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Self-paced course

Fundamentals of UX Writing

A practical course for designing effective product content in modern product teams. Learn how to develop high-quality judgment and work alongside AI tools.

  • Created and graded by working content designers
  • Challenging final project in Figma
  • Join thousands of students

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Certificate

On completion

Bobbie Wood

UXCC, Google

Patrick Stafford

Patrick Stafford

UXCC, MYOB

Carol Valdez

ServiceNow

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“The Fundamentals of UX Writing course was an important step in my career evolution.”

Kristen Mirenda

Content Designer

“My overall experience with the UX Content Collective has given me great confidence in my abilities.”​

Antonio Mendez

Senior Content Design Lead, Wells Fargo​​

Who is this course for?

Newcomers

People who are completely new to UX writing, including in adjacent roles like copywriting

AI-curious

Anyone using AI to create UI content, and wants to learn best practice

Product teams

Product teams who want to learn UX writing best practices for content at scale

Anyone else

Anyone interested in a UX writer course with practical skills taught by experts

What will you walk away with?

Our courses are created by experts, informed by hiring managers, and reflect industry best practice.

5,000+

Students trained

200+

Teams trained

100+

Countries

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Best practices for UX writing and content design in digital products

02

Experience writing for UI components like buttons, forms, and error states

03

Guidance on how to use AI as a part of your workflow, and how to create content at scale

04

Best practices for accessibility, localization, and inclusive content

Everything you need to master UX writing

A complete system for learning, practicing, and proving your skills.

40–60 hours

Self-paced learning that fits your schedule. 

Expert feedback

Get feedback on exercises at the end of each unit.

Certification

Earn a certificate when you pass your final project.

AI in design

Learn how to approach AI when creating UI content

30+ videos

Videos from graders and industry experts

Student community

Connect with peers learning alongside you.

AI-powered study aids

User our live search trained on course material.

The full syllabus

A comprehensive education in writing content for product interfaces

What is UX Writing?

  • Lesson 1: What is UX Writing?
  • Lesson 2: What a UX Writer actually writes
  • Lesson 3: The responsibilities of a UX writer
  • Lesson 4: The people a UX Writer typically works with
  • Lesson 5: Working within the design process
  • Lesson 6: The role of AI in design
  • Lesson 7: How to use AI in the design process

Work with voice and tone

  • Lesson 1: Defining the who and how behind content
  • Lesson 2: Understanding impact of voice and tone
  • Lesson 3: Mapping tone across the experience
  • Lesson 4: Defining style
  • Lesson 5: Check your content with users

Keep it short

  • Lesson 1: Why keep it short?
  • Lesson 2: Best practices for scannability
  • Lesson 3: Right content, right user, right time
  • Lesson 4: UX writing. vs other writing
  • Lesson 5: Put your editing skills to work

Writing for components

  • Lesson 1: Best practices for component writing
  • Lesson 2: Guidance elements: instructions, tooltips, and empty states
  • Lesson 3: Writing user actions - dialogs, CTAs and buttons
  • Lesson 4: Writing effective communications: notifications, alerts, and errors
  • Lesson 5: Writing user inputs - lists and forms
  • Lesson 6: A few extra bits and pieces

Create UX writing deliverables

  • Lesson 1: What you'll create as a UX Writer
  • Lesson 2: Create a style guide
  • Lesson 3: Document and organize your content
  • Lesson 4: Introduce your product to users
  • Lesson 5: Test your content
  • Lesson 6: Write for translation and localization
  • Lesson 7: Write for accessibility

Work with teams

  • Lesson 1: The UX writing workflow
  • Lesson 2: UX writing and usability testing
  • Lesson 3: Managing relationships with stakeholders
  • Lesson 4: Managing conflict
  • Lesson 5: The tools you need to work in a team

Craft your portfolio

  • Lesson 1: Keep track of your work
  • Lesson 2: How to write a case study
  • Lesson 3: How many case studies should you write?
  • Lesson 4: How to lay out your portfolio

How to write error messages

  • Error Messages: Introduction
  • Lesson 1: Foundations
  • Lesson 2: Form fields
  • Lesson 3: Systems

Learn UX writing with over 5,000 students

See what our students have to say about the course.

“Our product team made a content update using the ideas from the Fundamentals of UX Writing course. We’ve since seen a 20% increase in conversions.”

Sam DeReign

Group Content Strategist, Course Hero

“We wanted a fundamental training that provided a calibration for some basic understanding on how we do our daily work.”

Isabelle Gao

Senior UX Writing Lead, HSBC

A UX writer course graded by experts

Get feedback on every assignment from working content designers at top companies.

Olivea McCollins

Content Designer, Microsoft

Jenny Cowan

Senior Content Designer

Daree Allen Nieves

Content Designer

Casey Webb

Casey Webb

Senior Content Designer
Snap Finance

Sammie Spector

Head of UX Content Design, Angi

Catherine Bryce

Senior Content Designer, Canadian Red Cross

Frequently asked questions

Is a course the best way to learn UX writing?

Not everyone needs a course to learn UX writing. But a course like ours can offer you the fundamentals in a structured way, without having to search and collect all the resources yourself. 

Plus, you’ll get feedback from real people who work in the industry. That’s worth a lot when it comes to finding mistakes or things you might miss on your own.

Yes, we think UX writing is important to learn even when using artificial intelligence. Although AI can be a great tool when writing for user interfaces, you still need to know what separates “good” UX writing from “bad” UX writing.

There are a lot of great courses out there. Courses from UX Content Collective are different because we’re a training provider created by content designers, run by content designers, for content designers. 

We also combine the benefits of self-paced learning, along with real feedback from real people. You can learn according to your own schedule.

Yes! The Fundamentals of UX Writing course offers a certification in UX writing, once you successfully complete the final project.

Yes! The Fundamentals of UX Writing course requires you to learn at least some basic Figma skills to complete the final project. We include some instructional videos to learn Figma from the perspective of a content designers and UX writer.

The Fundamentals of UX Writing course offers personal written feedback on assignments at the end of each unit. We also offer a separate coaching service if you want to meet with a mentor.

Have questions? We’re here to help.

We can combine self-paced courses, workshops, or create custom sessions for your team based on unique needs. Get in touch – we’d love to speak with you.

Dhanushka

Customer Success Manager

Craft · Strategy · Systems

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