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Learn Graphic Design online: university courses, full YouTube courses, and courses with free certificates, from the IITs, MIT, Harvard, Google, Microsoft and more.
Great Learning
This free online graphic design course will equip you with the essential skills to create professional, impactful designs. You’ll gain a strong understanding of core design principles, such as composition, typography, and color theory, enabling you to produce visually engaging designs that communic…
Google
Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma is the fifth course in a certificate program that will equip you with the skills you need to apply to entry-level jobs in user experience (UX) design. In this course, you will follow step-by-step tutorials to learn how to create high-fidelity des…
The University of Michigan
Learn how to develop effective marketing and PR strategies to help share your library’s programs, services, and value with the broader community.
Typography is one of the most important aspects of good design. In this course, you'll learn all you need to know about creating good typography as a UX Designer: how to choose a typeface; what to look for when laying out type, how to create typographic hierarchy, laying out type, and creating resp…
University of California San Diego
What makes an interface intuitive? How can I tell whether one design works better than another? This course will teach you fundamental principles of design and how to effectively evaluate your work with users. You'll learn fundamental principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize…
Great Learning
This free Canva course for beginners is designed to help you understand and master the platform. It will help you understand Canva’s main features, and create breathtaking visuals in the prossess. You will also be introduced to the design, marketing materials, presentations, and maintaining consist…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This class introduces studies in the algorithmic manipulation of type as word, symbol, and form. Problems covered will include semantic filtering, inherently unstable letterforms, and spoken letters. The history and traditions of typography, and their entry into the digital age, will be studied. We…
Microsoft
In this course, you will apply visual design principles to create high-fidelity mockups, considering platform-specific design patterns and best practices, while incorporating user feedback from usability testing.
The University of Maryland, College Park
Great program managers understand and heal bad communication habits and conflicts that arise within project teams and stakeholders. Learn how by leveraging emotional and cultural intelligence using the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM).
Great Learning
Graphic Design and Visual Communication gives you a free beginner-friendly introduction to the decisions behind clear visual work. You can start without a design background because the course explains what graphic design is, where it is used, and how a design process turns an idea into communicatio…
Udacity
Learn the core elements of visual design, including shape, color, layout, and typography, using Canva and Adobe Color to create scalable, well-structured digital compositions from scratch.
Alison
This free online course teaches you to design a sample travel agency website using Adobe XD using simple guidelines and easy to follow steps. We begin by creating a design brief in Adobe XD and using it to explore your target audience. Then we study how to do a competitor analysis and see what othe…
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
While telling stories with data has been part of the news practice since its earliest days, it is in the midst of a renaissance. Graphics desks which used to be deemed as “the art department,” a subfield outside the work of newsrooms, are becoming a core part of newsrooms’ operation. Those people (…
Alison
A bridge funnel, a single webpage, is a vital link between potential customers and the merchant's sales. Strategically placed call-to-action prompts guide users seamlessly towards making a purchase. By clicking on these prompts and completing a purchase, affiliates earn commissions. In this course,…
Alison
This free online course illustrates various techniques of creating great thumbnails. It is specifically designed for art teachers, creative minds, content creators and graphic or web design students to cover all aspects of thumbnails. Teachers and experienced users who enrol will refresh their know…
University of California San Diego
A blank canvas is full of possibility. If you have an idea for a user experience, how do you turn it into a beautiful and effective user interface? This covers covers principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present information with your interfaces. You'll learn concrete…
The University of Maryland, College Park
Logic is not enough. Program managers need presence and to move stakeholders emotionally. Project professionals only follow people they both respect and trust. Learn to apply Aristotle’s persuasion triad to create successful communication that persuades.
Great Learning
Este curso gratis de Canva está pensado para quienes quieren crear diseños claros sin experiencia previa en diseño gráfico. Aprenderás a usar plantillas, textos, colores, imágenes, elementos visuales y formatos para redes sociales, presentaciones y materiales sencillos de marca. La idea es que enti…
University of California San Diego
Apply the skills you learned during the sequence of courses -- from needfinding to visual design -- as you redesign a new interface, service, or product for your Interaction Design Capstone Project. We’re working with some exciting design teams in Silicon Valley across multiple industries to develo…
