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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Graphic Design by University of Colorado Boulder

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    About the Course

    Welcome to Graphic Design, the second course in the Effective Communications Specialization. Over 70 different companies have provided this
    specialization to their employees as a resource for internal professional development. Why? Because employers know that effective visual
    communication is the key to attracting an audience, building a relationship, and closing the sale. This practical course gives you the tools to
    create professional looking PowerPoints, reports, resumes, and presentations. Using a set of best practices refined through years of
    experience, you’ll: • make your work look fresh and inspired. • apply simple design “tricks” to begin any project with confide...
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    Top reviews

    JL

    Jun 7, 2019

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    Very easy to follow and understand whilst also following a more difficult and challenging theme.Highly recommend this course but it may be worthwhile to do this one quickly or as a beginning course.

    RC

    May 14, 2020

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    I think that the discussions would be more useful if students had detailed instructions on how to create the images in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and then take a screenshot to make a jpeg image.

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    By Vemuluri S

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    May 31, 2020

    For a beginner like me it has invoked a sense of curiosity to take this subject seriously and dwell deep and continue further.Thank you Coursera for making these courses free during pandemic time it is helping us to be focused and staying sane.

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    By Saba S

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    May 3, 2024

    I was designing posters for different purposes as a beginner, and I never knew the basics. By taking this course, I have learned many things that can help me design more creatively! Thanks to the tutor for making concepts easy to understand.

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    By Iván V E F

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    Nov 23, 2021

    This course taught me the elements I lacked once I completed digital design course long ago, those elements are like a complement for my path to design better.

    In a future, will be useful to attract social media posts and website to my niche.

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    By Alexandra W

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    Dec 4, 2017

    Great course! So much fun, so many small projects and discussion prompts. I had a great time doing them and actually getting an opportunity to teach myself photoshop along the way. I very much enjoyed this course. Thank you so much David!!

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    By Elisangela M d C

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    Dec 11, 2017

    This is an excellent course for those who need to improve their visual communication. The concepts are taught in a simple way and the suggested activities help in learning the content. Very important knowledge for any area of activity.

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    By Gian C G

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    Nov 27, 2017

    Dave has such obvious passion for design, and it shows here in his comprehensive and enjoyable course. Highly recommend this to beginners like me who want to know the principles of what makes a design good -- or bad. Thank you, Dave!

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    By Md H R H

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    Jul 26, 2020

    Excellent Experience. I have learned many things that was unknown to me in Graphic Design sector.

    Thank you so much David Underwood, Coursera and Bangladesh Computer Council to giving me the chance like this course.

    Thanks again.

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    By Paco M

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    May 4, 2017

    The course is amazing and very thorough. It takes you through concepts, techniques, and terminology that make you design and lay things out better. The instructions are simple, the activities practical, and the lessons valuable.

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    By Afnan a

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    Feb 25, 2025

    Amazing Course i loved it , i have always wanted to learn from a great University Professors like them , Thanks so much for thinking and creating this great course , i really learned so much and was happy in the proses ^^ .

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    By Robin W

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    Nov 17, 2020

    I really learned a lot about basics and principles of Graphic Designing. Even if we didn't work with softwares, we got the ideas and inspiration to work on our projects.This is really a great course to learn Graphic Design.

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    By Ma. R G

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    Oct 19, 2020

    I learned a lot from this course! It's my first time taking an online lesson and it is almost the same when learning something from an actual classroom. It was explained well in a summarized form so it's easy to understand.

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    By BROWN, J R

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    Nov 12, 2020

    This course is EXCEPTIONAL. David Underwood does an amazing job of dissecting great design standards and reassembling them as "Best Practices and "Design Tricks". So much to take away from this course in such a short time!

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    By Katherine T

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    Oct 9, 2021

    Great course. The way it is constructed and using the best design practices helped me improve my work so quickly. I also learned many new terms and design practices that will greatly benefit me in my professional career.

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    By KUMAR S

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    Dec 19, 2022

    Its really a amazing course, people who are looking to start their career as a Graphic designer..then you should get your basics clear through this course. Trust me this course will not going to dissapoint you. Good luck

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    By Karina P

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    Oct 10, 2020

    I loved it. It was enjoyable and informative, not to mention easy to follow. It's a basic course but I still feel quite confident now that I can produce design projects of decent quality. I would recommend it to anyone.

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    By Helen K

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    Jul 20, 2023

    I am so happy that I took this course. I am always so afraid when I need to design something - I got so many hints and motivation to discover new things and use basic principles to help me for being better. Thank you!

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    By Dewan M N

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    May 14, 2020

    I really loved how the instructor brought the main things in such organised manner. I really enjoyed his teachings. Hope to work more professionally from now on in every project. The course is really very informative.

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    By Dani W

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    May 11, 2019

    Absolutely fantastic course, easy to understand, Michael the tutor is fantastic, easy to listen too and understand. The graded assessments are not too difficult but they do set you a challenge also. Highly recommend.

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    By Adnan A

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    Jul 23, 2020

    The course was well designed and interesting to keep the learner involved. 10 Design principles that I have learned in this course have made an improvement in my overall though process while designing presentations.

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    By ALTHEA M A R

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    Jul 23, 2020

    This course Graphic Design is so very informative. I like designing, but taking up this course, I gain more knowledge and tricks on how to improve my design. Thank you Coursera! God Bless and Keep up the good work!

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    By Marie A J B

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    Mar 24, 2024

    Graphic Design was an old dream that I put aside, and thanks to you I have finally received education in that field. It was very uplifting to learn about techniques, which I was using without knowing, and new ones.

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    By Ausrius M

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    Sep 11, 2020

    A great intro into the general basics of graphic design and presentation that can be applied to any field.

    Just like the other two parts of this course material, it was enjoyable, beneficial, and easy to follow!

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    By RISHU R

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    Apr 21, 2020

    This course has led me to understand the importance of designing and styling. The graphic design is very cool to understand, and very interesting. Has cleared the concept thoroughly by showing so many examples.

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    By Maryam M

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    Apr 21, 2022

    This course has been very helpful for me.

    I have basic Photoshop skills but I like the technical experience in Photoshop, I liked how this course was focused on the visual aspects such as typeface, color, etc.

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    By Sahana S B

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    Feb 14, 2017

    The instructions are very clear and specific. Thanks to David for keeping the course matter clear and simple. The assignments are very interesting and motivating the student to complete them even before time.

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