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The Adobe Autumn 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 Design 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:
Please note the live sessions for Teaching Design are 5pm to 6:30pm BST. Click here to register for the live sessions.
Introducing your tutor
This course is led by Kevin Brandon, professor Humber College in Toronto, Canada focusing in visual communications – Graphic Design, Advertising & Graphic Design. Kevin is an Adobe Leader and Edge Gain Associate.
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, Adobe InDesign and Adobe XD.
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 Design course you'll need to attend the three online live sessions taking place each week.
To ensure you get the most out of the Autumn Camp training, access to Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign and Adobe XD 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 Photoshop - Adobe InDesign - Adobe XD.
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 InDesign, Adobe XD and Adobe Photoshop workspaces and tools we suggest exploring a range of useful tutorials on the Adobe HelpX:
Adobe Photoshop - Adobe InDesign - Adobe XD
If you want to go into more depth we suggest completing the "Basic Principles of Design" course on the Adobe Education Exchange.
Task Two
Watch this short video to learn about some of the fundamental principles of design:
Sessions
Click on the link below to register for the live sessions hosted on Zoom:
Introduction to Teaching Design with Adobe Photoshop
Monday 26th September 2022, 5pm to 6:30pm BST
Click on the link below for more information, content and video tutorials for session one:
Introduction to Teaching Design with Adobe InDesign
Monday 3rd October 2022, 5pm to 6:30pm BST
Teaching Design with Adobe XD
Monday 10th October 2022, 5pm to 6:30pm BST