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Introduction to Teaching Digital Graphics
The Adobe Spring Camp 2022 courses aim to provide teachers with high-quality professional development designed to build confidence teaching digital skills and projects in their classrooms. Our Teaching Digital Graphics course is one of four learning paths for teachers exploring and developing creative digital skills through live online courses with Adobe Creative Cloud.
Once you have completed the course you will receive a digital certificate and badge for 10 hours of professional development.
Watch this video to find out more:
Your tutor
This course is led by Colin Maxwell, an Adobe Education Leader, creative industries lecturer and comic book creator with over 20 years of experience.
In this course, you’ll learn how to engage your classes with inspiring activities and resources based on proven classroom projects, as well as how to help your students become more creative and confident using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
You’ll also gain the confidence to introduce key concepts and workflows into your curriculum, and assess and feedback on your students' progress accurately and effectively.
Get Set Up!
To get the most from the Teaching Digital Graphics course you'll need to attend the three online live sessions taking place each week.
To ensure you get the most out of the Spring Camp training, access to Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop and is essential. Please ensure you have the latest versions of the software installed on your laptop or desktop computer.
For full system requirements click on the links: Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Photoshop
Please contact your IT department with any challenges getting and/or installing the software. Your IT department can connect with Adobe support through their Adobe Admin Console if they need further help.
Optional tasks
Task One
To familiarise yourself with the Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop workspaces and tools we suggest exploring a range of useful tutorials on the Adobe Help Centre:
Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Photoshop
If you want to go into more depth we suggest completing the "Design Graphics with your Students" course on the Adobe Education Exchange.
Task Two
Watch this short video to learn about some of the fundamental principles of design:
Sessions
Introduction to Teaching Graphic Design with Adobe Illustrator
Introduction to Teaching Graphics with Adobe Photoshop
Teaching Graphics with Adobe Photoshop