Every button, label and message is part of the product. This course shows how to write interface text that is clear, short and useful, and how to check it before it ships.
What you will learn
- Three principles: clear, concise, useful
- Button labels that say what happens next
- Error messages that explain and offer a way out
- A review checklist for any screen
Who it is for
Designers, developers and product managers who write interface text, and writers moving into product work. Some experience with digital products helps.
Course content
Principles3 lessons
- What UX writing is, and what it is not — Video3 minPreview
- Clear, concise, useful — Text9 minLocked
- Checklist: microcopy review (PDF) — File3 minLocked
Patterns4 lessons
- Error messages that help — Text9 minLocked
- Practice: choose the better label — Interactive page5 minLocked
- Quiz: microcopy — Quiz6 minLocked
- Assignment: rewrite three screens — Assignment40 minLocked