15 Best Design Tools Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Design Tools courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $49.00. 2 come from a named university or institution, including University of Michigan and The University of Tokyo. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $9.99 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "design tools" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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1
Master Photoshop CC: Apply Smart Selection & Design Tools
Offered by EDUCBA
Learners will apply advanced Photoshop CC tools, analyze image composition, and create professional-quality visual designs using intelligent selections, transformations, and content-aware features. By the end of this cou...
$49.00listed price -
2
Design Computing: 3D Modeling in Rhinoceros with Python/Rhinoscript
Offered by University of Michigan
Why should a designer learn to code? As our world is increasingly impacted by the use of algorithms, designers must learn how to use and create design computing programs. Designers must go beyond the narrowly focused use...
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3
An Introduction to Learning Experience Design (LXD)
Offered by University of Michigan
An Introduction to Learning Experience Design will equip you with a broad knowledge of the field of learning experience design. This includes knowledge of key design activities, tools that learning experience designers (...
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Interactive Computer Graphics
Offered by The University of Tokyo
Computer graphics can be a powerful tool for supporting visual problem solving, and interactivity plays a central role in harnessing the users' creativity. This course will introduce various interactive tools developed i...
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Generative AI for Graphic Designers
Offered by Adobe
Generative AI is changing the way designers work—turning ideas into visuals faster than ever. In this course, you’ll learn how to use Adobe Illustrator’s AI-powered features to generate artwork, recolor designs, and crea...
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Generative AI for UI UX Design
Offered by IBM & SkillUp
Power your UI/UX career forward with generative AI (GenAI) skills that transform your ability to produce outstanding designs quickly. This hands-on specialization equips you with essential gen AI skills for UX/UI design...
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Adobe Illustrator CC: Part 1
Offered by Logical Operations
To meet the demands of individuals and organizations for flexible, reusable, and easily modified visual content, Adobe Systems has created a cadre of applications that collectively provide a scalable, end-to-end solution...
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Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator
Offered by Adobe
This beginner-friendly course empowers learners to explore Adobe Illustrator with confidence—whether on the web or desktop. Through guided readings, tutorials, and videos, learners will discover what makes Illustrator un...
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UI Design for Web Developers
Offered by Scrimba
This specialization brings you up to speed with User Interface (UI) design with three interactive courses from industry experts. You'll begin with the seven fundamentals of UI design and progress to building and refactor...
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10
Adobe Illustrator Essentials
Offered by Skillshare
This Specialization is intended for aspiring and practicing designers seeking to develop professional Adobe Illustrator skills. Through three engaging courses, you will cover foundational tools, advanced pen techniques,...
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Erstelle eine interaktive Mindmap in Canva
Offered by Coursera
Nach Abschluss dieses Projekts wirst du gelernt haben eine interaktive Mindmap mit Hilfe der Gratis Version von Canva zu kreieren, welche du mit Teamkollegen, Kunden oder deiner Zielgruppe teilen kannst. Die web basierte...
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12
Create Digital Products with Visme
Offered by Coursera
By the end of this project, you will create an ebook template and a logo for digital products using the free version of Visme. Your new acquired skills will help you market your business and sell your products in the mar...
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13
Crea un organigrama con Canva
Offered by Coursera
Al final de este proyecto, usted podrá crear un organigrama usando la version gratis de Canva. El organigrama es la representación gráfica de la estructura organizacional y el capital humano de una organización, que mues...
$9.99listed price -
14
Create a Digital Mood Board with Canva
Offered by Coursera
By the end of this project, you will learn how to create a Mood Board from scratch using the free version of Canva. Mood boards are physical or digital collages that arrange images, materials, text, and other design elem...
$9.99listed price -
15
Cómo crear tu marca personal usando Canva
Offered by Coursera
En este proyecto guiado aprenderemos sobre cómo podemos crear nuestra marca personal y cómo podemos utilizar la plataforma de Canva para hacerlo. Canva es una plataforma web de diseño gráfico donde podemos crear cualquie...
$9.99listed price
Best Design Tools Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $39.01. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Michigan and The University of Tokyo — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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