Design Courses

Print and Digital Elements of Design: Branding and User Experience

275 ratings at Coursera

Prepare designs for print and screen: printing terms, paper options, print-specific software features, converting image sizes for websites and social media, and keeping user experience in mind.

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

Graphic Elements of Design: Color Theory and Image Formats

598 ratings at Coursera

Distinguish CMYK, RGB, Pantone and hex color systems, tell raster from vector image files, convert image colors, and design a color advertisement.

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

Textual Elements of Design: Fonts, Typography, and Spacing

293 ratings at Coursera

Learn to choose and pair typefaces: typography history, typeface anatomy, font hierarchy, alignment, leading, tracking and kerning, applied to a brochure or postcard design.

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

Basic Elements of Design: Design Principles and Software Overview

1004 ratings at Coursera

Apply the design principles of balance, alignment, proximity, space, repetition and contrast, and explore graphic design history, the design process, and the software behind projects.

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

Digital Design

6 ratings

The online course is an introduction to digital design technology. It allows you to understand the basics of digital design and helps you develop skills from computer-aided design to animation coverin

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

Career Certificate

Graphic Design

21956 ratings at Coursera

Build graphic design skills through process, typography, image-making, and design history, culminating in a finished branding project suitable for a professional portfolio.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Career Certificate

Game Design and Development with Unity

673 ratings at Coursera

Build four Unity games — a 2D shooter, 2D platformer, first-person shooter, and 3D platformer — then design and prototype an original game of your own.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Game Design and Development 2: 2D Platformer

125 ratings at Coursera

Build a 2D platformer in Unity while applying the Design, Play, Experience framework to game worlds, storytelling, gameplay mechanics, dynamics, and user interface design.

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

Game Design and Development 3: 3D Shooter

69 ratings at Coursera

Build a 3D first-person shooter in Unity while learning level design, game balancing, prototyping, playtesting, and creation of graphics, audio, and C# game assets.

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

Game Design and Development 4: 3D Platformer

47 ratings at Coursera

Build a 3D platformer in Unity while practicing game idea generation, design documentation, and weighing the business and social impact of games.

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

Game Design and Development 5: Capstone Project

41 ratings at Coursera

Build an original game from concept to first playable: pitch a high concept, prototype core mechanics, write design blueprints, and playtest in Unity to find the fun.

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

Essential Design Principles for Tableau

2052 ratings at Coursera

Apply design principles to Tableau visualizations: use pre-attentive attributes, contrast, color and Gestalt principles to reduce clutter and choose effective charts for your audience.

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

Leadership Through Design Innovation

342 ratings at Coursera

Apply human-centered design to challenges around you: engage end users, frame problems, sketch and storyboard ideas, prototype to learn, and lead design innovation in your organization.

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

Design Thinking for Innovation

9226 ratings at Coursera

Apply design thinking's four questions — what is, what if, what wows, what works — using Visualization, Storytelling, Mind Mapping and Learning Launch tools on real innovation cases.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Portfolio design

7 ratings

Impara a realizzare un portfolio per comunicare gli artefatti di product design, valorizzando abilità e competenze attraverso tecniche e principi di composizione grafica.

• Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
• 4 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate