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    Skillshare

    Logo Design: From Concept to Client-Approved Work

    Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Adobe Illustrator, Presentations, Typography, Graphic Design, Animations, Adobe After Effects, Motion Graphics, Adobe Creative Cloud, Design, Branding, Brand Strategy, Marketing Design, System Configuration, Brainstorming, Intellectual Property, Graphic and Visual Design, Strategic Thinking, Legal Risk, Adobe Photoshop

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Sound and Sonification Design for Interactive Learning Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Music, Multimedia, Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Usability Testing, Design Thinking, User Experience Design, Human Centered Design

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    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    27 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Create a Product Design Brainstorming with Miro

    Skills you'll gain: Timelines, Brainstorming, Ideation, Product Design, Project Design, Design Thinking, Persona Development, Workflow Management, User Centered Design, Teamwork, Collaborative Software, Collaboration, Innovation

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    74 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Skillshare

    Beginner: Figma UI / UX Design Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Strategy, User Experience, Persona (User Experience), User Flows, Interactive Design, Design Strategies

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Arizona State University

    Engineering and Product Design Processes

    Skills you'll gain: Engineering Design Process, Engineering Drawings, Prototyping, Product Design, Product Development, Hardware Design, Research and Design, Design Specifications, Ideation, User Feedback

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    74 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Leeds

    Fundamental Skills in Engineering Design

    Skills you'll gain: Engineering Design Process, Engineering Management, Requirements Elicitation, Product Lifecycle Management, Problem Solving, Product Planning, Product Design, Product Development, Engineering Practices, New Product Development, Product Requirements, Conceptual Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    197 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    AI for Design and Optimization

    Skills you'll gain: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Product Strategy, Technical Design, Machine Learning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Deep Learning, Algorithms

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    50 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Web Design for Everybody: Basics of Web Development & Coding

    Skills you'll gain: Wireframing, Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Browser Compatibility, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Javascript, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), Verification And Validation, Web Development, Interactive Design, Application Frameworks, Usability, Code Review, Event-Driven Programming

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    35K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    The State University of New York

    Solar Energy System Design

    Skills you'll gain: Electrical Power, Basic Electrical Systems, Electric Power Systems, Wiring Diagram, Equipment Design, Energy and Utilities, Electronic Components, Sustainable Design, System Requirements, Electrical Safety, Engineering Calculations, Performance Testing, Physical Science, Estimation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    463 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Create and Design Digital Products using Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Design, Digital Design, Product Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Creative Design, Color Theory, Graphic Design, Intellectual Property, E-Commerce, Direct Selling, Digital Content, Digital Assets, Marketing, Marketing Materials

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    1.3K reviews

    Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera Project Network

    Building Digital Media using Graphic Design in PowerPoint

    Skills you'll gain: Animations, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Digital Design, Content Creation, Multimedia, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Infographics, Video Production, Media Production, Data Import/Export, Data Sharing, Marketing

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    73 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Vanderbilt University

    Claude Code: Software Engineering with Generative AI Agents

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Anthropic Claude, Multimodal Prompts, Version Control, Generative AI Agents, Git (Version Control System), Generative AI, Software Quality Assurance, Software Development, Mockups, Test Automation, Software Documentation, Artificial Intelligence, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Automation, Software Testing, Software Design, Software Development Methodologies

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    50 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular software design courses

  • Logo Design: From Concept to Client-Approved Work: Skillshare
  • Sound and Sonification Design for Interactive Learning Tools: Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Create a Product Design Brainstorming with Miro: Coursera Project Network
  • Beginner: Figma UI / UX Design Essentials: Skillshare
  • Engineering and Product Design Processes: Arizona State University
  • Fundamental Skills in Engineering Design: University of Leeds
  • AI for Design and Optimization: University of Michigan
  • Web Design for Everybody: Basics of Web Development & Coding: University of Michigan
  • Solar Energy System Design: The State University of New York
  • Create and Design Digital Products using Canva: Coursera Project Network

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