Design Courses

NPTEL;  IIT Roorkee

Contemporary Architecture and Design

26 ratings

A historical survey of modernist and postmodernist architecture, linking major movements to visual design and fine arts.

• YouTube
• 22 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Embedded Systems Design

26 ratings

Explore embedded-system design from processor and FPGA choices through power-aware design, real-time operating systems, hardware-software partitioning, synthesis, optimization, and verification.

• YouTube
• 1 day 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fundamentals of Graphic Design

22 ratings

Build core graphic design skills through imagemaking, typographic anatomy and typesetting, shape and color theory, and composition projects like monograms, business cards, patterns, and posters.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ethical Design for Digital Wellbeing and Mental Health

4 ratings

Explore ethical design implications for affective technologies supporting digital wellbeing and mental health through smart materials, haptics, biofeedback, and sensory interfaces.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Software Architecture & Design

3 ratings

Software Architecture and Design teaches the principles and concepts involved in the analysis and design of large software systems.

• Udacity
• 18 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Revit Tutorial for Beginners - Building Information Modeling [3D Design Course]

23 ratings

Beginner tutorial introducing Autodesk Revit for building information modeling and 3D design.

• freeCodeCamp
• 4 hours 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Database Systems Concepts & Design

1 rating

This course presents an example of applying a database application development methodology to a major real-world project.

• Udacity
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Design & AI - Envisioning AI-Augmented Products

3 ratings

Explores how human-centered ideation and prototyping can shape AI-augmented products and interactive AI systems.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cyber-Physical Systems Design & Analysis

17 ratings at Udacity

This course provides an introduction to cyber-physical systems with an industrial perspective.

• Udacity
• 17 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys

8 ratings

Design and evaluate survey questionnaires: the response process, asking sensitive factual questions, attitude scales and context effects, cognitive interviews, behavior coding, and mode-specific layout.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Human-Computer Interaction I: Fundamentals & Design Principles

15 ratings

Learn the principles of Human-Computer Interaction to create intuitive, usable interfaces, with established design principles like feedback cycles, direct manipulation, affordances, signifiers, and mo

• edX
• 6 weeks, 5-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Advanced Styling with Responsive Design

8 ratings

Build sites that adapt to any device: apply the mobile-first paradigm, wireframes, fluid measurements, media queries, grid and flex layouts, and the Bootstrap framework.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Design Thinking - Method, Not Magic, Bill Burnnett

1 rating

Why design thinking fails in organizations—and how culture, trust, communication, and internal influence shape its adoption.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Stanford Webinar - Apply Design Thinking in Your Work

1 rating

Learn how empathy mapping, reframing, and structured brainstorming help teams use design thinking to tackle ambiguous workplace problems and develop innovative ideas.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

How to Design Your Career Using Design Thinking - Kathy Davies of Stanford Life Design Lab

1 rating

Learn to apply design thinking’s empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test cycle to approach career decisions as an iterative process.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course