User Experience (UX): The Ultimate Guide to Usability and UX

Kick-start your UX career with the highest-rated online course. Gain practical skills in user research and design, while preparing for the BCS Foundation Certificate.

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Brief Summary

This course is all about getting your hands dirty in UX design and research. With practical projects and tons of resources, you'll build a portfolio and gain the skills needed for a career in user experience, plus prep for the BCS certification. It's fun and totally do-able!

Key Points

  • Hands-on training in user experience (UX)
  • Build a UX portfolio with real-world projects
  • Prepare for BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience
  • Free student workbook and high-quality PDFs
  • Access to a supportive Facebook group for networking

Learning Outcomes

  • Conduct effective user interviews and research
  • Prototype and test your designs with users
  • Create a solid UX portfolio to enhance job prospects
  • Prepare for the BCS Foundation Certificate exam
  • Collaborate with peers and get feedback on your work

About This Course

Get a job in UX and build your user research and UX design skills with this hands-on user experience training course.

2023 Edition.

You've just landed on Udemy's highest rated course on user experience (UX). Thousands of user researchers and designers have used this course to kick-start their career in UX. You can do it, too.

Gain hands-on practice in all the key areas of UX — from interviewing your users through to prototyping and usability testing your designs.

Build a UX portfolio to boost your job prospects as you complete five real-world sample projects.

Gain industry-recognised certification by preparing for the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience.

UX Mastery reviewed dozens of online courses in UX, but they gave just one course 10/10: this one.

Build Your UX Portfolio As You Work Through 5 User Research and Design Projects.

The sample projects in the course include:

  • Find my pet: a product that allows people to track down wayward pets who have got lost.

  • Tomorrow’s shopping cart: a device that lets customers find any product in a supermarket.

  • Gift Giver, a gift recommendation system based on an extremely accurate product recommendation technology.

  • The Citizen Journalist: a system that will allow ordinary people to film events, take photographs, write a story and create a crowdsourced, online newspaper.

  • The Digital Postcard, an app that will allow users to create and send their own postcard, either by using a photograph they have taken on their phone, or by selecting a professionally taken image of a local beauty spot.


A career in User Experience is one of the most rewarding and challenging jobs in the technology sector. This online training course will give you the background you need to get started.

Prepare for the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience.

This course covers the comprehensive syllabus for the BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience and contains 90 multiple-choice quiz questions to test your knowledge and prepare for the exam. You can take the exam (at extra cost) anywhere in the world at a Pearson Vue exam centre.

Free bonus offer!

  • Free bonus #1: A 81-page student workbook packed with design exercises, tutorials on UX methods, templates to record user research observations, stencils for UI prototypes, a detailed reading list and a glossary of terms..

  • Free bonus #2: A 417-page, high quality PDF that contains every slide shown on the course. Print this out, load it on your mobile device or keep it handy on your computer: it's your choice.

  • Free bonus #3: A written transcript of every lecture. Comprising 231 pages and 89,236 words, this document is useful if English isn’t your native language or if you just want a readable and searchable version of the course.

  • Free bonus #4: 90 multiple-choice quiz questions to test your knowledge as you progress through the course.

  • Free bonus #5: Access to our thriving Facebook group where you can network with fellow students, ask questions and submit assignments for peer review.


Download everything. If you have a slow internet connection, or want to take this course with you on your laptop, smartphone or other portable device, sign up and download all the videos and other course materials now.

When does it start?

Today! This is a self-paced course, so you can start anytime and view the lectures anywhere. Sign up now and you could be watching the first video in under 5 minutes.

How long will it take?

With over 140 lectures and 9 hours of content, this is the most in-depth course on UX you'll find on Udemy. If you allocate 60-90 mins a day, and do all of the activities, it will take 2-3 weeks to complete. And if you want to spread the course out over a longer period, that’s fine too.

Is it for me?

This course is for you if you want to get hands-on practice in all the stages of user experience. Perhaps you’re starting out in the field of user experience. Or maybe you want to transition from your current job role to a career in UX. Whatever your background, you’ll apply your skills to a real world project that will become the first entry in your UX portfolio.

What if I get stuck?

As you move through each of the steps in the design process, you’ll be able to test your knowledge and compare your work with other students so you can see what “good” looks like. I review the course forum every day and I answer all student questions within 24 hours. So if you struggle with any of the material, just ask a question and I'll help you out.

Can’t I learn this stuff from a book?

It’s certainly possible to build your user experience expertise by reading books and blog posts, but that can be a slow process and it makes it hard to see the big picture. With this workshop, it’s you and me together working for a client, and I’m giving you the same tips, the same advice, and sharing the same techniques I’ve learned over the years on hundreds of design projects.

What if I don't like it?

Over 17,000 people have taken this online course and over 90% of students give it 4 or 5 stars, so I'm confident that you'll love this course. Just in case, I offer a 30-day, no questions asked, money-back guarantee. So sign up today, it's risk free!

Kick start your career in user experience with this 12-hour, online, video training course.

  • Bake UX into your workflow by following a proven, user centred design framework.

  • Plan field visits and user interviews to uncover user needs.

  • Moderate a usability test and prioritise the observations.

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David Travis

I'm on a mission to create more user experience professionals.  Perhaps you'd like a job in user experience. Or maybe you already work in the field but you've never had any formal training. Or maybe you want to improve your skills in one specific area, like usability testing or expert reviews. I've turned thousands of people into user experience designers...

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4.9 course rating
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ui-avatar of Blaine Mullins
Blaine M.
5.0
7 months ago

I have been in news page design, then web design, now government CMS website design and content training. I took Coursera's Google UX Design Certificate and thought half of it was usable and the other half was full of California bulls***. This guy cuts to the point and so far I am really liking this.

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Karrie B.
5.0
7 months ago

Great overview. Loved that you did a quick walkthrough of the workbook. Excited to dig in

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Mateo L.
3.0
10 months ago

I haven’t watched the entire course yet, but right away we’re introduced to some confusing and seemingly complex course material to help us learn. The complexity of theses course materials kind of contradict what is being taught 🤔

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Su H. K.
5.0
11 months ago

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ui-avatar of Jacob Lee
Jacob L.
4.0
11 months ago

Nice intro and nice tone of voice from the instructor. Maybe a little too much time spent talking about the resources and so lost a bit of momentum.

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ui-avatar of Rommel Salvatierra
Rommel S.
5.0
1 year ago

"User Experience (UX): The Ultimate Guide to Usability and UX" on Udemy is an outstanding course that provides a comprehensive introduction to UX design and usability. It is well-organized, covering everything from the basics of UX design to advanced usability testing, ensuring a smooth learning curve for beginners and valuable insights for experienced professionals. The course includes practical examples and real-world case studies, making complex concepts easy to understand and apply. Emphasizing a user-centered approach, it teaches learners to design with the user in mind, which is crucial for creating effective and engaging digital products. Overall, this course is an excellent resource for anyone looking to enhance their UX skills.

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Ruth K.
4.0
1 year ago

Really clear and good so far - the only problem is that I can't edit the workbook as I don't have Adobe or a printer. But it's okay as I'm writing things down.

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ui-avatar of 양아연
양아연
4.0
1 year ago

funny and easy!

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Acelr T. L.
5.0
1 year ago

Clear, simple, and care is taken to ensure that its not overwhealming.
Thank you David.

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ui-avatar of Sakil Akhtar
Sakil A.
3.5
1 year ago

Till now its good, so far.

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