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The goal of this course is to change that by providing learners with a set of tools for creating simple, clear, and aesthetically pleasing slides that improve the speaker's presentation. The course covers universal design principles, templates, colours, typefaces, slide typography, the use of photos and pictograms, composition rules, and techniques for creating clear and meaningful charts and diagrams.
Syllabus :
1. Key principles of design
- Introduction
- Too much text
- Too much decoration
- Priorities in design
- Design Principles
- Principles in Action
2. Templates and colors meaning
- Templates
- What’s wrong with the templates
- Background
- Page decorations
- Colors meaning
- Colors: Black & White
- Colors: Yellow, Green and Blue
- Choosing a typeface
- Traditional vs Contemporary
- Warm vs Cool
3. Typography and photographic illustrations
- Typography
- Advice on typography
- Typographical composition
- Tables
- Typographic illustration
- Using icons and photographs
- Pictograms
- Vector art
- Photographs
4. Diagrams and data visualization
- Types of diagrams
- Hierarchy diagrams
- Process diagrams
- Relationships diagrams
- Data visualizations
- Column and bar charts
- Line charts
- Pie charts
