Human Centered Design Courses

Futur Academy

Logo Design Critique – The Futur Game of Thrones Challenge

Explore wordmark design techniques through a Game of Thrones-inspired challenge. Learn from expert critiques and see top entries for various fictional houses.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Futur Academy

Adobe Illustrator Tools You Should Know - Design Tutorial

Learn essential Adobe Illustrator tools: Shape Builder, Curvature, Width, Free Form Gradient, and Global Edit. Master these powerful features to enhance your design skills and create stunning graphics.

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

Futur Academy

Logo Design Critique - The Futur Game of Thrones Challenge

Expert review of Game of Thrones-inspired logo designs, featuring critiques of house sigils, design demonstrations in Procreate and Illustrator, and selection of top entries for a design challenge.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Traversy Media

UI Design for Coders

Learn essential UI design principles for coders, covering contrast, typography, whitespace, and layout techniques to create visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces.

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

Introduction To Responsive Web Design - HTML & CSS Tutorial

Comprehensive tutorial on building responsive websites from scratch, covering CSS units, flexbox, media queries, and mobile-first design. Includes hands-on practice creating a professional-level responsive site.

• freeCodeCamp
• 4-5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Database Design Course - Learn how to design and plan a database for beginners

Comprehensive guide to database design fundamentals, covering relational models, SQL basics, data integrity, relationships, keys, normalization, and joins for beginners seeking practical skills.

• freeCodeCamp
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building an Accessible Dark-Light Toggle from a Figma Design - FEM Social Media Dashboard, Part 3

Learn to create an accessible dark/light toggle for a social media dashboard, focusing on proper HTML markup and styling techniques for improved user experience and accessibility.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Azure Cosmos DB - How to Design and Implement for SQL API

Explore Azure Cosmos DB SQL API design and implementation through demos, best practices, and monitoring techniques. Learn data modeling, query optimization, and issue identification for efficient database management.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Developer Tools for Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Explore Microsoft's initiatives in accessible coding, inclusive gaming, and storytelling. Learn about tools, guidelines, and collaborations promoting digital inclusivity and empowering all developers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Design a Data Partitioning Strategy

Explore advanced data partitioning strategies for Azure Cosmos DB, including denormalization, referential integrity, and entity combination to optimize performance and scaling.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

WEareTROOPERS

Practical Magic - Behavior-based Safety Design for IoT

Explore behavior-based safety design for IoT, covering government regulation, incentive problems, choice architecture, and leveraging the Mindspace framework for effective security habits.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

BruCON Security Conference

Security Through Design

Explore security through design principles, examining real-world examples and innovative approaches to create safer digital environments and user interactions.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX Enigma Conference

All Security Is Good(s)- Design Guidance for Economics - L Jean Camp - USENIX Enigma Conference - 2020

Explore economic aspects of security adoption failures, incentive-aligned design, and the balance between information sharing and privacy, with real-world examples and research insights.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX Enigma Conference

Using Architecture and Abstractions to Design a Security Layer for TLS - USENIX Enigma 2019

Exploring TLS security layer architecture, POSIX socket API abstraction, and simplified certificate validation for easier secure application development and improved system-wide best practices.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX Enigma Conference

Human Computation with an Application to Passwords - Manuel Blum - USENIX Enigma - 2017

Explore secure password computation techniques using human-computable functions, transforming website names into unique passwords without memorization.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk