Figma UI UX Design Essentials (Udemy.com)
Use Figma to get a job in UI Design, User Interface, User Experience design, UX Design & Web Design
Created by: Daniel Walter Scott
Last updated May 2026
Our take
Based on the ratings of 48,365 students and a sample of their written reviews, the syllabus, the course as of May 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.
Dan Scott's beginner Figma course runs 9.5 hours across 95 lectures and takes one project from brief and persona through wireframes, colors, type, components and an interactive prototype, then out to developer handoff. It is written for people who have never opened Figma and may not be sure what UX means. Over 211,000 students have enrolled and it holds a 4.7 rating from about 48,000 reviews, with roughly 93 percent giving four or five stars. The syllabus shows it was last updated in May 2026 and includes a section on Figma Sites.
Reviewers keep coming back to two things: the pace and the humor. One says Scott's enthusiasm kept them going on days they didn't feel like learning, and another singles out the 19 homework assignments as the part that made the content stick. Experienced designers, including one who had built websites in Photoshop since 2006, say it finally got them working in Figma properly. Complaints are mild. One reviewer wished the instructor had every detail worked out in advance instead of muddling through Figma quirks on camera, and the course is essentials only, so components, variants and auto layout each get a short section rather than a deep one.
There are no quizzes, just the assignments, and the UX theory (personas, briefs, client expectations) is light compared with a dedicated UX fundamentals course. If you want the software plus enough process to ship a portfolio piece, this is the safest pick in the Figma list. Plan on the separate advanced course afterwards if you want more.
Pros
- One project from brief and persona to clickable prototype and developer handoff
- 19 homework assignments that a reviewer says made the material stick
- Last updated May 2026, with a section on Figma Sites
- Experienced Figma users still report picking up shortcuts and tips they didn't know
Cons
- Essentials only: components, variants and auto layout each get a short section
- The instructor sometimes works through Figma quirks live rather than editing them out
- No quizzes, and UX theory is light next to the Figma tooling
Dan is a fantastic tutor and his enthusiasm and humour convinces you to keep going even if you've had a bad day and can't be bothered to learn. That's a rare thing!
Listed as all levels, but built for total beginners; no design or Figma experience is assumed and a free Figma plan is enough.
What you will learn
- How to begin working as a UX Designer using Figma.
- How to use Figma for Essential UX Design & UI Design
- How to make fully interactive prototypes.
- How to work with a UX personas.
- You will be able to add UX designer to your CV.
- Build a UX project from beginning to end.
- What the client expects of you as a UX designer.
- How to create simple wireframes.
- How to implement colours & images properly in your designs.
- The dos & don'ts around choosing fonts for web & mobile apps.
- How to create your own icons, buttons & other UI components.
- Terms such as Components, Constraints & Multi Dimensional Variants.
- Free UI kits & plugins for Figma which will speed up our workflow dramatically!
- How to build a simple style guide, ready for client handoff.
- How to make both simple & advanced micro interactions, page transitions & animations.
- Learn to design websites & mobile phone apps.
- Work with fonts & colors.
- Test on mobile phones.
- Export production ready assets.
- Create your first UX brief & persona.
- Learn professional workflow tricks & shortcuts.
- Forum support from me and the rest of the BYOL crew.
- All the techniques used by UX professionals
- 111 videos of detailed Figma & UX & UI Design content.
