UI Basics with Figma
Learn how to design with Figma and build your very first app project. This course teaches you the basics of this exciting software through video-recorded classes and practical assignments. You’ll build your first app, step by step, and you’ll learn the software as you go. On-Demand courses are for anyone who wants to learn tools at their own pace. It is a good first step on the path to further design studies.
- Video Classes
- 9
- Software In-Depth
- 1
- Practical Assignments
- 2
- Complete App Design
- 1
Course Content
The course covers the core functionalities of Figma and its sketching tool Figjam. You will learn how to go from an initial sketch to a final project with complete screens, transitions, buttons, animation, and more.
You can choose to develop your own project through this course, or you can simply replicate the example provided. Through tutorials you will practice on all key functions of Figma and you’ll also learn how to use simple UI kits and the most common plugins. You will be able to explore different functionalities of the software and build your first app. This is a self-paced, video-recorded course. You will not receive feedback on your work but you will get plenty of instructions to improve on your own.
This self-paced course builds your skills in:
- Figma
- Figjam
After the course, you have a basic knowledge of the software that allows you to practice further on your own. Or you can push yourself and apply to other design courses at Berghs at a higher level, where basic software skills are a prerequisite. View your course progression options below.
Figma:
- Available tiers and basic settings - Introduction to the software
- Move & scale, frames and sections
- Basics shapes, select/copy, typography
- Pen tool, mask and combine
- Color, styles, effects, layout
- Align and arrange
- Sizing and constraints
- Layers and blending
- Preferences
- Components and variants
- Auto-layout
- Presentation mode
- Devices
- Prototype Panel
- Plugins, widgets, UI kits, and device templates
- Collaboration, handoffs, flows, export
Figjam:
- Quick introduction to get you started
- Brainstorming, flowcharts, agendas
This self-paced online course is perfect for people who are brand new to the world of design. Anyone whose ideas and ambitions are bigger than their current software skills. It can work as a software foundation or as a first step for those who wish to take design courses at Berghs at a higher level. This course brings your skills up to a level where you can get the ideas that you have in your head, or in your sketchbook, onto the screen. Please note that this course offers an introduction to the software and it is by no means exhaustive, mastering Figma fully may takes years of practice. To complete the course – and all its assignments – you need to have access to a computer and a browser, and you need a good internet connection. We recommend you use a comfortable screen and mouse. You can complete the course using the free version of Figma, no software license is needed to get started. You should also have access to pens and paper that you love so you can sketch your own ideas away from a computer.
- 9 video-recorded classes and 2 assignments
- Language: English
- 30 hours (estimated) to complete the course and all assignments
- Self-paced; study and practice at your own speed
- Checklists to verify your progress throughout the course
- Course certificate upon completion
- On-Demand, start whenever you want
- Software license not included
- Feedback on assignments not included
- Credit card payment and instant enrollment
- Price incl. vat: 5000 SEK
- Price excl. vat: 4000 SEK
This course offers you basic software knowledge and it prepares you for a series of design courses at a higher level at Berghs School of Communication. Below is a list of possible courses to progress with - depending on your level of experience - and some fee reductions to help you do so.
FULL-TIME international courses taught in English
- Berghs Bachelor (all of the design paths within the course) / Full time
- Advanced Portfolio courses (all specializations) / Full time
Apply after completing UI Basics with Figma, improve your chances to enroll and get your tuition fee reduced by 1000 SEK*
FULL-TIME studies (YH) taught in Swedish
Apply after completing UI Basics with Figma and improve your chances to pass the selection. No fee reduction applies.
SHORT COURSES - START LEVEL taught in Swedish
Apply to one of the above after completing UI Basics with Figma and get your fee reduced by 1000 SEK*
*Terms and Conditions
The discount can be claimed only after you have completed your automated software course and it applies only to the course you are progressing on to. Check out the terms and conditions here.
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