Visual Design Basics for eLearning Development | How-To Workshop

#eLearning #InstructionalDesign #ArticulateStoryline #VisualDesign Designing effective and engaging eLearning requires more than just good instructional design—it also needs to look good! However, if you're like a lot of eLearning and instructional design professionals, you've likely found yourself struggling with the visual design aspects of developing eLearning. What fonts should you use? How do you create a custom color scheme? How do you find images and graphics that resonate with your learners? And how to bring it all together into a visually pleasing layout? The truth is, if you're like most eLearning designers, these are all questions you've asked yourself. So, in this How-To Workshop, I'll walk you through how to apply basic visual design concepts to help you create more engaging and better-looking eLearning courses. 👉 Check out all of my How-To Workshops here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqq0if6rsK0pIvDhXWi_ryPGOJT4Z6bh2 👉 Check out and sign up for our future community events here: https://community.elearningacademy.io/c/events/ ---- Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:46 Why is Visual Design Hard? 00:09:14 What is Visual Design? 00:12:23 Compositional Visual Design for eLearning 00:16:24 Picking Fonts for eLearning 00:21:10 The Three Font Rule 00:24:40 Examples & Tools for Picking Fonts 00:33:45 Picking Colors for eLearning 00:35:55 The Four Color Rule 00:38:46 Examples & Tools for Picking Colors 00:45:34 Picking Images for eLearning 00:46:53 Pictures 00:50:17 Icons 00:53:00 Graphics 00:54:00 Examples & Tools for Picking Images 01:02:21 Slide Layout for eLearning 01:04:06 Title Slides & Content Slides 01:05:36 Examples & Tools for eLearning Slide Layout 01:13:26 Visual Design Resources 01:14:20 Closing ---- Learn more about growing your eLearning career: https://elearningacademy.io/ Enroll in our eLearning academy and community: https://elearningacademy.io/academy/ Snag a copy of The eLearning Designer's Handbook: https://amzn.to/3AlFkYU ---- Follow The eLearning Designer's Academy: Twitter: https://twitter.com/eLearningAcdmy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elearningacdmy/ ---- Follow Tim Slade: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sladetim LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sladetim