Before you just place any old photo into an online course or informational web site, it’s a good idea to think about whether a realistic graphic is required. And if so, how much realism will be most effective?
What Learning Professionals Should Know About Color
Color in Instructional Design
Do the graphic designers you know speak in a secret language? Do you wish you could let terms like hue, saturation and value roll off your tongue? Understanding color terminology is important for knowing how to use color in instructional design. Importance of Color in Instructional Design Aside from impressing your friends, there are practical […]
Graphic Design Tools for Instructional Designers
You need the right graphic design tools to generate and communicate ideas. See this list of graphic design tools for instructional designers.
How to Make Numbers Interesting
Visualizing Statistics in Learning Content
When you know how to present numbers, like statistics, you help people understand them. Effective visualizations are cognitive aids.
Designing Text Based Information
Typography for eLearning
Good typography for eLearning improves the user experience. Here are six principles that should be useful to instructional designers.
21 Ways To Get Visual Ideas
Visual ideas are all around us if you know where to look. Find inspiration here for approaches to eLearning visual design.
Subtractive Visual Design for eLearning
How to Create a Clean eLearning Design
The advantage of the subtractive visual design for eLearning is that it gives your work focus. Learn how to remove extraneous elements.
What Font Should I Use?
How to Choose a Font for eLearning
Do you ask yourself, What font should I use for eLearning? Here are the most important factors for how to choose a font for eLearning.
How To Use Dingbats For Free eLearning Illustrations
Dingbats are fonts that consist of little pictures. When you enlarge them, you can use them as free illustrations. Here’s how.
A Graphic Development Workflow For eLearning
Having an efficient graphic development workflow for eLearning saves you time and effort during production and when locating older graphics.
10 Visual Design Tips For eLearning And Slides
If your goal is to get better at visual design, you don’t need to be a talented artist. You just need to learn and apply the foundation principles of visual design and practice, practice, practice. In this SlideShare presentation below, I’ve gathered up ten important principles and little tips from my book, Visual Design Solutions. […]
Three Things You Must Know When Working With Graphics
Answers to Graphic Questions You Were Afraid to Ask
Learn about the technical side of graphics including sizing, resolution, vectors and bitmaps.