Digital design courses can help you learn graphic design principles, typography, color theory, and layout techniques. You can build skills in creating user interfaces, developing branding strategies, and producing digital illustrations. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and Figma, that support designing engaging visuals and interactive experiences.

Skills you'll gain: Mockups, Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, Usability, Design, Design Elements And Principles, Wireframing, User Experience Design, Layout Design, Design Software
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Video Production, Instructional Design, Digital pedagogy, Virtual Environment, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Teaching, Education Software and Technology, User Centered Design, Student Engagement, Learning Styles, Technical Writing, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, UI/UX Research, Online Advertising, Survey Creation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Usability, Graphic and Visual Design, Usability Testing, User Interface (UI) Design, Design, Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience Design, Prototyping, Design Elements And Principles, Layout Design, Human Centered Design, Web Design and Development, Typography, Design Research, A/B Testing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Web Design, Maintainability, Layout Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Usability, Web Applications, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Color Theory, Animations, Creativity
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Graphic and Visual Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Design, Design Elements And Principles, Human Computer Interaction, Typography, Graphic Design, Layout Design, Information Architecture, Application Design, Interaction Design, Color Theory, User Experience Design, Aesthetics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Experience Design, Adobe XD, User Interface (UI) Design, User Centered Design, User Research, User Flows, Interaction Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Mockups, Information Architecture, Ideation, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Business Transformation, Process Design, Business Process, Human Centered Design, Service Design, Innovation, Creative Problem-Solving, Ideation, Creativity, User Research, User Feedback, Empathy, Critical Thinking
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Generative AI, Simulations, Computer Graphics, Python Programming, Creative Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Algorithms, Data Structures
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Verification And Validation, Human Computer Interaction, Usability Testing, Design Research, Embedded Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping, Unified Modeling Language, Persona Development
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Skills you'll gain: SolidWorks (CAD), Computer-Aided Design, Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Mechanical Design, Engineering Drawings, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Prototyping, Algorithms
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: User Research, UI/UX Strategy, Information Architecture, User Experience, Design Research, Web Design, User Interface (UI), Wireframing, Persona (User Experience), Usability Testing, Mockups, Software Development Methodologies, Agile Methodology, Requirements Analysis, Target Audience
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University at Buffalo
Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Project Management, Professional Networking, Project Documentation, Digital Transformation, Technology Roadmaps, LinkedIn, Goal Setting, Analysis, Emerging Technologies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months