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Graphic Design Foundations: Layout and Composition by Sean Adams On LinkedIn What defines a successful layout? It attracts attention, provides a clear, powerful message, and communicates the story and tone of the project. What’s a bad layout? Anything that’s dull. Remember how lines, repetition, and contrast can drive a layout Strive for clarity, legibility Lines […]

Creativity at Work by Seth Godin On LinkedIn Creativity is looking a something in a new way to gain a new understanding of it, can increase familiarity, increase efficiency, or increase engagement Difficulty in work/hobbies/personal life can come from continuing to do things the same way, even if you’re good at them (the world changes)

On LinkedIn What is Microlearning? Highly focuses, flexible, and targeted approach to teaching and learning Focus on a single topic, targets specific need Accessible (on device and more) Microlearning assets can be part of a larger learning experience (a video in a lesson teaches a specific concept) — good organizational structure is key Small, bite

Elearning Techniques: Visual Design by Sally Cox On LinkedIn (formerly Lynda) Respect the Brand Find and use the style guide as a reference respect font and color choices using a consistent layout or elements can help you make other changes to color or more and still keep the lesson looking cohesive transparencies can be your

PowerPoint for Teachers: Creating Interactive Lessons by Faith Brill On LinkedIn (formerly Lynda) It is better to use a little technology in a very thorough way than it is to use a lot of technology in a very shallow way. Meaning, a lot of technology can be used as a novelty and instructors can rely

14 Infographic Do’s and Dont’s by Visme Don’t use walls of text. Trim the text to as minimal as possible (especially anything that is not as relevant or can be better/partially expressed in images) Keep typefaces and font colors to two or three each. You use styles (bold, italics, etc.) to add more variety if

Video Foundations: Cameras and Shooting by Anthony Q. Artis (cont.) The peaking feature for focusing highlights what objects you are focused on in the preview window by outlining them. (Also does not work well in low light). Can be built into cameras or preview monitors. Autofocus is unreliable, so try not to use it in

Video Script Writing by Rick Allen Lippert When writing an outline, start with the general and then get specific     Tell them what you’re going to tell them, Tell them, and Tell them what you told them Don’t include full dialogue or narration — paraphrase Don’t specify shots unless it’s totally necessary The focus is

Design 101: Using Value Structure — A Useful Color Theory Tip by School of Motion (def.) relative lightness or darkness of a hue Too low of a difference between values can create a muddy and hard to read design, it lacks emphasis and hierarchy Shade – add darkness to a hue Tint – add lightness

5 More Essential Type Effects in After Effects by Ben Marriot Roughen Edges Effect     Border is “depth” of “dents”     Add time expression to add boiling animation Duplicate and edit settings to add more visual interest Typewriter You can use toggle hold keyframes to full words appear on screen (easier than having multiple text