01
AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations
Anthropic
Learn what to hand to AI, and what to keep for yourself.
Free
Free certificate
Beginner
Start course
Free resource /
Become an AI-first designer for $0
5 free courses, in the order I’d take them. Start at number 1.
See the courses
Free to take · Links go to the official course pages
The 5 courses /
02
AI Prompting for Everyone
DeepLearning.AI · Andrew Ng
Get useful work out of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Free to take
About 7 hours
Beginner
Start course
03
AI Fluency for Creative Work
Anthropic
Built for designers and makers. Use AI without losing your own taste.
Free
Free certificate
For designers
Start course
04
AI for UX/UI Designers
Catch Wisdom
AI across the whole process: research, wireframes, prototypes, copy and testing.
Free to take
About 12 hours
12 units
Start course
05
Generative AI: The Future of UX UI Design
Coursera
AI research, AI prototyping and conversational UX, ending with a project.
Free to audit
About 8 hours
Intermediate
Start course
Why this order
Step 1–2
Think and prompt
Learn how to work with AI before you design with it.
Step 3
Keep your taste
Use AI as a creative partner, not a replacement.
Step 4–5
Apply it
Bring AI into real UX work, from research to prototype.
One tip before you start
Don’t just watch. After each course, redo one real screen or flow from your own work with what you learned. That’s where the skill actually sticks.
Who put this together
I’m Haidar Ali, a Lead Product Designer with 8+ years across SaaS, FinTech, enterprise and AI products. I share how to design with AI in a way that stays clear, useful and human.
Want more like this?
I post free AI design resources every week.
Follow on Instagram
Follow on LinkedIn
Course details were checked on each official course page in September 2026. Prices and certificates can change, so check the course page before you enrol. Certificates are paid for courses 2, 4 and 5; the courses themselves are free to take.