Course: UX Writing for Technical Writers

UX Writing for Technical Writers

Strengthen your technical writer skills by learning how to write for users, not just documents. In this course, you’ll bridge the gap between technical content and UX writing — partnering with designers, shaping interfaces, and contributing to real product experiences.

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Expand technical writer skills with a certificate in UX writing
Intros to Figma, AI, accessibility, testing, and more
Payment plans (4 or 6 months)
Teams save up to 30%
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Standard price: USD $1,000.00
UXCC students: USD ~~$1,000.00~~ $850.00

Meet the authors

Bobbie Wood is the founder of UXCC, a former technical writer, and was previously the Head of UX Content for Google Payments.

Dave Connis is the Lead Content Designer of OutSystems. He moved to UX content after working as a technical writer for several years.

“This is a very unique course. I haven't been able to find anything that addresses this intersection of doc writing and UX writing."

Holly Jauch

Sr Technical Writer & Editor, Splunk

"You showed that you had the knowledge in technical writing and that was perfect.”

Lisa Hultman

Senior Director of Product Content ServiceNow

From documents to interfaces

Technical writing explains; UX writing guides. This course helps you build on your technical writer skills and shift your focus from documents to user-centered experiences.

As digital products evolve, the role of writing is expanding beyond traditional documentation. This course helps you follow a technical writer career path to meet that shift, positioning you to create content that moves with users across apps, devices, and experiences.

About the course

What do you leave with?

A strong foundation in UX writing, building on your existing technical writer skills
The ability to make smart, user-focused decisions no matter the tool you're using
Hands-on experience writing for real UI components like buttons, forms, and error states
Guidance on using AI as part of your workflow
Best practices for accessibility and localization
Confidence working within product teams and contributing at every stage
A challenging final project built in Figma

Who is this for?

Technical writers who want to apply UX principles
Documentation pros who want to expand their technical writer skills into interface content
Teams looking to upskill technical writers in interface content and product collaboration
Anyone who wants to reach out beyond a traditional technical writing career path

How does the course work?

Course syllabus

Concepts

Strategies, best practices, and techniques

Lesson 1: Voice and tone for docs
Lesson 2: Human-centered technical language
Lesson 3: Strategies for discovery and research
Lesson 4: Strategies for design and writing
Lesson 5: Strategies for reducing user error

Write for UI components

Lesson 1: Best practices for component writing
Lesson 2: Writing tooltips and empty stats
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 deliverables

Integrate design steps in your workflows

The choice of 5,000+ learners

"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

“One of the pieces of support that your program provides for me is that newer team members are able to explain why something’s being written in the way that it has.”