Fundamental Digital Skills

Gain the essential digital skills required for online work and the creative industries.

Animation Basics

Learn storytelling, character design, and motion graphics to add flair to your designs.

Graphic Design Mastery

Develop graphic design skills using Adobe Illustrator and Canva to create stunning visuals.

About the Course

Our course is tailored for beginners and aspiring creatives, especially young individuals and women from vulnerable communities in Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps. By enrolling, you will acquire practical digital skills in graphic design, preparing you for employment or entrepreneurship. From building a portfolio to exploring freelance opportunities, we cover it all to empower you in the digital and creative fields.

Meet Your Instructor

Hi there! I'm passionate about sharing my expertise in graphic design with individuals like you. I understand the challenges you face, and I'm excited to guide you towards success in the digital world. Let's embark on this journey together to unlock your creativity and achieve your goals!

Course Curriculum

14 Chapters · 111 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction to Graphic Design

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      Welcome and course overview

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      Evolution of Graphic Design

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      A beginners guide to graphic design

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      Graphic Designer careers

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      A complete graphic designer guide

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      The design Process

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      Graphic Design Software

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      Why do Graphic Design

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      Which Graohic Design software do I need as a graphic designer?

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      QUIZ

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      Abstract- A design Documentary

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    Design Theory: Principles and Elements of graphic design

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      Read the brief description below to aid your understanding between the two.

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      ‘Contrast’ Design principle of Graphic Design

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      Elements of design

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      'Line’ Visual element of Graphic Design

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      ‘Space’ Visual element of Graphic Design

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      ‘Colour’ Visual element of Graphic Design

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      ‘Texture’ Visual element of Graphic Design

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      ‘Shape’ Visual element of Graphic Design

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      ‘Form’ Visual element of Graphic Design

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      ‘Typography’ Visual element of Graphic Design

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      Beginners Guide to graphic design with Gareth David

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      Principles of good design

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      Contrast- Design Principle

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      Hierarchy -design Principle

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      Alignment - design Principle

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      Balance -design Principle

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      Proximity- design Principle

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      Repetition -Design Principle

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      Simplicity-design principle

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      Function- Design principle

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      Whats Color?

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      Quiz

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    Getting started with Canva

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      What is Canva

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      Welcome to Canva

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      Opening Canva

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      Using templates in Canva

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      Using Search in Canva

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      Uploading and using photos in Canva

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      How to use lines, shapes, graphics, charts and more in Canva

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      How to find fonts and format text in Canva

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      Uploading and using video/Audio in canva

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      Sharing and collaborating in Canva

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      How to organize designs and create folders in Canva

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      Creating your first Canva project.

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      QUIZ

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    Project -1 Poster Design using Canva

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      My first amazing canva Project!!!!!!

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    Introduction to affinity Photo

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      The Affinity Photo Interface

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      Placing Images in Affinity Photo

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      Transforming layers in Affinity Photo

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      Photo Editing -Raw photo development in affinity photo

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      Resizing and resampling in Affinity photo

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      Redo and Undo in Affinity Photo

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      Exporting in AFFINITY photo

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      Cropping in Affinity Photo

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      Mouse scrolling in Affinity

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      Aligning , distributing and unifying layers in Affinity Photo

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      Start a new document in Affinity

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      Lets make a movie poster with affinity

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      Lets manipulate a Photo

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      Complete beginners guide to affinity photo

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    Project 2 - Photo Manipulation

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      Affinity Photo- Main Project

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    Introduction to Affinity Designer

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      Beginners guide to affinity designer

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      Affinity Designer Quick start guide

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      10 Tips for using Affinity designer

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      Learn Affinity Designer with Envato

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      The Interface- Affinity Designer

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      Creating a New Document in Affinity Designer

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      Transforming layers in Affinity Designer

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      Aligning, Distributing and Unifying Objects (Affinity Designer)

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      Clipping and Masking (Affinity Designer)

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      Copy, Paste and Duplicate (Affinity Designer)

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      Colour Panel (Affinity Designer)

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      Layer Effects (Affinity Designer)

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      Styles Panel (Affinity Designer)

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      Adjustment Layers (Affinity Designer)

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      Blend Modes

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      Placing and Scaling Images (Affinity Designer)

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      Undo, Redo and Undo History (Affinity Designer)

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      Working with Assets

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      The navigator panel

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      View modes in A.D

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    Project 3- Logo Design

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      How to design a logo with affinity designer

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      Design your second logo in affinity designer

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    Branding & visual idenity

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      Brand Identity vs Visual Identity

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      Branding is not a Logo, what is it?

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      What is a moodbaord- Creating moodboards in Pinterest.

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      Choosing your brand guideline moodboard.

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      How to build for people !!

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      Design your brand Identity.

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    Project 4- Final Capstone -Brand Guideline

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      📘 Assignment: Create a Brand Identity Guideline

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    Affinity Publisher

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      The Affinity Interface

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      Placing images

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      Transforming Layers (Affinity Publisher)

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      Adjustment Layers (Affinity Publisher)

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      Packaging in Affinity publisher

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      Collecting resources

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      Linking and embedding in Affinity publisher

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      Page Numbering

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      Style Picker (Affinity Publisher)

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      Design Brief: Create a Multi-Page Document in Affinity Publisher

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    Final Project- Create your Portfolio

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      The Graphic Design portfolio

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      Print or digital graphic design portfolio?

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      Dont have experience? Dont worry- How to create portfolios without experience!

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      Graphic design portfolios in Behance

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    Capstone Projects & Portfolio Development

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      Marketing Your Skills

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      Curating your work as a graphic designer

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      Print or Digital Design Portfolios?

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      Step by Step - designing your portfolio

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    Exploring Job Opportunities

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      Landing Your First Client

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      Building Winning Portfolios

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