User Experience (UX) Design

What this course is about

UX Design Foundations introduces you to the core principles, methods, and workflows used to create meaningful, user-centered digital experiences.

You’ll learn how to research user needs, design wireframes and prototypes, run usability tests, and refine your work based on real feedback. Through a hands-on UX case study, you’ll apply these concepts to redesign a digital product using industry-standard practices.

As you complete the course, you’ll also earn certificates and digital credentials that you can add to your resume, LinkedIn profile, and Credly account to showcase your UX design skills.

You’ll learn how to:

Understand how user-centered design shapes experience and satisfaction

Build wireframes, prototypes, and design artifacts

Conduct usability testing and implement feedback

Apply UX design principles through a real case study

Explore resources to help you launch a career in UX design

What you will learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Understand UX design principles

Explain what UX design means and why user-centered design matters

Understand how design choices influence usability, user satisfaction, and overall experience

Define and use user personas

Create realistic personas that reflect typical users

Use personas to guide design decisions and keep user needs at the center

Create wireframes and prototypes

Build low-fidelity wireframes to map structure and flow

Develop higher-fidelity prototypes to model interactions, layout, and behavior

Understand how early mockups support better development planning

Differentiate UX structures and artifacts

Explain the difference between information architecture (IA) and sitemaps

Identify key design artifacts used during handoff to developers

Conduct usability testing

Test designs with users or simulated interactions

Collect and interpret feedback

Iterate on designs to improve clarity, usability, and experience

Collaborate in a UX design workflow

Understand how UX designers work with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders

Recognize how design decisions must balance technical, business, and user constraints

Analyze a complete UX case study

Review a website redesign project

Draw conclusions about applying UX principles, methodologies, and best practices

Explore UX design careers

Understand roles, responsibilities, and required skills in the UX field

Learn about tools, resources, and pathways to grow your UX career

Showcase your learning

Earn relevant certificates and credentials

Add them to your resume, LinkedIn, and Credly profile to highlight your UX expertise"