A Non-Designer's Guide to Crafting Beautiful eLearning

You don't have to be a graphic designer to create a beautiful and engaging digital experience for learners. If you're not a graphic designer, but want your content to look professional, what do you do? When creating digital content, there are a dizzying array of design choices. There are so many little things that require careful consideration. From colors and fonts to styles, layouts and more, our design decisions have a huge impact on the engagement and user experience of our learners.

Unless you’re a graphic designer it is easy to feel overwhelmed. But the good news is you don’t need to be an artist and you already know more than you realize. With a few simple design tricks you can upgrade your visual design game and create outstanding learner experiences you’ll be proud of.

In this session you’ll learn:

* Steal like an artist. Why you should keep a “swipe file” of great design and inspiration that will give you a jump on solving the design challenges you encounter.
* Train your design eye and intuition. How to make yourself better at design looking at other designs and thinking critically about what works and doesn’t work.
* Simple design tips anyone can do. How to follow simple design rules that will help you create outstanding learner experiences.
* Designing with Text. How to improve your content by writing and designing more effectively with text.

LINKS & RESOURCES: http://gettalk.at/beautiful

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