Course content
25 sections · 95 lectures · 9.5 hours of video 19 assignments, 1 articles
- 1Getting Started 4 free previews6 lectures · 1 quiz · 20 min
- 2Wireframing - Low Fidelity2 lectures · 14 min
- 3Type, Color & Icon Introduction11 lectures · 2 quizzes · 1.3 hours
- 4Pages1 lecture · 7 min
- 5Prototyping - Level 15 lectures · 1 quiz · 31 min
- 6Animation Level 12 lectures · 1 quiz · 14 min
- 7Commenting2 lectures · 12 min
- 8High Fidelity3 lectures · 1 quiz · 15 min
- 9Columns1 lecture · 17 min
- 10Tips & Tricks1 lecture · 7 min
- 11Colors5 lectures · 1 quiz · 35 min
- 12Text & Fonts Advanced10 lectures · 1 quiz · 58 min
- 13Drawing7 lectures · 2 quizzes · 50 min
- 14Images5 lectures · 1 quiz · 28 min
- 15Autolayout's & Constraints6 lectures · 2 quizzes · 39 min
- 16Effects3 lectures · 1 quiz · 15 min
- 17Components & Instances3 lectures · 1 quiz · 17 min
- 18Variants3 lectures · 1 quiz · 14 min
- 19Prototyping - Level 26 lectures · 1 quiz · 39 min
- 20Teams & Projects1 lecture · 4 min
- 21Micro Interactions3 lectures · 1 quiz · 12 min
- 22Thumbnail Update1 lecture · 4 min
- 23Overview of Figma Sites1 lecture · 17 min
- 24Exporting5 lectures · 1 quiz · 26 min
- 25What next2 lectures · 3 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- Anyone who wants to start using Figma in their career & get paid for their user experience design skills.
- This course is for beginners, newbies & amateurs in the field of UX design.
- Aimed at people new to the world of design & user experience.
- For anyone that needs to add ‘UX Design’ to their portfolio.
- Anyone who wants to learn the essentials of UI & UX Design.
What you need before you start
- You'll need a copy of Figma. A free plan is available on the Figma website.
- No previous UX Design/UI Design experience is needed.
- No previous Figma skills are needed.
- No previous design skills or experience required.
Quality Score
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Overall Score : 94 / 100
Course Description
Hi there - my name is Dan Scott & welcome to Figma Essentials.
Together - you and me - are going to learn everything you need to get started working as a UX Designer using Figma.
We’ll use this UI UX design tool to create beautiful User Interfaces and engaging prototypes. Most importantly... we'll cover the client expectations of you as a new UX designer.
This course is aimed at people new to design, new to User Experience design. Even if you’re not totally sure what UX really means, don’t worry. We’ll start right at the beginning and work our way through step by step.
First we’ll describe the brief & how to work with a UX persona.
Then you’ll learn how to create simple wireframes.
From there we’ll look at how to implement colours & images properly in your designs.
You’ll learn the do’s & don’ts around choosing fonts for web & mobile apps.
You’ll learn how to create your own icons, buttons & other UI components.
You’ll learn some pretty scary terms such as Components, Constraints & Multi Dimensional Variants. They are all really easy to understand once you know how.
We’ll also make our lives easier by using free UI kits & plugins for Figma which will speed up our workflow dramatically!
We’ll build a simple Style Guide ready for client handoff.
You’ll understand how to make both simple & advanced micro interactions, page transitions & animations
Before the end of this course you will have made fully interactive prototypes
You will take a project all the way through - collaborating with other team members and exporting the right files ready to hand off to your developer or software engineer.
We’ll be focusing on the software Figma but I’ll make sure to explain the techniques & terms used in the UX and how real world projects are run. You will develop a great understanding of the industry and will be able to manage your own UX projects.
I will be setting assignments through the course which will help develop your skills and enable you to create something special and unique for your own portfolio.
Alright - it's time to upgrade yourself & go from Figma Zero to Figma Hero.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
48,365 Reviews
Daniel Walter Scott
Sharing is who I am, and teaching is where I am at my best, because I've been on both sides of that equation, and getting to deliver useful training is my meaningful way to be a part of the creative community.
I've spent a long time watching others learn, and teach, to refine how I work with you to be efficient, useful and, most importantly, memorable. I want you to carry what I've shown you into a bright future.
I have a wife (a lovely Irish girl) and kids. I have lived and worked in many places (as Kiwis tend to do) – but most of my 14+ years of creating and teaching has had one overriding theme: bringing others along for the ride as we all try to change the world with our stories, our labours of love and our art.
