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UX Writing for Technical Writers

Bring priceless UX writing skills to your technical documentation. Earn a certificate in UX writing to support your next career move. Entirely online and self-paced.

Over 20 instructional videos
Personal feedback from experts
Certification
Learn Figma and AI tools
Full price: US ~~$1000~~ $800

Payment plans available, including Affirm.

Get certified in UX writing best practices

Practice the craft

Learn best practices for user experience writing and content design to craft user-centered guidance for docs or interfaces.

Master UX skills

Add user-centered writing to your already impressive skillset. Get ahead of the curve and get that promotion as a hybrid writer.

Learn UI writing

Master writing for UI components including buttons, alerts, error and success messages, forms, empty states, and more.

Flex your options

Add UX writing examples to your portfolio to stand out from the crowd. Double your options—work in either UX or tech writing.

Learn valuable UX writing and content design skills

What topics are covered in this course?

How to work within a design team as a UX writer
A challenging final project in Figma
Technical and UX writing compared
How good UX affects documentation
Technical UX writing principles
Voice and tone for docs
Human-centered technical language
Strategies for doc discovery, research, design and writing
Best practices for component writing
Writing guidance elements, user actions, effective communication, and user inputs
A few extra bits and pieces
Create a style guide
Test your text
UX workflow principles
UX writing and usability testing
How to make the case for technical UX writing

“I think this is a very unique course. I haven't been able to find any articles or other content that addresses this intersection of doc writing and UX writing. And tech writers are writing UI text and need support.”

Holly Jauch

Sr Technical Writer & Editor, Splunk

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Who should take this course?

This course is made with technical writers in mind. If you’re a tech writer who’s interested in applying UX best practices to your work, this course is for you. If you’re a tech writer who is interested in moving into UX writing full-time, consider the Fundamentals of UX Writing.

“I’m planning on putting together a portfolio for UX writing. I have learned a lot about UX writing best practices and how to do comprehensive research to advocate for users.”

Kyra Lee

Technical Writer, Magnetic Forensics

How long does this course take to complete?

The UX Writing for Technical Writers course typically takes about 40-60 hours to complete.

This course is designed to fit around your schedule. Lessons are available on-demand at any time. There is no live instruction, so you’re free to study whenever you have time.

What else do I get from the course?

We love supporting our student community, both inside and outside a course.

Access to a community Slack, where you can speak with other students and members of the grading team
Free admission to monthly Q&A sessions
A personalized portfolio page with a unique URL that verifies which certificates you’ve received
A spot in our certified UX writers’ directory
Lifetime access to the course, including any future updates!

Why take this course?

This course offers a priceless foundation in UX writing principles for technical writers:

Add to your solid technical documentation foundation
Learn user experience writing best practices and skills
Broaden your content design expertise for docs
Find out how to write UI text for common components

Self-paced learning with expert feedback along the way

Meet all our expert instructors

Take a look inside the course

Get personalized feedback on your assignments directly from working content designers

Over 20 instructional videos that reinforce lesson concepts and show UX writing work in action

Complete a challenging, comprehensive final project where you’ll analyze and edit a complete software flow, from documentation all the way through to UI

Walk away with a certification to back up your skills—one that hiring managers recognize and respect

Why choose UX Content Collective?

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We are the global leader in UX writing and UX content design training for thousands of individual students and hundreds of teams. Our courses were created by content designers, for content designers. Our founders offer over 60 years of combined experience at Google, Intuit, and Amazon.

Self-paced with personal feedback

Graded by working experts

Hands-on with industry tools

A personal portfolio page

Lifetime access and future updates

Monthly webinars for students

Access to student Slack

Vetted and approved by industry leaders

Align your team with UX writing best practices

👉 Fortune 500 companies choose us to train their product teams

“I was super excited to bring in outside training. You showed that you had the knowledge in technical writing and that was perfect.”

Lisa Hutlman

Senior Director of Product Content
ServiceNow

Meet the minds behind the curriculum

Our courses are vetted by industry leaders

Bobbie Wood

Founder, UX Content Collective

Dave Connis

Lead UX Writer, Outsystems

Any Questions?

Payment plans up to 12 months

Payment options include credit card, PayPal, and bank transfer.

Affirm is available for students in the United States and Canada. For students in other countries, we offer plans over 4 or 6 months.

Pre-requisites

Some knowledge of user experience design and methods
Fluent English writing proficiency. If English isn’t your primary language, take this free test to assess your proficiency. Scores at C1 or above indicate readiness for the course.
Some familiarity with UX terms and methods
A Google account for sharing with instructors
A computer with an updated Chrome browser
A broadband internet connection