Become an Interaction Designer

Interaction design (IxD) is a discipline of user experience that examines the interaction between a user and a system or app interface, and it requires a very specific set of skills. In this learning path, you can learn the fundamental skills needed to be a solid interaction designer, and the research and analytical skills that will help you design beautiful and usable interfaces to digital experiences.

• Learn the fundamentals of interaction design.
• Explore research methods to help inform your design decisions.
• Test your designs with users to validate your design decisions.

• Course 1: Interaction Design for the Web
• Learn about the psychological reasons why good UI design works, so that you can build websites and apps that work the way your users think.
• Course 2: UX Foundations: Interaction Design
• Step through the foundational processes and techniques required for interaction design.
• Course 3: UX Foundations: Research
• Learn the basics of UX research so you can better inform your strategy and design decisions and create more successful products.
• Course 4: UX Foundations: Usability Testing
• Run your own basic usability testing to find out just what your users need from your website, application, or device.