Design Classes in Online

SketchUp BootCamp has gone virtual!  Our same great introductory course is now offered via Zoom!  Students will also receive access to the recorded version for review. Students should be comfortable with their computer skills and ready for a lively, fast-paced learning environment. Fine Print:   You will need your own laptop to...

This course covers the history of graphic design from the mid-19th century through the digital revolution. Influential movements are examined, including arts and crafts, art nouveau, Dada, Constructivism, De Stijl, Bauhaus, Neue Grafik, DIY Punk, and today’s digital landscape.  Students explore the evolution of the discipline from typesetting...

As voice experiences become more ubiquitous, stay relevant by learning how to design for voice-first interactions. Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) are gaining adoption worldwide and their momentum has just started. As a designer, you need to know how to design voice user interfaces. Learn the core concepts for designing a voice experience and create...

Learn the principles & elements of design fundamentals today In this Design Fundamentals for Beginners Class, you will be introduced to an orientation to digital design with emphasis on the history and the basic principles of digital design using key computer graphics tools. Having the vernacular, knowledge and skill to execute a creative vision...

Create, prototype, collaborate and turn your ideas into incredible products with the definitive platform for digital design.

An in-depth understanding of typographic concepts and methods is essential for effective visual communication. Students examine the evolution of the alphabet and the history and basics of typographic style (with an emphasis on 20th-century type design and application). Projects help students understand the difference between legibility and readability...

Students develop their conceptual and technical skills through sessions in both a nondigital studio and a digital lab. They work on projects that incorporate research, illustrations, and graphics and represent a range of ideas- literal and abstract, metaphorical and symbolic. Discussion of professional practices and class critiques strengthen students’...

This course will cover the basics of Revit, a powerful 3D modeling and visualization computer program for interior designers, architects, engineers, and contractors.  Explore the concept of BIM (Building Information Modeling), placing emphasis on the more process of interior design by using parametric models - components with real world behavior. ...

Learn design fundamentals and concept develop- ment as they relate to typography, composition, and color. Discover what makes the difference between ordinary images and powerful, effective graphics. Strengthen your design communication skills and develop your style and vision as you transform your concepts into finished design.  The class explores...

This course is intended for students who want to expand their entry-level knowledge of Adobe InDesign by using advanced features and collaboration tools.  Students will learn how to prepare documents for multiple formats, manage advanced page layouts, manage styles, build complex paths as well as manage external files and create dynamic documents....

Course Overview In this course, you will learn about the process of planning and designing both relational and nonrelational databases. You will learn the design considerations for hosting databases on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). You will learn about our relational database services including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon...

Have you ever looked at a video game and wondered how that was created? Have you ever wanted to learn how to create one and wanted an easy way to do it? If so then this class is for you. This class will cover all the basics in video game creation using Epic Games Unreal Engine. It will start with the assumption that you know nothing about Game Design...

Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. Continuously evolving to serve not only its original purpose as a state-of-the-art game engine, today it gives creators across industries the freedom and control to deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds. This introductory...

User Experience Design, which focuses on the holistic process of designing meaningful connections between users and the designed world can be broken down into three general categories: UX Research, Content Strategy, and Interaction Design. While we will briefly touch on the first two categories, this course will focus primarily on the last - Interaction...

Discover how to use several key tools in Lightroom. We will process two images together to help you build your image editing workflow skills. Learn and understand core editing techniques that you can immediately apply to your images to make them pop. A personal laptop with a current version of Adobe Lightroom Classic (not the cloud version) is required....