Google UX Course Review by a Senior Designer (23 years exp)

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Hi friends! Here's my Google UX Course review! The much anticipated course that will help you become a successful UX Designer is live now on the Coursera platform, so I took it for a spin and finished the fundamentals (part 1 of 7) and here's what I think about it. Is this UX Course good? Is it bad? What are the benefits and what are the shortcomings? If you're asking yourself this: Should I take the Google UX Course? then watch this video to find out!

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[MalewiczHype]

And here's a playlist for beginners:

[thenereos]

Out of the hundreds of people with industry experience making videos about the various google courses, you are so far the only one that actually took the time to complete a course and reached out to people that are actual beginners. Respect for that commitment!

[fatimaibrahimux]

I took the course while being totally new to UX design and I learned quite a lot. I actually also landed my first job as UX designer after completing the course, since you have to submit a portfolio of a total of 3 projects by the end of the program to get a certificate of completion. I kept in mind though to create a good portfolio to land a job, and I also learned almost everything in Figma, which wasn't really covered in the program (only the very basics are shared). I think this is good for someone totally new to UX, but it is not enough if you want to stand out.

[mrgngrn]

I love how these courses teach you that there are visual designers, ux researchers, graphic designers, motion designers etc., but then you enter the real life where you have no experience and you are hired as a person who does everything from logos to websites and nobody needs a junior designer

[shiggity]

I actually just finished this course a few days ago! I already had a portfolio for front end so I just added my case studies to that hopefully its good enough to get a job I'm transitioning from Software Engineer to UX!

[marijasaric]

This made me stick with Google UX course, I'm a beginner and I'm really happy that I found your channel. Everything I saw this far makes sense to me and I feel such a relief realising I might be making the right career choice.
Reading all these comments under your videos was very helpful also, so I'm leaving my experience in case someone could benefit from it.
I'm architectural technician by education but also amateur painter. I don't consider myself really artsy because during my education my skills were shaped to be very strict and rigid, meaning I had to have all those rules in mind while creating a building from scratch. I really enjoy symmetry, angular shapes, even ratios and rules, so you mentioning those things really makes me happy. What really attracts me towards UX is that wiggle room for creativity that doesn't have to be big but possibilities are endless within a grid.

Have a nice day.

[samfaldraga]

Currently in course 3, complete beginner to UX/UI. I really like it so far, feeling a little overwhelmed with the lofi prototyping but I continue to practice

[nigarhuseynli]

Thank you so much for the review! I met UX design in Coursera for the first time, it was User Interface Design Specialization by the University of Minnesota. The farther I progressed in the specialization the more frustrating Coursera's UX became. It actually helped me to learn what bad UX is :)

[al]

I love the irony of bad UX of this course teaching good UX.

[abbeysnails]

I'm currently on course 2 and I'm loving it so far. Course 1 was a bit boring, but it was just the foundation stuff so it was expected. I'm glad to be sticking with it!

[christinedaly]

Hi! Current teacher and aspiring UX designer here - Thank you for mentioning that the start of the program is slow and to hold on because it gets better. I am halfway through the second course and I have felt a bit discouraged that I haven't actually learned any new skills yet, just vocabulary and design process. I'm looking forward to diving into Figma and learn wireframing / prototyping. Thank you!

[channels]

I appreciate you putting the tldw at the beginning. I would have normally dipped out of the video early, but because you were kind enough to not want to waste our time, I've watched it all the way thru regardless :-)

Thanks for the vid

[Rattlecat]

I just popped in here because I love the perspectives of different designers but my GOD. You are the first who has addressed the 'Many Names' issue in classes and jobs. I'm slowly teaching my Toastmasters club about UI and UX as I'm re-structuring/designing their website, and their known definitions versus what I was taught with caused confusion and as a result, difficulty learning for them, so thank you so much to bringing this to the table.

[asdfghjk]

I like the TLDR. You get my full respect sir.

[AdrianRodriguez-tmqj]

I'm taking the fundamentals of UX design by Google and it is really good so far. I'd like to become an interaction designer!

[AmineGdoura]

All I can say: Excellent explanation, I like the comparison and your personal feedback

[MalewiczHype]

I tried to make it super simple / basic on purpose, hope that it's helpful to compare the approaches with the google course.

[chrisreaperva]

I’m on Course 3 and I’m loving it so far. It’s nice to finally start creating wireframes, paper and digital. Since I’ve been doing wireframes for 2 years in web development.

[meloowl]

I also made the foundation and the second part of the course, but I'm already am a Designer, I realized in the middle of the course that it's mostly the same that I learned in college, but in a condensed way, since I actually learned Graphic Design. I also noticed that this is a beginners course, and it's actually really cool, I learned a lot from just one module, but if you already have experience, work or have a degree you'll be bored as hell, I see so many newcomers to UX in the LinkedIn group they recommend joining repeating the mistakes that people who think they are UX Designers do, and I try to help them out whenever I can.

[raunakchowdhury]

Thanks for the insights, I'm a cinematographer & visual editor transitioning to UI UX designing, and actually thinking of taking this course in few days. I needed advice from where to start. 👍🏼