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UI/UX Design Fundamentals & Prototyping with Generative AI Specialization
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UI/UX Design Fundamentals & Prototyping with Generative AI Specialization

Prepare for high-demand UI/UX design roles. Build UI/UX design skills and integrate GenAI into design workflows

Richa Arora
SkillUp
Sandeep Virani

Instructors: Richa Arora

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level

Recommended experience

12 weeks to complete
at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Master UX/UI design fundamentals and tools like Figma to create seamless, functional, and visually engaging digital experiences.

  • Explore usability testing and interaction design by applying visual hierarchy, spacing, and UI patterns to enhance product usability.

  • Design and refine wireframes, interactive prototypes, and gesture patterns while gaining hands-on practice in usability testing.

  • Leverage GenAI to speed up workflows—automating wireframes, prototypes, and design assets for user-centric products.

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September 2025

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Job-ready skills in UX/UI fundamentals you need to kickstart your UI/UX career journey

  • How to conduct user research, competitor analysis, and heuristic evaluations to identify usability issues and enhance user experiences

  • Apply visual design principles such as typography, color theory, and layout techniques to create visually appealing and functional interfaces

  • Gain hands-on experience designing interactive prototypes and microinteractions using tools like Figma, Miro, and Draw.io to boost user engagement

Skills you'll gain

Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: Usability
Category: Interaction Design
Category: Color Theory
Category: User Centered Design
Category: Prototyping
Category: Persona Development
Category: Typography
Category: User Flows
Category: User Experience
Category: User Interface (UI) Design
Category: UI/UX Research
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design

What you'll learn

  • Create low-fi to high-fi wireframes in Figma using grids, components, and industry-standard layout techniques

  • Build interactive prototypes in Figma, and conduct usability tests to evaluate and refine UX flows

  • Implement Gestalt principles and responsive design strategies to optimize interfaces for cross-device usability

  • Collaborate on Figma projects using shared libraries, enable version control, and implement design system best practices

Skills you'll gain

Category: Figma (Design Software)
Category: UI Components
Category: Animations
Category: Usability Testing
Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: Prototyping
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Category: Experience Design
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Interactive Design
Category: User Experience Design
Category: Style Guides
Category: Web Development
Category: UI/UX Strategy
Category: User Interface (UI)

What you'll learn

  • Hands-on skills to integrate generative AI into UX/UI workflows using UXPilot, Miro, Visily, Uizard, and Figma

  • How to craft user personas, empathy maps, journey maps, and UX microcopy with prompt-based AI

  • Practical methods to transform design briefs and user stories into wireframes and interactive prototypes

  • How to design and simulate conversational interfaces with gen AI, focusing on empathy, intent, and usability

Skills you'll gain

Category: Persona (User Experience)
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Brainstorming
Category: Human Centered Design
Category: Ideation
Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: User Interface (UI) Design

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