Design Links

Resources for Students

As a student, it may be hard to find materials to learn UX, which is why Patricia is making her content accessible for free. Here are more resources below.

• Free UX Worksheets & Activities by various authors through Teachers Pay Teachers

• UI/UX Design for Kids video playlist from various channels

• UX Design Courses for Kids (free trial) and video playlist by Digital Influx

• Kids' Computer Essentials: Graphic Design - Submitted by Anna (thank you!)

• User Experience (UX) Design Glossary - Submitted by James (thank you!)

For Teachers

• Teaching UX Design to Teens

• Explaining UX to Kindergartners

• Teach UX Design to Sixth Graders and You will be Amazed at the Outcomes

Assets

• Material Symbols and Google Fonts - Free icons and fonts

• Noun Project - Icons and stock photos

• FlatIcon - Free vector and flat icons and stickers

• Vecteezy - Free vector art

• Unsplash - Free stock photos

• Pixabay - Free stock images, videos, and other assets

• Pexels - Free stock photos and videos

• Mixkit.io - Free stock videos, music, and sound effects

• ColorGradient.dev - Free gradient generator

• Font Awesome - Icon library and toolkit

Design Systems

• Material Design (M3) - Google's open source design system

• Human Interface Guidelines - Apple's design system

• Fluent Design System - Microsoft's open source, cross-plaftform design system

• Salesforce Ligthning Design System

• Polaris Shopify Design System

• Spectrum Adobe Design System

• Carbon Design System - IBM's open source design system

• Atlassian Design System

• Intuit Content Design

Universal Access & Inclusivity

• • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2

  • ICT Accessibility 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines

  • Section 508 Universal Design & Accessibility

  • Digital.gov (replaced Usability.gov)

  • Universal Design & Principles

  • Guidebook to Research Equity

  • Design From the Margins (DFM) Design Process

UX Design Training & Education

• NN/G Nielsen Norman Group - UX articles and workshops

• UX Collective - Curated UX, visual, and product design articles

• Smashing Magazine Articles - Web design articles

• Google UX Design Professional Certificate - Free courses on Coursera

• Become a User Experience Designer - Learning path on LinkedIn that qualifies for academic credit

• UI / UX Design Specialization - Free California Institute of the Arts course on Coursera

• Gymnasium UX Fundamentals - Free design courses

• LearnUX.io - Free and paid UI tools and video courses

• Springboard - Free UX design curriculum

• UX Resources for Kids & Young Students (see YouthXdesign section)

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