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.

What makes UX Content Collective courses better than others?

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.

Will I earn a UX writing certification?

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

Does this UX writing course teach Figma?

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.

Is UX writing worth learning even with AI?

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.

Does this course offer a mentor?

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.

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Technical Content Designer Program

Content designers who understand developer environments, tools, and mental models have greater impact. This 6-week program builds confidence through hands-on work with technical tools, AI, and the methods developers actually use.

Recordings

All sessions

Live

Meet your peers

Certificate

On completion

Jeremy Hoover has spent 10 years collaborating with engineers and product teams on developer-facing tools — IDEs, APIs, CLIs, MCPs, and CI/CD workflows. He leads workshops on technical fluency in content design.

Next cohort

Sep. 3 - Sep. 24

4 weekly sessions

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US $1200

Applications close August 15.

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Who is this cohort for?

Newcomers

Content designers new to technical concepts.

Developer-adjacent

Content designers who work closely with developers.

Product teams

Content designers who want to understand how products are built.

Anyone else

Content professionals who want to understand repos and dev tools.

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

Confidence navigating technical environments. Open an unfamiliar repository and find where content lives.

Understand how products are structured, where content decisions originate, and where content can shape product outcomes.

Read diffs, pull requests, make content edits in a feature branch, and participate in code review as a content designer.

Use AI to interpret unfamiliar code, run commands, work within tools like GitHub, and support your work directly.

Everything you need to master technical skills

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

4 weekly sessions

Live sessions with expert instruction and guidance.

Expert feedback

Learn by doing, and get answers to your questions.

Certification

Earn a certificate when you pass your final project.

Support

Need help? Get support between sessions.

Recorded sessions

Don’t miss a thing. All cohort sessions are recorded.

Student community

Connect with peers learning alongside you.

The full schedule

A comprehensive education in technical skills for content designers

Week 1: Entering engineering environments

Understand the fundamentals of engineering environments and how products are built. Get the practice app running, find where content lives, and make your first fork.

What a repository is and how codebases are structured
The difference between Git and GitHub
Copy and code are separated on purpose: keys, values, and why key names never change
Tools setup: VS Code, GitHub Copilot, the terminal
Fork the repo, clone it locally, run the app

Week 2: Navigating repositories

Learn to read a repo like a map. Understand the fork model, work safely in branches, explore the AI instruction architecture, and start building your content system.

The fork model: how your changes stay in your own branch
Key areas of the GitHub UI content designers actually use
The .github/ layer: copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md, skills
Six file types deep dive: Markdown, JSON, YAML, and how language models read them
CLI, API, and MCP: three ways software talks to software
Exercise: explore the AI files, read the codebase, start your content system

Week 3: AI as technical collaborator

Understand how AI actually reads your context, write instruction files that work, learn the full PR workflow, and feed your content system to a real AI tool.

The context window, tokens, and model behavior
Writing instructions that produce consistent AI output
The full PR workflow: branch → commit → push → PR → merge
What agentic AI means and why it changes content design
Exercise: feed your content system to AI, before/after comparison, open a PR

Week 4: What you built / where it's going

Share what you built, understand how your work moves through the CI/CD pipeline, and get a clear picture of where AI and content design are heading.

Share-out: walk through your fork and content system
CI/CD in plain language: what happens after you push
The AI and content design landscape: the industry right now
Using AI vs. designing AI systems: two very different roles
What the profession is building toward and where you fit

Learn technical skills 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.”

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

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a technical background?

No. This cohort is designed for content designers who are new to technical environments. You don’t need coding experience, just a willingness to learn and work hands-on.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You won’t be writing code. The focus is on understanding how engineering environments work and how to contribute within them as a content designer.

What tools will we use?

You’ll work with tools like GitHub and VS Code, along with common workflows such as pull requests, branches, and code review. The skills you’ll learn can be applied on any team using industry-common tools.

Will we be working in real repositories?

Yes. You’ll practice in a real repository created for the cohort, designed to reflect how teams actually work.

How is AI used in the cohort?

AI is used throughout as a practical tool. You’ll learn how to use it to navigate unfamiliar code, understand repositories, and support real workflows.

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.

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