Free online teaching tools and resources to beautify your course
Learning Designer Atikah shares 7 tips for designing visually appealing online courses on OpenLearning.com. This quick guide will help you to design beautiful courses that learners will love—leading to higher learner engagement and retention. The best part? All of the online teaching tools mentioned in this video are free to use.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Don't add content documents as they are
01:07 Make it short and precise
01:40 Use a variety of sources
02:03 Use icons
02:27 Add relevant images to your course
03:16 Make your homepage your most interesting page.
03:51 Don't stress about it.
Free Learning Design Resources and Tools:
—Royalty-free icons:—
Flaticons: https://www.flaticon.com/
Icons8: https://icons8.com/
—Graphics and charts:—
Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Piktochart: https://piktochart.com/
—Royalty-free images:—
Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/
Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/
Freepik: https://www.freepik.com/
Atikah's advice is based on 4 years of experience in designing, beautifying, and facilitating courses for subject matter experts, businesses, and institutions. Learn more about learning design at https://www.openlearning.com/education/ or reach out to her at [email protected].
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