{"id":39238,"date":"2017-11-01T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T10:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=39238"},"modified":"2022-11-21T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T11:48:28","slug":"learn-web-design-with-skillshare-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/learn-web-design-with-skillshare-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Web Design with Skillshare – Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Web design is a fast-changing industry, therefore continuous learning is one of the most important skills you need in order to stay relevant in the market. However, acquiring the necessary skills can be a serious challenge, especially with limited free time. Luckily nowadays, there are a lot of learning tools you can choose from.<\/p>\n

Skillshare<\/a> is one of these tools, more precisely it\u2019s an online educational platform<\/a> that can help you accomplish your professional learning goals. Skillshare has more than 17,000 online classes related to creative industries, design, technology, marketing, and other fields.<\/p>\n

In this article, I reviewed their platform so that you can better decide if it\u2019s worth a try.<\/p>\n

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Skillshare Tutors<\/h2>\n
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Skillshare defines itself as an online learning community where you can learn and teach a class. Anyone can teach a class, which may not sound good at first but when you look at the teachers you\u2019ll find many high-profile professionals among them.<\/p>\n

So, teachers basically have to find their own audience and persuade them about their credibility. They mostly do that by summarizing their credentials and professional experience on their profile page.<\/p>\n

On the screenshot below, you can see a teacher profile page. It belongs to Carlye Cunniff<\/a> who is a Senior Experience Designer at Amazon and teaches UX design<\/a> skills on Skillshare as a side project\u2014the kind of professional you may want to learn from.<\/p>\n

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Apart from the teacher\u2019s short resume, teacher profile pages also have sections for the teacher\u2019s projects, courses, and discussions. It also has social features, such as links to the teacher\u2019s social media profiles and website, and you can also follow teachers using the big blue +Follow<\/span> button.<\/p>\n

Skillshare Platform<\/h2>\n

Skillshare has a straightforward and intuitive platform. The universal search bar allows you to quickly look up classes, skills, or teachers. I run the \u201cweb design\u201d search query, and got 6,894 results and the following screen:<\/p>\n

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The result page has many filters that let you further adjust the results to your needs. You can filter the classes according to subscription type (premium and free), freshness, class length, related skills, plus you can also look up the classes held by the teachers you follow.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a big +Follow<\/span> button next to the title of the result page, which means you could follow the \u201cweb design\u201d search term if you want, which is a quite useful feature. You can see the classes in a grid layout that you can quickly scan through.<\/p>\n

Skillshare Classes<\/h2>\n

Now, let\u2019s look at the most important feature of the site\u2014the classes. For this review, I chose three classes, all related to different parts of web design and taught by established professionals, covering the following topics:<\/p>\n

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  1. Well-converting homepage design<\/strong> by Dennis Field<\/em>, InVisionApp\u2019s product designer<\/li>\n
  2. UX wireframes<\/strong> by the aforementioned Carlye Cunniff<\/em>, Amazon\u2019s senior experience designer<\/li>\n
  3. Typographical composition<\/strong> by Ellen Lupton,<\/em> a curator of contemporary design at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Classes are divided into shorter videos, so they adapt well to the tight schedule of a busy professional.<\/p>\n

    You can add notes to a class, create and upload your own class project, write a review, and also have a look at other student\u2019s notes, projects, and reviews.<\/p>\n

    1. Web Design Essentials: Creating Marketing Homepages That Drive Results<\/a><\/h3>\n
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