Learner Reviews & Feedback for Fundamentals of Graphic Design by California Institute of the Arts
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CS
May 9, 2018
An ok course for beginners. A bit too basic for someone who has already had experience in design, but is great anyway cause it breaks things back down to the simplest parts to help you remember roots.
GA
Aug 20, 2018
Very interesting, I liked the format. Easy to follow, nice excercises. It's actually good to cover the basics of design, even if you are not an absolute beginner, and especially if you are self taught
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By Maria M
•Dec 17, 2020
very nice!
By Kanishka R
•Apr 25, 2020
Excellent.
By Claudio S
•May 5, 2018
Well done!
By Sandip R
•Feb 21, 2021
VERY GOOD
By Vishnu R C 5
•Feb 13, 2020
VERY GOOD
By 飞飞
•Aug 16, 2016
实用，新颖，～～～
By Mustafa R
•Jun 23, 2020
Alright
By Dulce A
•Mar 14, 2016
Good!!!
By April E
•Mar 17, 2021
Thanks
By Vengatesh A
•Dec 2, 2020
Good..
By Anike k g
•Jul 30, 2020
nice..
By Loga S G 1
•Jun 6, 2020
Useful
By Richel F
•Dec 12, 2018
Great!
By GUNAWAN, A B (
•Jun 29, 2020
good!
By Ayan M
•Mar 4, 2021
good
By Manisha
•Sep 11, 2020
good
By DINESH K K
•Jun 14, 2020
good
By preksha m
•May 20, 2020
good
By Invader
•Jan 22, 2022
UwU
By Amir B
•Feb 14, 2019
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By Rebecca W
•Feb 9, 2022
This was a great overview of the fundamentals, useful, interesting assignments and a lot of opportunity to practice. It was highly enjoyable and I like how the professor chose to explain things. Knocking off two stars for two reasons:
- The peer review system is broken. I rarely received useful feedback. In general, I think a paid course should have a professional give professional-grade feedback, but in the absence of that possibility, the least they could do is place a minimal word limit on the review sections so that people have to type more than one word to qualify as a review. In addition, people who don't pay attention to the rubric mark down your assignments and can screw with your grade as a result
- The quality of this course was not matched by the next in the specialization, which is Intro to Typography. So people who signed up for this course and then pursued a specialization based on the quality of this course will likely be let down by the very next course in the track. Intro to Typography is totally self-guided, is not at all dense with content (could be done in two weeks EASILY), and is almost completely grade reliant on peer reviewers, which as I pointed out, are of questionable quality. There is really no quality control for the work you complete in this course and it should be free as it currently exists.
By 翠花
•Oct 5, 2016
The last assignment caused me CONFUSION. I mean, due to the unclear assignment requirements, we cannot review composition for composition's sake. For example, I did use two squares as the assignment asked, but I changed the transparency of them, so they form a new square when overlapping. And people think I used three squares and thus not following the instructions. And many people used a small circle and a large circle putting at the center vertically to form a scale composition, and you have to give them 3 points because they followed the instructions, but they actually did not do much in terms of composition. Though I got 3.5 scores by two people ( not very bad）, I'm still frustrated, and I hope the assignment requirements could be clearer.
By Annie H
•Aug 31, 2020
I really enjoyed this course. I learned a lot and there were plenty of opportunities to use my new skills immediately in projects.
My only complaint is that I would have liked to get real feedback from an instructor on at least one of the assignments. I understand why the system is peer-graded and that it would be an immense commitment to actually grade the assignments, but maybe it's not the right system for a design course.
I felt the class was valuable for dipping my toes into graphic design, but could never replace a real class with an active instructor. For this reason, I don't think I'll be continuing with the specialization as originally planned.
By Fatma M Z
•Dec 10, 2019
The content of the course is good, but the real problem is the assignments that must be evaluated by others, It disables me a lot now I finished the videos and passed the exam, & submitted my assignments. Now taking my certificate that I will put in my CV depends on reviewing my work, now I can not apply for the job only after If I get the certificate of this course and this thing hurt me a lot.
Why have I been late getting the certificate because there are no people registered with me for this course at the same time? Or that no one has evaluated my work?
Please find a solution to this problem and keep this in mind.
By Dany B
•Feb 22, 2017
I FIND THE MATERIAL REALLY GOOD AND EASY TO FOLLOW, THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE VERY HELPFUL TO FULLY UNDERSTAND EACH CHAPTER. I LIKE THAT THERE IS INTERACTION BETWEEN PEERS AND HOW THERE IS FEED BACK FROM EACH OTHER, BUT I DONT LIKE THAT IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET AN OPINION, IT DOESNT SEEM TO BE ENOUGH, IF I GET FEEDBACK FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS AS LITTLE AS ME OR IS BEGINNING TO EXPLORE GRAPHIC DESIGN, I WOULD HAVE LIKED AN OPINION FROM A PROFESIONAL OR A TEACHER WITH MORE EXPERIENCE. ALSO, AFTER FEEDBACK THERE SHOULD BE A CORRECTION ASSIGNMENT OR A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK AND MAKE YOUR PROJECT BETTER.
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