Top 10 UX Design Courses You Can Audit for Free

User Experience Design – Creating User Profiles

User Experience Design – Creating User Profiles is a free online course offered by the Coursera Project Network. Lasting for 45 minutes, this class teaches how to research and analyze data about users generated by Google Search and to make personas to portray research findings. The class is intended for beginners and has no prerequisites.

UX (User Experience) Capstone

UX (User Experience) Capstone is a free online course offered by the University of Michigan. The class is intended to be the final course in the university’s User Experience Research and Design Specialization and allows students to develop their own multi-stage user experience project. Most students complete the project within 19 hours.

Designing the User Experience

Designing the User Experience is a free online course offered by the University of Maryland. This introductory class has no prerequisites. The course is self-paced and consists of eight modules: Development Processes and Organizations, Concept Generation and Selection, Product Design and Architecture, Principles of Prototyping and User Experience, Wireframing and Prototyping Models, Robust Design Considerations, Testing and Troubleshooting, and Project Management.

Introduction to User Experience

Introduction to User Experience is a free online course offered by HEC Montreal. This intermediate level course is intended for individuals who have some previous knowledge about programing. Although the class is self-paced, the instructor recommends that students complete it over a four-week period, devoting six to nine hours of study time to the course each week.

Introduction to User Experience Design

Introduction to User Experience Design is a free online course offered by Georgia Tech University. This introductory course requires no previous educational or work experience and covers topics including usability, user experience design and user interface. Students are free to view the six hours of video instruction and to complete the supplemental assignments at their own pace.

User Experience Responsive Hero in XD

User Experience Responsive Hero in XD for Beginners is a free online course offered by the Coursera Project Network. Through this three-hour course, students will learn how to Create Artboards and Utilize the Tools Panel for Content Creation, Create a Custom Button with the Pen Tool, Create a Button Component, Choose and Apply Text Character Styles and, Resize Assets for Artboards.

Creating a Great User Experience for Mobile Apps

Creating a Great User Experience for Mobile Apps is a free online course offered by the Institute of Coding at the University of Leeds. This two-week introductory class teaches students how to design a mobile app and what steps need to be taken before coding begins. Video lectures are supplemented by hands-on learning activities.

UX Design for Mobile Developers

UX Design for Mobile Developers is a free online course offered by Google. This beginner’s course is open to anyone with an interest in the topic and lasts for six weeks. The syllabus includes the following lessons: What Is User Experience?; User-Centered Design; Designing for Mobile Constraints; and Designing for Android Delight.

Print and Digital Elements of Design: Branding and User Experience

Print and Digital Elements of Design: Branding and User Experience is a free online course offered by the University of Colorado Boulder. Although the class is a part of the school’s Graphic Design Elements for Non-Designers Specialization program, it can also be taken on its own. The course includes 10 hours of video lectures and has no prerequisites.

User Experience: Research & Prototyping

User Experience: Research & Prototyping is a free online course offered by the University of California, San Diego. The class fulfills the requirements for the school’s Interaction Design Specialization but can also be taken independently. Upon enrollment, students receive access to 11 hours of video instruction.