Visuals and Digital Layouts
Master the core methods of fine tuning and polishing your digital design work
Hands-on learning
Design is in the details! Building on the principles covered in Intro to Design, we'll take things a step further by discussing and going hands-on with the more intricate practices of digital design. In this five-week course, we'll run through topics such as typography and spacing, visual clarity, button layouts, color ratios, and more to create eye-catching experiences in the Ceros Studio.
Each week we’ll tackle a design challenge in the Ceros Studio to puts the topics we cover to practice.
Get Ceros Design Certified
Throughout the course, you’ll have opportunities to complete challenges and activities to earn Design Points. If you earn enough Design Points, you’ll become Ceros design certified.
There’s three levels of certification you can achieve in Intro to Design depending on how many Design Points you accumulate. Work hard, earn a badge, and share your achievement with a digital Ceros Design Certificate.
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Green Certified
“The Achiever”
700/1,100
Gold Certified
“The Overachiever”
950/1,100
Diamond Certified
“The Completionist”
1,100/1,100
Week one: Typography and spacing
Course outline and certification explanation
Typography choice and combinations
Copy layout and spacing
Quick tips
Words Only Design Challenge overview
Design in the Wild overview
Week two: Visual clarity and simplicity
Week one refresher and review
Avoiding visual clutter in your designs
Leveraging interactivity
The art of button crafting
Transitions and animations
Decluttering Design Challenge overview
Week three: Effective visuals and graphics
Week two refresher and review
Beware of the stock photo trap
Authentic and relatable visuals
Apply visual consistency
Graphics at Last! Design Challenge overview
Week four: Color usage and ratios
Week three refresher and review
Color ratios in digital design
How vibrant is too vibrant?
Color contrast and readability
The Color Design Challenge overview
Week five:
Art Show
Final Designs Art Show
Course wrap up
Guided Design Course
Prerequisites
Though this course is very interactive in the Ceros Studio, and we will be touching on Studio tips, tricks, and best practices, it is not a course on how to use the Ceros Studio.
This is an intermediate visual design course, so you don’t need to be a Ceros expert by any means, in fact you could be somewhat new. But to get the most out of Visuals and Digital Layouts, we highly recommend making sure you have the following:
A Ceros Studio account
Completed the Studio Welcome Box
Attended a Live Studio Training
And you must have at least one of the following:
Completed Intro to Design
Intermediate graphic design experience
At least 20 hours spent in the Ceros Studio
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