Master Visual Design to Elevate Your E-Learning Courses
Strong visual design is critical to creating e-learning content that not only looks professional but also enhances learner engagement and retention.
In the Visual Design for E-Learning course, you’ll gain essential graphic design skills tailored specifically for instructional designers and e-learning developers. This course will empower you to create polished visuals, infographics, and charts that transform your learning materials, making them more engaging, accessible, and effective in delivering key concepts to your audience.
By the end of the course, you will:
Create Visually Compelling and Learner-Centered Content. Great design isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about improving the learner’s experience. This course teaches you how to apply simple but powerful design principles that elevate your e-learning materials. You’ll learn to create visuals that not only look professional but also help learners better absorb and retain information, improving overall course effectiveness.
Develop Skills to Make Your Content Stand Out. In today’s digital learning landscape, high-quality visual content is essential. After completing this course, you’ll be able to design learning materials—like infographics, charts, and diagrams—that make your content stand out from the crowd. Whether you’re creating materials for corporate training, education, or instructional design, these skills will help you produce professional, learner-centered visuals.
Practical Application with Hands-On Projects. Throughout the course, you’ll practice applying graphic design principles by working on real-world projects. You’ll develop and refine your skills as you create visual elements that can be directly incorporated into your e-learning courses, giving you both the experience and confidence to create polished, high-impact designs.
This introductory-level course emphasizes practical learning through a series of hands-on design exercises. You’ll practice creating and refining visual materials for e-learning, such as:
By the end of the course, you’ll have a portfolio of professional-grade visuals that enhance your e-learning projects and demonstrate your newly acquired skills.
This instructor-led course will help you master the essential design principles—such as color theory, typography, composition, and hierarchy—that help guide the learner's attention and make your materials more effective.
You'll also discover how to align your visuals with learning objectives, ensuring that your design choices actively support educational goals and improve the overall learning experience.
This program is a collaboration between Oregon State University College of Education and Oregon State University Professional and Continuing Education.
By mastering the art of visual design for e-learning, you’ll be equipped to create courses that not only engage learners but also significantly improve learning outcomes. Enroll in the Visual Design for E-Learning course and take your instructional design projects to the next level with visuals that captivate and educate!
Jo Baker has over 15 years experience in the adult learning field, with the past five years focused on instructional design for E-learning. She works with corporate and healthcare clients to design meaningful online learning experiences that incorporate micro-learning, learner-led design, scenarios and story-telling. As an instructor, Jo is invested in supporting a robust online learning community and in the application of learning theory to real-life learning challenges.