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