Software Design Courses

Stanford Seminar - Creating a Buzz Around B2B Software

A software engineer turned founder explains how domain expertise and developer relationships helped launch Honeycomb and build a team around a technical B2B product.

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

Stanford Seminar - Time Traveling Hardware and Software Systems

Explore physiological time, a time-traveling approach to scalable cache coherence and database concurrency control.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

How to Cultivate Creativity Using Design Thinking

Learn to cultivate individual creativity through design thinking, overcoming mental blocks, brainstorming effectively, selecting ideas, and creating spaces that support innovative problem-solving.

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

Design Thinking - Training Yourself to Be More Creative

Design Thinking is a dynamic approach to problem solving, problem finding, and creating value. Learn how you can learn to creatively solve problems and use prototyping and iteration for rapid learning and improvement in this seminar.

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

Computational Design of Compliant, Dynamical Robots - Cynthia Sung

Explore computational methods for designing compliant robots, using topology optimization, geometry-tuned mechanics, origami structures, and iterative actuation design for dynamic tasks.

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

Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 2

Welcome to the self paced course, Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 2! Algorithms are the heart of computer science, and the subject has countless practical applications as well as intellectual de

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The State of Design Knowledge in Human-AI Interaction

Exploring challenges and progress in designing intelligent interactive systems, focusing on user control, mental models, and cognitive engagement with AI-powered interfaces.

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

Engineering Design Optimization - Linear Constrained Optimization

Explore mathematical and algorithmic fundamentals of optimization for engineering systems design, covering linear and non-linear problems with emphasis on multidisciplinary applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Rethinking Design for Accessibility

Explores innovative approaches to accessibility in technology design, emphasizing collaborative, situated, and enacted perspectives. Presents case studies that challenge traditional views and highlight social and political dimensions.

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

Rethinking Power Dynamics in Software Tools for Artists

Explore how software tools empower and limit artists, examining power dynamics in creative technology and proposing ways to support unpredictable, emergent artistic practices through thoughtful design.

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

When Design Equals Planning - Computational Approaches to Robot Design

Exploring the intersection of robot design and planning, this seminar discusses computational approaches to simplify design processes and make formal statements about design feasibility across various robotic systems.

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

Soma Design: Intertwining Aesthetics, Movement and Emotion in Design Work

Explore how Soma Design connects sensation, emotion, and technology through bodily awareness, creating more meaningful human-centered design experiences and ethical technological interactions.

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

Responsive Web Design Fundamentals

11 ratings

Learn and practice strategies for developing websites that look great on every device! Made with Google's Pete LePage.

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

Intro to the Design of Everyday Things

11 ratings

Everyone designs: apply affordances, signifiers, conceptual models, and the gulfs of evaluation and execution to sketch and user-test an interface for a Timebank.

• Udacity
• 2 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Product Design

10 ratings

Learn product validation, UI/UX practices, Google’s Design Sprint and the process for setting and tracking actionable metrics.

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