed world. As graphic design becomes more visible and prevalent in our…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

USM;  University of Maryland

Product Design, Prototyping, and Testing

32 reviews

Translate product ideas into tangible assets by creating wireframes, 3D renderings, prototypes, and minimum viable products (MVPs) to test assumptions and validate customer interests

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society

18 reviews

This is a course aimed at making you a better designer. The course marries theory and practice, as both are valuable in improving design performance. Lectures and readings will lay out the fundamental concepts that underpin design as a human activity. We…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 4th Apr, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Typography

11 reviews

Typography is the art of manipulating the visual form of language to enrich and control its meaning. It’s an essential area of skill and knowledge for graphic designers. Typography predates modern graphic design by around 500 years; it is rich in rules,…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Human-Centered Design: an Introduction

6 reviews

In this course, you will learn how to design technologies that bring people joy, rather than frustration. You'll learn several techniques for rapidly prototyping and evaluating multiple interface alternatives -- and why rapid prototyping and comparative…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Ignite Your Everyday Creativity

6 reviews

Creativity is an essential skill for the 21st Century that is innate in all people and can be nurtured. We constantly need new and better ideas for almost every aspect of our professional and personal lives. The goal of this course is to help you recogni…

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Design Principles: an Introduction

3 reviews

What makes an interface intuitive? How can I tell whether one design works better than another? This course will teach you fundamental principles of design and how to effectively evaluate your work with users. You'll learn fundamental principles of visua…

• Coursera
• 13 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to User Experience Principles and Processes

This UX course provides an introduction to the fields of UX research and design. Learners will gain an understanding of what is involved in UX research, including conducting interviews, evaluating systems, and analyzing systems using principles of good d…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding User Needs

Designing effective interactive systems requires understanding the needs and capabilities of the people who will be using them. In this UX course we will focus on how to interact with users (or potential users) to understand what they need, what they cur…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Evaluating Designs with Users

When designing systems that work for users, there is no substitute for watching them try to use the system to see what works and what doesn’t. In this UX course, you will learn how to design and conduct tests with users that will tell you how effective…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Information Design

1 review

A blank canvas is full of possibility. If you have an idea for a user experience, how do you turn it into a beautiful and effective user interface? This covers covers principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present informati…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 2 days from now (10th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Creative Design, Prototyping, and Testing

4 reviews

Designing the customer and user experience is essential to creating great products today. Gone is the old paradigm of “form follows function” model of design. The process must be iterative and follow the best product design and development processes. Whi…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Social Computing

People are social creatures and the modern Internet reflects that. Technology has made collaboration at a distance possible in new ways that present their own set of challenges. This course will introduce you to the major challenges and opportunities for…

• Coursera
• 9-10 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture

2 reviews

This course is focused on the early user experience (UX) challenges of research, planning, setting goals, understanding the user, structuring content, and developing interactive sequences. While the concepts covered will translate to many kinds of intera…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3 days from now (11th Apr)
• Free Online Course (Audit)