Learn Design Thinking: Ideation

Why Learn Design Thinking: Ideation?

A large part of becoming a designer is honing your creativity. Designers often have processes and practices they use to aid them in coming up with ideas and solutions. In this course, you’ll learn about methods for defining a problem to solve and ideating potential solutions to the problem.

Take-Away Skills

You’ll learn how to define a problem statement based on user research and brainstorm possible solutions. You will also iterate on ideas by sketching to receive qualitative user feedback on early design concepts. Lastly, you’ll get an understanding of what UX case studies are and the importance of documenting your design process.

Miro Partnership

This course was made in partnership with Miro, an online collaborative whiteboarding platform used in workplaces around the globe. We’ve integrated Miro into our learning environment to give you an interactive learning experience!

Notes on Prerequisites

This course does not require any prerequisite knowledge, but it’s recommended that you’ve taken the Introduction to UI and UX Design course or have an introductory knowledge of UI and UX design.

It is also recommended that you’ve taken the Learn User Research: Generative course or have general knowledge about user research.

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Define and Ideate
Learn how to ideate and brainstorm possible design solutions based on user research.
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What you'll create

Portfolio projects that showcase your new skills

Connect Best: Define and Ideate
Define a research-based problem and ideate many possible solutions.

How you'll master it

Stress-test your knowledge with quizzes that help commit syntax to memory

Design Process: Define and Ideate

— Madelyn, Pinterest

I know from first-hand experience that you can go in knowing zero, nothing, and just get a grasp on everything as you go and start building right away.