5 Best Free Courses and Resources to Level Up as a Web Designer
5 Best Free Courses and Resources for Web Designers
Rather than sign up for Udemy, Skillshare and other premium course membership sites, I recommend taking a bootstrapping approach to self-education. I mean, the whole point in learning new skills and strengthening existing ones is so you can run a better business and make more money, right? Once you have extra funds to throw at premium courses, definitely explore those options. For now, let’s focus on the free courses and resources that’ll help get you to that next level:1. edX
![edX Free Course and Resources for Web Designers](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/05/edx-free-online-courses.png)
Learn more than just how to design beautiful interfaces. Learn about the technical side of it, too — things like AI, IoT, and cybersecurity. Computer Science
Learn web development and coding. Business & Management
Learn essential business skills like:
- Project management
- Finance management
- Leadership
- Marketing and analysis
Learn things like branding, negotiation, reputation management, and critical thinking.
2. Envato Tuts+
![Envato Tuts+ free courses for web designers and developers](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/05/envatotutsplus-free-courses.png)
- HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Adobe’s suite of software
- Sketch
- WordPress
- Video conferencing tools
3. YouTube
YouTube is more than just a place to watch entertaining videos. There are some amazing YouTube channels for web designers at all skill levels. When choosing a design channel and course to follow, look for ones that are well organized. If they’re just posting videos at random without any rhyme or reason, it’ll be difficult to focus on and master one skill set before moving onto the next. Here are the channels I recommend you follow: Flux![Flux YouTube Web Design Courses](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/05/flux-youtube-courses.png)
- Web design
- Getting started as a freelancer
- Strengthening your processes
- Building your portfolio
- Design theory and strategy
![CharliMarieTV YouTube channel and courses](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/05/charlimarietv-youtube-channel.png)
- Web design
- Building sites with Figma or Webflow
- Career paths for designers
- Productivity hacks
- Web design
- User psychology
- Usability testing
- Design thinking
- Research and data analysis
- Journey mapping
- Get access to UX Conference seminars, too
4. Moz Whiteboard Fridays
![Moz Whiteboard Friday Classes](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/05/moz-whiteboard-friday-classes.png)
5. Nir Eyal - Indistractible
![Nir Eyal - Indistractible Presentation](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/05/nireyal-indistractible-presentation.png)
![Indistractible Workbook](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/cdn-origin/uploads/2020/05/indistractible-workbook.png)
BONUS: WebDesigner Depot
Although WebDesigner Depot doesn’t offer video courses, I consider each of the articles contained within this site to be mini-courses of their own. And you’ll learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about becoming a web designer and growing your freelance business. Featured image via Unsplash.Suzanne Scacca
Suzanne Scacca is a freelance writer by day, specializing in web design, marketing, and technology topics. By night, she writes about, well, pretty much the same thing, only those stories are set under strange and sometimes horrific circumstances.
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