Hi all can anybody advise on a good digital UX course that doesn’t cost the earth?

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  • @Mobile UX London & UX Academy Thanks very much I will have a look at the site you recommended.
  • @Salomon Onyegbulem This is fantastic, plus It’s definitely worth checking out those books you mentioned. Thanks very much for taking the time to reply to my message.
  • @Yogananth Gopinathan Thanks so much have been stuck in a design rut lately. This will definitely help thanks for taking the time out to reply.
  • Hi emma.. Just Subscribe to likedin learning.. They have everything you'll ever need.. and it doesn't cost the earth.

    To become a better UX/UI designer .. learn how web and app development works... You dont have to learning programming just the basic understanding of what programmers do with the design you'll eventually deliver.

    As a UX person you'll have to juggle between business needs , User needs, and the capabilities of your team. Understanding development process will help you in that front.

    Practice a lot.. use the free tool https://www.dailyui.co/ they'll let provide you daily quick tasks for you to practice. Doing so you'll be hardwired to solve UX problems rapidly..

    Have fun learning.


  • Forget the online courses, pick up the following books:
    "Information Architecture" by Louis Rosenfeld
    "UX Startegy" by Jaime Levy
    "About Face" by Alan Cooper
    "Thinking like a UX Researcher" by David Travis
    "Just Enough Research" by Erika Hall.

    Join the community of ux practitioners on http://deltacx.link/joinslack
    Debbie Levvit's YouTube channel should help guide your learning. She hosts excellent practitioners on her channel and does micro-lessons on things like Task-analysis, information architecture, prototyping, conducting research and anlyzing research findings.

    Now, why am I telling you all this?
    I've found, as long as I've been practicing, that ALL courses do not cover or teach the essential skills a ux practitioner needs, at best Google's UX certificate course only mentions research at a superficial level.

    You'll learn a lot more about the theory, process and practice of user-centered design from the books above, especially Alan Cooper's book "about face." couple that with articles from the Neilson Norman group and you'll learn the right things.
  • Google does one thats pretty affordable, the Google UX Design Professional Certificate costs $39 a month and can be completed in under 6 months, so they say on their site most people can complete the course for under $300.

    A former colleague of mine took this course even though she was already experienced and said it was a good one, plus the certificate is recognised too.

    They start from the fundamentals and get pretty detailed as I understand, sounds like it may be worth a try, good luck!
    https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-ux-design?utm_source=google&utm_medium=institutions&utm_campaign=gwgsite
  • I attended an excellent short course at Chelsea College of Arts in 2017.
    Over 3 Days.

    A similar course is still running there and is now available online for £575.

    Definitley worth checking out:
    https://www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/communication-and-graphic-design/short-courses/ux/user-experience-ux-design-online-short-course-chelsea


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