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IxDF -. Interaction Design Foundation has a rating of 2.9 stars from 84 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. IxDF -. Interaction Design Foundation ranks 3955th among Education sites.
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Last year a good friend of mine recommended IDF to me when she found out that I'd be interested in getting into UX. And I'm so happy she did!
Before that I was trying to learn things on my own, trying to find reliable sources of information and learning material on the internet. Yes, undoubtedly, there's a lot you can find on the internet these days to learn from, but that will only get you so far.
When you're only just starting out in your UX journey you need structure and guidance, and you need confidence that you're in good hands. You want to build your knowledge on solid basics and you want to be able to learn about all the various aspects of the field. IDF gives you all of these, and so much more!
The amount of courses is unbelievable, covering everything from the absolute beginners to the more intermediate and advanced studies. You can easily take these courses step by step, building on each other. There's also lots of additional helping material free for you to download along the courses.
I especially like the templates which you can start using in your personal work right away!
The courses are a good mixture of reading and video lessons and they're taught by well-established and world-class experts in their field. What I also really appreciate is that even once you finish a course you can go back and revisit any chapter at any time if you need a little refresher on a particular topic.
And there's one more very important thing to mention - on top of the courses you'll get to be part of a great community, which is also priceless! There's always some interesting topics you can follow and join in the forum, and you can start networking with other people, from all over the world.
A large number of members are already working UX professionals who are also very happy to share their knowledge and want to network. There's always something new I learn even just from reading the forum :)!
I would absolutely recommend IDF to everyone who's looking to get started in UX and also those who want to broaden their existing knowledge and skillset.
There's so much to learn here! It really is a UX Powerhouse!
Date of experience: April 7, 2021
THEY WILL STEAL ALL YOUR MONEY AND CHARGE YOUR CREDIT CARD WITHOUT NOTIFYING YOU! DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THEM. THEY ARE SNEAKY AND AWFUL PEOPLE WHO ONLY WANT TO PROFIT OFF OF YOU
Date of experience: September 18, 2021
You can learn all UX knowledge that you need, no matter what's your level and at your own pace. It's a very useful platform.
Date of experience: March 23, 2021
The Interaction Design Foundation has a huge selection of courses with valuable content! Their content is growing with more variety.
Date of experience: January 25, 2021
This course is a good starting point to learn about interaction design. The content is great and up to date. The coverage is good too
Date of experience: December 5, 2020
Very good articulated course structure and intuitive lesson with a lot of engagements. Also price/value ratio is excellent.
Date of experience: April 11, 2022
Hi Orkun,
Thank you for your kind words! It means a lot to us that you're enjoying our courses.
We think so too: our pricing is very affordable considering the value we deliver. It's not always easy to keep prices low, but we believe everyone should be able to access UX education, no matter where they are.:-)
Warm regards,
Rikke Friis Dam of the Interaction Design Foundation
This is perfect place to get started & upgrade your UI/UX skills. I strongly recommend IDF to all the students & professional.
Date of experience: November 14, 2020
I started studying with IDF in 2018 because I was being pigeon-holed at work. I was employed as a writer at a software company that, at the management level, could not understand the role of content or storytelling in user-centred design.
I've never attended university, but I've read more books on UCD, UX, IA, CX, HCI - and software development in general - than anyone I know. After realising that I might need some certificates to prove myself, I discovered the Interaction Design Foundation, and can honestly say that it has elevated my confidence and my career astronomically.
I have had mixed feelings about some of the course content (the only reason for my 4 star review). For example, I'm personally not a fan of watching a video then answering multiple choice questions. But the great thing about IDF courses is that they mix it up. Some lessons end in multiple choice questions, while others ask open-ended questions which are graded by an instructor. Those are my favourite!
What I love most about studying with IDF:
- It's a wonderful refresher for existing knowledge. (Sure, I've read a tonne of books, but if you don't exercise what you've learned it decays rapidly.)
- It allows me to put my knowledge to the test, which provides me with a sense of validation that has helped me to overcome imposter syndrome in the workplace.
- I've learned an incredible amount of new information, which has armed me with the vocabulary to articulate my design decisions, or design input, at work. My favourite topic of newly acquired knowledge is Gestalt theory. While I may have read about it in the past, it's not until you have to answer a lesson question — such as: Describe what the Gestaltists meant by the 'Law of Proximity' and provide three examples within your answer — that the learning really embeds itself for life.
- The customer service is exceptional!
- The staff and course creators actually care about the education being provided. I love learning online and have taken a lot of courses on a lot of different platforms. I cannot name a single other learning platform that makes you feel like you're a student on a learning path, as opposed to just another anonymous user who has signed up to watch the educational videos, and to remain firmly planted on the receiving end of their one-way-communication teaching style.
Date of experience: March 30, 2021
Hi Carlee,
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for the feedback. We work hard to strike the perfect balance between video and text-based lessons. Especially in this last year, we've added more resources to our video team and worked closely with our course instructors to dramatically improve the quality of video lessons. We hope that these changes are of value for students who prefer a more text-based approach — such as yourself.:-)
I hope you get around to trying our more recent courses and our updated materials, crossing my fingers that you find the time to earn more of those well-deserved certificates!
Warm regards,
Rikke Friis Dam of the Interaction Design Foundation
Online UX design courses and literature created by design experts. Don Norman: "A goldmine of information on interaction design."
We’re market leaders in online design education because the world’s leading experts create our content and because we’re specialized in design. Our courses cover the entire spectrum of UX design from beginner to advanced.
With 109,999 graduates, the Interaction Design Foundation is the biggest online design school globally. We were founded in 2002.
Since 2002, we’ve been on a mission to:
- Teach you concrete design skills to advance your career and build a better future for yourself and your employer.
- Teach you how to leverage the power of design in the same way companies such as Apple and Google do.
- Help you apply your new design skills to improve the quality of life for humankind. We live in a world filled with inefficient and frustrating design and you can make a positive impact by designing human-centered technology.
- Democratize education by providing top-quality, online design courses at a fraction of the cost of traditional education.
- We offer you the best expertise from both high-tech companies and academia. We produce top-grade learning materials with elite industry designers from Google and IBM as well as top professors from Stanford, MIT and Cambridge University.
- We facilitate learning and career advancement in 467 Local Groups in 95 countries.
Hi Don,
I want to confirm the reasons behind your terrible experience. Please send me an email to rikke.friis.dam@interaction-design.org.
We have a clear refund policy, but we're also humans and can accommodate our member's requests. Since last year, many of our members have experienced and shared with us difficult situations. We have been supportive and empathetic — it's a never-ending learning curve.
I'll be looking forward to reading your email to understand why you got this impression, your pain points, and refund your payment.
Warm regards,
Rikke Friis Dam of the Interaction Design Foundation