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Communication Design Courses

Communication design courses can help you learn visual storytelling, typography, layout principles, and branding strategies. You can build skills in creating effective presentations, developing user-centered designs, and crafting engaging digital content. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and Figma, that support executing design projects and enhancing collaboration among team members.


Popular Communication Design Courses and Certifications


  • M

    Michigan State University

    Transmedia Writing

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Peer Review, Storytelling, Video Game Development, Writing and Editing, Writing, Content Creation, Creative Thinking, Brainstorming, Constructive Feedback, Visual Storytelling

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    66 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Create a Lead Generation Messenger Chatbot using Chatfuel

    Skills you'll gain: Lead Generation, Email Automation, No-Code Development, Google Sheets, Application Deployment, Real Time Data, Customer Communications Management

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    331 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • U

    University of Houston

    American Deaf Culture

    Skills you'll gain: Disabilities, Social Justice, Culture, Diversity Awareness, Sociology, Communication Disorders, Cultural Sensitivity, Social Sciences, Cultural Diversity, Language Learning, Special Education, Education and Training, Non-Verbal Communication, Civil Law

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    394 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • I

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Health Care IT: Challenges and Opportunities

    Skills you'll gain: Health Technology, Health Systems, Health Informatics, Health Care Administration, Health Care, Health Administration, Health Information Management, Telehealth, Clinical Informatics, Medical Records, Medical Devices, Electronic Medical Record, Computerized Physician Order Entry, Clinical Documentation, Electronic Medical Record System, Health Policy, Patient Communication, Interoperability, Patient-centered Care, Emerging Technologies

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    495 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • U

    University of California, Irvine

    External Communications Channels

    Skills you'll gain: Corporate Communications, Media Relations, Strategic Communication, Target Audience, Public Relations, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Management, Social Media, Stakeholder Communications, Marketing Communications, Branding, Brand Strategy, Brand Management, Communication Strategies, Social Media Strategy, Stakeholder Management, Internal Communications, Corporate Sustainability, User Feedback

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    33 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Rapid Prototyping of Embedded Interface Designs

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), Embedded Software, Interactive Design, Human Computer Interaction, Embedded Systems, Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Software Design, Usability, HTML and CSS, Interaction Design, Real-Time Operating Systems, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Technical Design, Internet Of Things, User Experience Design, jQuery, Telecommunications, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

    Build toward a degree

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • B

    Board Infinity

    Learn SAP ABAP Fundamentals and Core Programming Concepts

    Skills you'll gain: SAP S/4HANA, Business Logic, SAP Applications, Business Reporting, Code Reusability, Debugging, Object Oriented Design, Report Writing, Programming Principles, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), User Interface (UI), Program Development, UI Components, Test Tools, Data Entry, Eclipse (Software), Maintainability, Data Import/Export, Development Environment, Data Structures

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    26 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • M

    Microsoft

    Blazor for Front-End Development

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, Web Components, Microsoft Development Tools, Frontend Performance, Front-End Web Development, Performance Tuning, Data Management, Event-Driven Programming, Application Frameworks, Web Applications, Server Side, Debugging

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    25 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • R

    Rice University

    Principles of Computing (Part 1)

    Skills you'll gain: Combinatorics, Probability, Programming Principles, Computational Thinking, Computer Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Testing, Applied Mathematics, Algorithms, Python Programming, Game Design, General Mathematics

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    584 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • W

    Whizlabs

    Exam Prep: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Containerization, AWS CloudFormation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon CloudWatch, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Cloud Deployment, Cloud-Native Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Application Deployment, Serverless Computing, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Development Life Cycle, Configuration Management, Disaster Recovery, Continuous Deployment, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, DevOps, API Gateway

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    32 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • U

    UBITS

    Fundamentos de la gestión del talento humano

    Skills you'll gain: Constructive Feedback, Talent Management, Team Performance Management, Human Resources Management and Planning, Course Development, Instructional and Curriculum Design, Recruitment, Human Capital, Human Resources, Management Training And Development, People Development, Training and Development, Employee Training, Talent Recruitment, Performance Analysis, Instructional Design, Full Cycle Recruitment, Performance Appraisal, Developing Training Materials, Performance Review

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    180 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Create Informative Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Microsoft Office, Concision, Communication, Business Writing, Business Strategy

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    84 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Transmedia Writing: Michigan State University
  • Create a Lead Generation Messenger Chatbot using Chatfuel: Coursera
  • American Deaf Culture: University of Houston
  • Health Care IT: Challenges and Opportunities: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • External Communications Channels: University of California, Irvine
  • Rapid Prototyping of Embedded Interface Designs: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Learn SAP ABAP Fundamentals and Core Programming Concepts: Board Infinity
  • Blazor for Front-End Development: Microsoft
  • Principles of Computing (Part 1): Rice University
  • Exam Prep: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional: Whizlabs

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