Figma UI UX Design Essentials

I would like to start the review by saying that I had experience with Figma and learnt it from random youtube tutorials here and there so I was not going into the course completely blank so I knew some of the things he was teaching already (but there was always things I had missed out on and he did a great job in filling the gaps in my learning). The course starts from the very basics and builds on top of it without skipping important bits. I rarely had to look for solutions/problems online unless it was something that I wanted to learn myself. You get to follow along with each video and hence, you learn better. In terms of time, it took me way longer than I expected to finish the exercises and so I had underestimated my speed although you may find it quick to go through depending on your studying style.

Although, he himself says so at the start and in general as well, it is not a UX or UI course. Yes, he teaches the basics but it is mostly focused on the software with a focus on practical application rather than just talking you through the features. It is well edited and organised although I am a very distracted person and I felt sleepy at times. It can be a little slow at times so I would speed it up.

Final Project & Exercises: The final project is semi-customisable and so, it is the right amount of difficult rather than leaving you completely out in the wild or being way too step by step. You can take liberty and add on things or just follow what he says. If you follow the mini projects/hw he has, by the end, you would feel confident with everything you have learned. I am very happy with how my final project turned out! It was also encouraging to see other student projects :D

Overall, an enjoyable and helpful course :) I have taken other courses by him as well and I think they are always well made. I would like to do his advanced course as well which he released recently and I recommend learning from him for sure. It does have a certificate + quizzes but those are only on the BYOL website and not on Skillshare where I did the course. I am not sure what is the case for other platforms.