Welcome to Graphic Design, the second course in the Effective Communications Specialization. Over 70 different companies have provided this specialization to their employees as a resource for internal professional development. Why? Because employers know that effective visual communication is the key to attracting an audience, building a relationship, and closing the sale.
This course is part of the Effective Communication: Writing, Design, and Presentation Specialization
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About this Course
Students should be somewhat fluent in the use of basic composition-friendly software. PowerPoint, Keynote, and InDesign are all ideal.
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
Apply inspired design ideas to your own work.
Skills you will gain
- Graphics
- Typography
- Presentation
- Graphic Design
Students should be somewhat fluent in the use of basic composition-friendly software. PowerPoint, Keynote, and InDesign are all ideal.
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
Try Coursera for BusinessOffered by
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Getting Started
The Blank Canvas
Tricks of the Trade
Revision and Distance
Reviews
- 5 stars81%
- 4 stars15.93%
- 3 stars2.33%
- 2 stars0.45%
- 1 star0.27%
TOP REVIEWS FROM GRAPHIC DESIGN
I am amazed to learn not only the basics but also the clear speech Inthe video with an expression which is attractive. I am requesting you to expand the weeks for the course. Thank you.
Excellent format. Easy to understand. I love the candor and dry humor from the professor. I would take additional courses from this professor. (Where were you when I was in college???)
Excellent content and I find the designer "tricks" to be super helpful. Resources provided to think/look outside of the "rectangle" was insightful and I will definitely apply it to my work.
I think that the discussions would be more useful if students had detailed instructions on how to create the images in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and then take a screenshot to make a jpeg image.
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