I'm a certified Adobe instructor (ACI) in Ireland. I'm also an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and have completed the Adobe Certified Associate training (ACA). And I don't just do Adobe. Remember, media is a very broad term – digital blew out the borders, so we are all constantly learning.
I've been teaching for 14+ years. I come from being a media designer and content creator – so I understand exactly where you're at now. I've been there. I love this stuff. Print, digital publishing, web and video. I can see how it all connects. And I can see how we can share those connections.
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Reviews
By HanaaMohamed on 8/21/2026
I finished the course today and after this wonderful journey I would say that Dan did a very good job. It has been a beautiful journey with him and I will surely complete the advanced course with him. Everything about figma essentials was covered in the course in the most enjoyable way and also he is a really funny guy BTW :D Thank you Dan and see you in the advanced course.
By GrainFox Professional Development on 8/17/2026
Really great introduction to the concepts. Personal preference, but I tend to like tutorials where I feel like the teacher has every detail fully worked out in advance, as opposed to muddling through weird quirks alongside us and just going with it. But those moments were minimal.
By Melanie B. on 8/11/2026
Fantastic course. As an experienced Graphic Designer I finally wanted to add UX Design to my Portfolio and therefore learn Figma. Dan has a great way of explaining and the pace of the tutorials were perfect for me. I finished the course with a nice AND functional design. Really enjoyed it, learned a lot. Probably doing the advanced course as well. Can recommend!
By Laura Wertkin on 8/11/2026
This course was excellent! Dan does a great job of providing a lot of background info on many overlapping topics (design, development, AI tools, etc.), while staying focused on UI UX Design in Figma. I found the homework assignments really valuable in ensuring I followed all the content and retained all the info. Don't skip those! It's a lot of info, but then again, Figma has a lot of features. Dan makes it fun and approachable. Thank you!
By Christian Dixon on 7/16/2026
Thanks so much, this was really helpful! I did a few courses through the Figma Learning site but this was much more in-depth and useful. I feel much more confident in using Figma now and am looking forward to starting the Advanced course next. I'll definitely check-out more courses with Dan/Bring Your Own Laptop as this one was personable and easy to follow along. Thanks Dan!
By Martina Bresciani on 7/9/2026
Overall a very good course covering the fundamentals. There were some technical issues a that took a while to resolve (hence 4/5), but now everything has been fixed. Daniel Walter Scott is a fun, quirky teacher. I can recommend.
By Eshiotse Ahmed on 6/9/2026
Honestly Dan, what you did was awesome, I enjoyed your teachings, although I ran into the same issues with the videos it all still turned out okay. You made it easy to follow, and what i liked the most was the way u showed us more than one way to do this, I believe in flexibility and versatility so it was good. Dope stuff, I loved the course.
By Silviu Balan on 6/2/2026
The course was great. Very knowledgeable instructor, also very charming(those glasses really give him a lot of style points :) ). My small feedback for Dan is to split the longer videos into more parts, I just find them more digestable and can significantly improve you learning time(I know it's extra work for you guys but still try to do it). Overall this course was awesome. Thanks Dan. :)
By Anna Rudak on 5/31/2026
I think the course could be a little bit more advanced - I'd like some more tasks to complete, so I could feel more confident with Figma. Other than that it was a great experience and a good way to start the journey with Figma as a beginner. Thanks.
By Āditya Sarma on 3/29/2026
His way of teaching with the perfect sequences and order will make you stay focused even if you don't want to. The best part are the constant class projects in every section, that way you really get the grasp of what he's trying to make you learn. Ooh and also his occasional humor in between the lectures make you feel you're inside a classroom haha. Overall, a great course! Definitely recommend to all the beginners out there who wanna learn Figma as a part of their UX UI career! Cheers :)












