Course Graphics Training
I began Course Graphics Training, starting with designing Style A/Style B graphics. For my course graphics, I chose to use the course “Intro to Design Thinking,” which was a class I took last semester.
For each style, I created:
Canvas dashboard/homepage graphics
Canvas buttons
Powerpoint resources
Stinger slides
Style A
First Drafts
For my Style A graphics, I decided on the green background because I felt it complimented the picture of the professor well. I created these graphics with the templates provided to me in the dropbox.
Canvas Graphics
Powerpoint Graphics/Templates
Canvas Buttons
After this, I received feedback to:
- Change the bottom bottom bar of the Canvas graphics to an accent color that compliments the course and primary color
Incorporating Feedback
After receiving feedback, I decided to change the bottom bar to a darker blue to compliment the course and primary green.
Style B
First Drafts
Here were my first drafts for Style B. I decided on having a photo with a wall of sticky notes as the background photo because when I took the class last semester, our whiteboards often looked like that when we brainstorming/ideating our ideas.
Canvas Graphics
Powerpoint Graphics/Templates
Canvas Buttons
After this, I received feedback to:
- Put “Intro to Design” in the first line of the Canvas Homepage graphic and “Thinking” on the bottom. Also, to shrink the green background box to match the length of the text.
- I forgot to change the background of one of my Powerpoint slide templates, so to add the sticky note wall to Slide 2.
Incorporating Feedback
After receiving feedback, I shrunk the background box and changed the text formatting on the Canvas Homepage graphic. I also added the correct background to my Powerpoint slide template.
Stinger Animations
I also made Stinger Animations for this training—which I had never done before—so I was very excited to use Adobe After Effects for the first time! It wasn’t too challenging to use, and I look forward to using it more in the future.
Final Menus + Final Thoughts
Here are the final menus for my two sets of course graphics:
Style A
Style B
Overall, this training taught me how how to navigate the LAITS server and how to use the course graphics templates. It taught me how to pick appropriate colors for the graphics I’m creating and was my introduction to Adobe After Effects!