14 Best Digital Design Courses on Coursera
We compared 14 Digital Design courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $49.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including California Institute of the Arts, The State University of New York & University at Buffalo and University of Colorado Boulder. 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
- 14
- Price range
- $9.99 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 14 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "digital design" 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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Graphic Design
Offered by California Institute of the Arts
Graphic design is all around us, in a myriad of forms, both on screen and in print, yet it is always made up of images and words to create a communication goal. This four-course sequence exposes students to the fundament...
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Digital Manufacturing & Design Technology
Offered by The State University of New York & University at Buffalo
Whether you’re a high school graduate exploring manufacturing careers, or an operations manager hungry for an understanding of the newest manufacturing technologies, this specialization will provide a foundation in how d...
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Print and Digital Elements of Design: Branding and User Experience
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Graphic design projects can be delivered in either a printed format or a digital format, or both. This course will look at how to work with creative professionals to get the ideal usage out of a design to use in print me...
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Graphic Elements of Design: Color Theory and Image Formats
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Examining and exploring the various types of images and graphic elements will be the focus of this course. We will start with color theory to distinguish between CMYK, Pantone and RGB color options and their usages. Then...
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Learn HTML Forms
Offered by Scrimba
In this course, you’ll learn how to build beautiful, user-friendly forms that stand out. Starting with the basics of setting up forms in HTML, you’ll move through hands-on challenges that introduce advanced design techni...
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Generative AI in Adobe Creative Cloud
Offered by Adobe
This specialization will help you learn how to use generative AI tools within Adobe Creative Cloud to create stunning visuals and professional designs. You’ll explore how to generate content with AI, edit and retouch ima...
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Design Theory Principles for Print and Digital Applications
Offered by Skillshare
This Specialization, taught by instructor Martin Perhiniak, is intended for aspiring and professional graphic designers seeking to develop advanced skills in visual communication and layout. Through four in-depth courses...
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Master Adobe InDesign
Offered by Skillshare
This Specialization, taught by Kate Silver, is intended for intermediate designers seeking to develop advanced layout and workflow skills in Adobe InDesign. Through three project-based courses, you will explore styling s...
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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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Cómo crear medios imprimibles en Canva
Offered by Coursera
En este proyecto aprenderás a hacer diferentes tipos de medios imprimibles utilizando Canva. Canva es un servicio web gratuito de diseño donde tienes una gran variedad de herramientas para diseñar todo tipo de medios que...
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Canva for college students
Offered by Coursera
In this project the learner will learn how to use Canva for their college journey. Canva is an online graphic design program that allows you to create and design all types of documents, graphic design compositions and mo...
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Gestalte deinen virtuellen Klassenzimmer mit Canva
Offered by Coursera
Nach Abschluss dieses Projekts wirst du gelernt haben dein virtuelles Klassenzimmer mit Hilfe der gratis Version von Canva zu designen und einzurichten. Virtuellem Lernen kommt eine immer größere Bedeutung zu. Im heutige...
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Create a Digital Wireframe with Figma
Offered by Coursera
In this 1.5 hours guided project, you will learn the fundamental principles of wire-framing. Then you will learn the basic techniques of using Figma to create a wireframe for a pizza restaurant. Finally you will learn ho...
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How to create a high-quality flyer in Adobe Photoshop
Offered by Coursera
**Enroll in this Guided Project before April 2026, for a free 1-month trial to the Creative Cloud Pro Plan!** In this project, learners will get a grasp of how to create a high-quality flyer that can be used for digital...
$9.99listed price
Best Digital Design 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 14 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including California Institute of the Arts, The State University of New York & University at Buffalo and University of Colorado Boulder — 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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