I hope you can help me out. I've been designing in Articulate Storyline for about a year now. I understand the mechanics but I believe that I still lack the 'creativity' in designing visual appealing courses. Does anyone want to share experiences on how you can learn to create appealing courses? I'm already having a look at websites like Udemy to find online courses focussed on visual design but can't really find a good one.
Whenever I'm stuck for design inspiration, I go to www.canva.com.
You can sign up for a free account and create some amazing designs with very little experience. I recently discovered their presentation templates (https://www.canva.com/templates/search/presentations/), where you can choose your category (i.e. „Education“, „Business“, etc.) and then choose from multiple templates (containing 10-15 pre-designed „slides“) to play with. They are mostly in 16:9 (1920x1080 px) format and you can edit them any way you like. Then download the slides as a Powerpoint presentation (.ppt) or as graphics (.png or .jpg) and import those into your Storyline course. You can then add the interactivity / hotspots / additional graphics to the course afterwards.
I hope that helps get the creative juices flowing… Have fun! :)
You're very welcome, Wiebe! Canva is really an amazing design tool and company. They just keep getting better and better. Definitely a great place to look for design inspiration!
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Hi Wiebe,
Whenever I'm stuck for design inspiration, I go to www.canva.com.
You can sign up for a free account and create some amazing designs with very little experience. I recently discovered their presentation templates (https://www.canva.com/templates/search/presentations/), where you can choose your category (i.e. „Education“, „Business“, etc.) and then choose from multiple templates (containing 10-15 pre-designed „slides“) to play with. They are mostly in 16:9 (1920x1080 px) format and you can edit them any way you like. Then download the slides as a Powerpoint presentation (.ppt) or as graphics (.png or .jpg) and import those into your Storyline course. You can then add the interactivity / hotspots / additional graphics to the course afterwards.
I hope that helps get the creative juices flowing… Have fun! :)
Cheers,
Anne
Hi Anne,
Thanks for the tip! Love the presentation templates I can download from Canva. Will definitely use that in my courses :) !
Greets,
Wiebe
Hi Wiebe,
Here are some articles that you may find helpful on graphic design and finding inspiration:
6 Tips for Overcoming Instructional Designer’s Block
:)
You're very welcome, Wiebe! Canva is really an amazing design tool and company. They just keep getting better and better. Definitely a great place to look for design inspiration!
Cheers,
Anne
Great articles. These will definitely help. Thank you Allison!
Sure thing! :)
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