Introduction To Graphic Design
- Free
- No certificate
- Beginner
- 1.9 hours
Anthony Isaac's Introduction To Graphic Design is a free Udemy course that teaches design basics by making things in Canva, a browser-based tool with a free tier. It runs to 23 video lectures in five sections, 1 hour 56 minutes in all, and was last updated in January 2021. The Introduction section gets you signed up and oriented in Canva's dashboard and templates and supplies course resources. Design Skills covers the fundamentals the projects rely on: colour, typography, elements and layout, plus how to organise deliverables and the instructor's three-step design process. Starter Projects and Advanced Projects then build real pieces, including logos, posters, YouTube thumbnails and Twitter and Instagram posts, and a one-lecture Bonus section closes the course.
Udemy lists the level as Beginner; the only requirements are internet access and a computer. The course is in English with auto-generated captions. Enrolment is free, and as with every free Udemy course there is no certificate of completion, no direct instructor Q&A, and ads may be shown. It is a practical companion to Alison's Introduction to Canva, which is more of a tour of the tool, and to the theory-heavy W3C and Alison design courses in this hub.
What you’ll learn
- Set up a Canva account and find your way around the dashboard and templates
- Apply the fundamentals of colour, typography, elements and layout
- Follow a three-step design process and organise deliverables for a project
- Produce logos, posters, YouTube thumbnails and social-media posts in Canva
Who it’s for
Small-business owners, marketers and students who want to make presentable graphics quickly without Adobe software; it will not teach Illustrator or Photoshop.
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