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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 – including how to use AI as part of your workflow.

  • 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

Dave Connis

Outsystems

Courses for Technical Writers
$1,000

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“This is a unique course. I haven’t been able to find one that addresses this intersection of docs 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

Who is this course for?

Learners

Technical writers who want to apply UX principles

Curious pros

Pros who want to expand their technical writer skills

Product teams

Teams looking to upskill technical writers

Anyone else

Product teams who want to include documentation in UX

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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A strong foundation in UX writing, building on existing technical writer skills

02

Hands-on experience writing for real UI components

03

Guidance on using AI as part of your workflow with UX writing

04

Best practices for accessibility and localization

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.

The full syllabus

A comprehensive education in writing content for product interfaces

Concepts

  • Lesson 1: Technical and UX writing compared
  • Lesson 2: How good UX affects documentation
  • Lesson 3: Technical UX writing principles

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
  • Lesson 7: The role of AI design
  • Lesson 8: How to use AI in the design process

Create UX deliverables

  • Lesson 1: Create a style guide
  • Lesson 2: Test your text

Integrate design steps in your workflows

  • Lesson 1: UX workflow principles
  • Lesson 2: UX writing and usability testing
  • Lesson 3: Make the case for technical writing

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.

Technical writers, who are accustomed to crafting detailed documentation and instructions, are uniquely positioned to influence UX. Their ability to present complex information in a clear and accessible way directly impacts how users experience a product. By integrating UX principles into their work, technical writers can enhance the usability of their content and, by extension, the product itself.

 

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 UX Writing for Technical Writers 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 UX Writing for Technical Writers 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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