Graphic Design Tips Resource
Common design mistakes made by instructional designers and eLearning developers and how to avoid them.
The 9 tip topics are:
Don’t Make your Learners Think.
Avoid Text.
Visual Triggers.
Make it Intuitive.
Colour Meaning.
Make it Easy.
Voiceover and Audio.
The Adventure of the Travelling Eye.
Avoid Clutter.
The role of graphic design is an important one in the instructional design/eLearning world and as instructional designers/eLearning developers we do not always have this valuable experience.
Imagine completing an eLearning course that only consisted of small black text that went for page after page—no formatting, no paragraphs, no images and no bullet points. Would you be engaged? We certainly would not.
You can have the best training content in the world but if you do not present it in an appealing and easy to digest way, you can wave your engagement and learning goals goodbye.
If you are not an expert at graphic design, have no fear. Our founder at Belvista Studios has graphic design experience and is willing to share. Use the tip sheet to improve your graphic design skills and in turn create learning solutions that:
What's included?
Instructional design or eLearning freelancers, consultants and agencies who want/need to:
Free
When the Belvista Studios founder Kim, entered the instructional design/eLearning world, it became evident to her that not all instructional designers/eLearning developers had graphic design experience. She saw this as a problem.
Graphic design is crucial to effective eLearning design and Kim wanted to ensure that her industry peers utilised the techniques.This led her to create a resource that incorporated her graphic design knowledge. She hopes that through sharing these tips, others discover the power of graphic design and in turn the positive impact that it can have on their eLearning solutions and career.
Not a degree from a university but a degree of knowledge from Google, YouTube or Instagram. ;)
Instagram and YouTube have sooo much content on design tips. Also, look around you. Reflect on what you like/what you don't like and why that is the case. The key to getting better at design is recognising what works and experimenting to build your skills.
Our Portfolio Feedback service in "Coaching" can touch on this. We won't train you on the tools etc. but we can help build your appreciation for good design, as well as how to improve your look and feel/user interface (UI).