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Macquarie University

Create video, audio and infographics for online learning

Multimodal content — video, audio, and infographics — makes online learning more effective. Learners retain more when information is presented across multiple formats, and this course shows you how to create it. You'll work through a systematic design process grounded in four key principles: purpose, space, time, and the instructor's role. Starting with foundational design theory, you'll move through hands-on creation of three content types: infographics, educational podcasts, and instructional videos. Tools like Canva, Venngage, and Visme are introduced to support your infographic work, and you'll hear directly from experienced practitioners through expert podcast interviews in every module. By the end of the course, you'll have created real learning resources and refined them through feedback using a structured critical friend protocol. After completing the course, you'll be able to independently design, create, and evaluate multimodal learning content using a systematic process. Rather than guessing which format to use, you'll make informed, evidence-based decisions aligned to your learners' needs — and you'll have a completed resource package to demonstrate those skills. This course is relevant to instructional designers, e-learning developers, teachers, corporate trainers, learning experience designers, and higher education faculty. The skills you build — design thinking, content creation, and iterative feedback — apply across education sectors and industries wherever online or blended learning is used. No prior design or software experience is required.

Status: Instructional Design
Status: Communication Strategies
BeginnerCourse20 hours

Featured reviews

AE

5.0Reviewed Sep 18, 2022

I​ enjoyed the format of this class. Being able to listen to podcasts for the bulk of the material allowed me to keep my hands busy to stay engaged with the topic.

BS

5.0Reviewed Dec 6, 2021

I learned more in one lesson of this class than a 7 week university class of a similar nature. Thanks.

CH

5.0Reviewed Jul 6, 2022

High quality e-learning with many practical tips and extensive resources for further self-paced learning.

LB

4.0Reviewed Jan 3, 2022

Great course! I actually think this course could have more graded practice items.

AN

5.0Reviewed Aug 26, 2023

The theory of Instructional Desgin has been applied to the course - very varied and viasually appealing with lot's of examples and extra material.

MR

5.0Reviewed Nov 17, 2022

Great course, I've learnt about digital tools for my lessons, but most important, I've got some new ideas for creating them.

AM

5.0Reviewed Mar 21, 2026

The course was well thought out and offered a good mix of lectures, readings, videos, and hands-on activities.

AB

4.0Reviewed Jul 30, 2022

Having teacher-led feedback would make this course a 5-star one.

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