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Overview

Earn industry recognized certification in graphic designing

Duration

29 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

Official Website

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Credential

Certificate

Graphic Design
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Highlights

  • Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
  • Industry recognized certification
  • Flexible deadlines
  • quality assignments
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Graphic Design
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Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • All beginners seeking a promising career in graphic designing.
What are the course deliverables?
  • Comprehensive Quizzes with Feedback
  • Shareable Certificates
  • Learning at Self-Paced
  • Quizzes for better preparation
  • Graded Assignments with Peer Feedback
  • Graded Programming Assignments
More about this course
  • Graphic Design is the second course in the Effective Communications Specialization, offered by Coursera. The professional studying this course will learn the tools used to create PowerPoints, reports, resumes, and presentations. The online program gives the basic understanding of graphic design and is an apt program for all beginners seeking a promising career in graphic designing. The course includes videos, and comprehensive quizzes for enhanced understanding of the program.

Graphic Design
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Curriculum

Module 1: Getting Started

Course Overview

Course Prerequisites

Glossary of Design Terms

Professionalism in Design

Designing with a Critical Eye

Developing a Design Vocabulary

The Importance of Inspiration

Unexpected Places Yield Unexpected Results

Module 2: The Blank Canvas

T he Necessity of Structure

Introducing the Grid4m

The Grid and Audience Perception

The Power of Negative Space

Introducing the Palette

Type Is the Message

Type Anatomy5m

Type Families

Type Formatting

Creating with Type

Color and Its Meaning

Color and the Natural World

Image Treatment

Creative Cropping

Graphic Elements

Module 3: Tricks of the Trade

Design "Tricks"

Designing with a Closed Set of Elements: The Clarity Guitars Ad

Contrast

White Space

Repetition in writing, design, and presentation

Rhythm or Repetition

Sublimation

Interlocking Elements

Introduction to Tension

Tension and Movement

Targets and Portals

Establishing Priorities

Module 4: Revision and Distance

Your Work Is Not Precious; Your Ability Is

You Are Your Own Worst Critic

Looking Back at Best Practices4m

Moving Forward: Public Speaking

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Students Ratings & Reviews

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Vidisha Panchal
Graphic Design
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Other: Learned about typography , color palletes etc.
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Aditya Chitragar
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Other: I loved the course offered by Coursera, which was very detailed and it has uplifted my journey of becoming a Graphic designer.
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Niahant
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Other: Facilitates the best way to learn Graphic Design.
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Mubarik Hafiz
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Other: I have loved the learning I have been able to do and look forward to taking many more classes with them. I have always been interested in Graphic Designs and Coursera has given me the chance to take the classes that really interest me.
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