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About the Course

Designing for an organization, while requiring technical skill, is not just about knowing how to use a pagination program such as InDesign or manipulate photos using Photoshop. A designer is a visual storyteller, a person who pairs words with images and typography to best convey information to an audience. Good design evokes emotion and presents the news of the day with clarity and the proper tone. A business card, brochure, or website that has good design provides content that is more inviting, more easily comprehensible and is faster to process. Design isn’t about “making it look pretty,” it’s also about content, layout and audience analysis....

Top reviews

OS

Aug 21, 2020

Thank you for making such a good online course. Designing is my hobby, I didn't know what's behind the good, simple and eye-catchy designs, but I know some of the basic principles know. Thanks.

LP

Oct 18, 2020

It is really full of knowledge that they shared and lots of articles that contain relevant topics that help me to add my knowledge and wisdom about design. Thank you DOST! Thank you, Coursera!

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By Shizz A

May 16, 2023

Superb

By Rahul K S

Jan 15, 2024

Great

By SWATHI S P

Feb 18, 2024

Nice

By Anchale j J

Feb 5, 2022

yess

By A Y

Nov 17, 2020

Good

By Muhammad H

May 8, 2020

Nice

By Justin W S

Jul 28, 2021

N/A

By Ajay R B

May 1, 2020

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By Dace B

Feb 11, 2021

I am very grateful to the professor of this course and other staff for providing such an easy to understand and valuable course. I learned quite a lot. And while I'm always rushing to do something in practice, I did find it very helpful to actually go through the design process with all the "boring" questions you have to answer before starting the actual design. It was very valuable to do it in order to create an even better design than I would've without going through the design process properly.

I see that it has been said already before, but I am also not a big fan of a peer review for the final assignment. It does not feel quite right to have my overall grade pushed slightly down because of a review of someone that clearly didn't do well at all on their own design. Especially because their feedback wasn't clear about what exactly was not accomplished in my design. It would be much better to get a feedback and a critique (even a harsh one) from the professor. But perhaps this could be fixed if the required quantity of reviews was bigger (so the weight of one incompetent review wouldn't be so heavy).

But nonetheless - I know what I learned and it has a great value regardless of the flaws of the peer review process. I am very happy about the knowledge I had the opportunity to gain in this course. Thank you! Will definitely recommend this course to others.

By Yukihiro F

Nov 16, 2023

I am an IT engineer, and lacking knowledge in design, I found the study to be quite informative. At the end of each course, there is a Capstone project where I design and upload a PDF for peer review. The videos are very short, and most of the time is spent on creating the Capstone project. If I were to mention a difficulty, it would be that the review criteria for peer reviews are highly subjective, making it challenging to grade as a reviewer. While there were cases where deductions were justified and satisfactory from the perspective of the one being reviewed, there were also instances where low scores were assigned with nonsensical comments. Furthermore, many submitted assignments showcased stunning designs comparable to those of professionals. It was difficult to determine whether the students were genuinely skilled designers or if they were simply plagiarizing. Unless there was clear evidence of plagiarism, I graded all such cases with full marks.

By Lisa G

Nov 21, 2020

This is a great overview of material that I have used intuitively, but did not have the rationale for prior to this course. I wish that the Coursera platform for taking notes while watching the video allowed the viewer to drag the transcript to the side of the video, to allow reading and saving notes while listening more smoothly. Once in the note section below, it is cumbersome to keep listening and to highlight the notes. Otherwise, this has been a very accessible course. Thank you!

By Diana R T

Nov 26, 2020

The content is great, but I find maybe a little bit unneccesary to learn about all history of design considering that the course is for non-designers, and the sound in some videos could be better, but other than that everything is great.

By Danae S

Oct 13, 2020

Thank you very much for this course! I like the combination of text, examples and videos. I would like more info , not just in theoritical base, such as some basic first steps in illustrator or photoshop or just an example done.

By Antonella L G

Feb 25, 2021

Es un curso muy interesante para principiantes, te da algunos fundamentos básicos para ir arrancando, y si bien te quedas con ganas de seguir, está muy bueno como introducción al diseño, para quienes no han hecho nada antes.

By Diana P

Jul 7, 2021

I have learned SO much from this course already. The quizzes could be a little longer and harder - I like a challenge! I would have liked to get more feedback on my project, but I've enjoyed this so far!

By Francis A

Oct 22, 2020

The course is short, but I had learned a lot in designing. Knowing the basics of designing makes it much more easier to do than before. Thank you!

By Gulshan K

Oct 12, 2022

It's a good start to knowing what graphic design is all about, this course offers good understanding of basic level on graphic design.

By Gaibul

Feb 3, 2021

Love all the principles that were taught. However, it should be a little more rigorous.

By PAWNARKAR R R

Apr 9, 2021

Very helpful course . mentor instructed well . All basics are cleared

By Deleted A

Aug 19, 2020

Interesting and good overall, but perhaps a bit too simple/easy.

By Saqlain A

Sep 25, 2020

Great course for the basic understanding of graphic designing

By Tota H

Oct 14, 2023

she is a very professional instructor, thank you very much

By Hafiz M T

Dec 22, 2020

A good introductory course. Thank you Madam Lori Poole.

By Pawan k

Aug 20, 2020

fantastic tutorials easily to understandable,

By KENDRA M

Dec 1, 2022

kinda boring but overall and A Tier class