User Experience Research and Design

Some info https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/ux-design/ux-researcher-career-guide/

Looks like Coursera has a course? https://www.coursera.org/specializations/michiganux

University of Michigan UX Research & Design Micromasters is a good starting point

Seconding this. I just started this Coursera on a recommendation, and while it's helpful with familiarizing myself with the lingo and basic concepts, I'm not anticipating having any kind of marketable skills by the end of it.

Trying to get into UX design seems rough but more straightforward: do mock ups, use mock ups to get (free) work that you can use for portfolio, use those to get job. With research... ?

What's more frustrating is that, if you did have the time/money to go back to school and do it full-time, that doesn't really seem to be an option?

No, the Udacity course is not worth anywhere near that amount of money.

By comparison, the University of Michigan used to offer a UX micromasters (they killed the program) that would actually give you credit 25% of the credits required for their big boy masters for $1000.

Though the program is no longer available this might be of interest to you

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/michiganux

Udacity is not going to get you a job. Neither is CF. Hell youre not even going to get accountability. The only thing they are going to give you is structure. Save your money. Learn for free on your own and build up a portfolio off of theoretical projects. See if there’s a non profit or local business that could use your services for free to give yourself 1 real project.

First, you posted this in the UXResearch sub which is slightly different than UX Design though related and often mixed together (along with everything from coding front-end to picking the carpet color in the lobby). r/userexperience is the bigger sub.

As far as self-education goes. I highly recommend that you take one of two Coursera courses. Either the UC San Diego Interaction Design course or the UMich UX Research & Design course. The reason I point people here is that it will help you with two things. One, it will immerse you in the kinds of challenges that you will face as a designer. You will then find out if this is really for you. If you enjoy the work you'll finish the courses. If not, not so much. Two, if you enjoy it and get through it, you will be very well positioned to both have both the language and skills as well as a portfolio to set you up for success in this career path.

Also, they're free (I think), you don't have to pay to get the cert, you just want the skills, experience, language, and portfolio.

As someone exploring UX and deciding whether I want to pursue a career transition into UX, I was researching the best UX courses to take online, and I was seeing a lot of people recommend UCSD's Interaction Design Course on Coursera, as well as UMichigan's User Experience Research and Design Course on Edx.

But I'm having trouble finding the UMichigan Edx Course online. Is it no longer being offered?

I did, however, find a UMichigan UX specialization on coursera (https://www.coursera.org/specializations/michiganux). Is this essentially the same thing as the Edx course?

I'm currently enrolled in both, but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on which course is better/would better prepare one for a career in UX. The reason I'm asking is that I'm trying to decide which one to stay enrolled in so I can focus on finishing that one and optimize my time (unless I get feedback that both are complementary courses/offer different information).

Time wise, the UCSD one seems more intensive at 11 months vs. the purported 4 months for UMichigan. But the UMichigan one seems more focused on the UX design and research process, whereas the UCSD one seems to contain a lot more information/courses that may not be as relevant for UX, but moreso tangentially as part of other similar careers? Please correct me if I'm wrong, this is just an initial impression.

After doing a week of both courses, I do prefer the UMichigan one because I prefer the style of video/lecture, and the fact that I can download the slides. But I also worry that it may be too simple/introductory (it's listed as beginner level, vs. UCSD's intermediate).

I will be supplementing my studies with books as well, but other than that this will probably be my main source of learning material on UX (before I get into the field), so I would appreciate any feedback/thoughts people have as I try to decide which one to continue with!

Check out this course by Dr Davis Travis

https://www.udemy.com/course/ultimate-guide-to-ux/

And this course by University of Michigan

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/michiganux

Both are very comprehensive and introduce you to the UX process, beginning to end.

Currently taking the UX course from U of M on Coursera and love it.

It's a very solid course from a material standpoint, but also project standpoint. The homework and requirements are not super easy and take some time to complete – which is good. Take them seriously and it'll help your understanding!

It's also very long, like 6 different courses into one, great for a beginner!

Link: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/michiganux

I'm a marketing manager and my company is giving me around $2k to spend on a UX course. I'm deciding between two: Coursera's User Experience Research and Design Specialization by University of Michigan, OR Udacity's nanodegree program Become a UX designer. Here's the full udacity syllabus for reference.

Any thoughts on which would make more sense for me or which is just the better course? I have beginners knowledge of UX and I manage our website and am just looking for a more robust knowledge of UX to better my website management skills and be able to contribute more to our website UX. We do not have anyone on my team with a full UX background. Thanks!

I've just finished my Graphic Design studies and I would like switch/specialize my career path into UX/UI.

After reading this post about how to get into UX/UI, I've decided to take a Coursera program. However, I'm doubting between these ones:

• Specialized program: User experience design and research. ; or
• Specialized program: Interaction Design

I feel kinda lost because I don't know which one would give better knowledge and job opportunities. I've read some articles about their differences, so I got to the conclusion that Interaction Design puts more emphasis on wireframing and prototyping, while real UX is focused on data analysis. Correct me if I'm wrong tho.

Personally, I find the Interaction Design course more attractive, but maybe it has less job opportunities than specialize on UX itself?

What do you think? Feel free to recommend any other online courses or material.

Thanks.

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Nick Disabato has three different books that are relevant and together they sell for $110 plus shipping.

https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=User%20experience

Coursera has multiple courses on User Experience Design and a specialisation consisting of six courses

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/michiganux

Just by virtue of being on Nick Disabato’s free mailing list for over a year I think most companies would get value from paying attention to google analytics, installing heat tracking software like crazyegg or kissmetrics and making sure mobile works. Any one of those is probably a viable specialisation by itself.

I will keep track of your Google Analytics for you each month and send you a report with suggested next actions for $200 a month. For $2000 a month I’ll actually do them.

Do you know where users get confused or enthusiastic on your website? Do you know where people spend their time, what they want to click on but can’t? I can help you. For a mere $200 a month I’ll analyse every page of your website looking for signs that consumers are confused or are having their interest frustrated and suggest how to fix it.

Would you recommend App Academy? What did you do before and what do you do now?

If i were you, i would ask this questions: what do you want to get after joining the courses? Is it for certificates, for learning UX theories, or get a hands on projects?

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If you want the certificates, i think IDF could be the right place. However, if deep down you only want an experience and hands on project You don't need to pay to take part in the UX course. There are tons of free UX course on internet https://uxplanet.org/30-best-online-course-websites-to-learn-ui-ux-updated-6b104762731a.

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Moreover hands on projects can also be done by yourself. By asking a daily problem from your familiy, friends. Then you create a UX case study from it.

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But, if you really want a paid courses there are some better courses than IDF:

• https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree
• https://www.coursera.org/specializations/michiganux
• https://www.udemy.com/course/user-experience-design-fundamentals/
• http://skillshare.com/

No, I don't have a degree and I'm a college dropout, but I have some links for you :)

I'm currently working through a self learning design/code curriculum, those are some courses that you may find helpful.

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/michiganux#enroll

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/interaction-design#enroll

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/user-interface-design

I recommend that you throw some books in the mix.

If you are like me and see value on learning how to code to build your own products and/or bridge the design development gap, I would recommend www.theodinproject.com/

There are so many amazing content to learn online, and I'm actually pretty jealous from the educational resources that the CS and Programming community have made, look there is a free open-source CS Curriculums https://github.com/ossu

Maybe the design community should get together to build a path for a more tradicional design education. I would like to be part of it!