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Certificates: Design Thinking" certificate
Certificate "Design with Adobe Illustrator CC" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 5 Weeks
Design Thinking
Introduction to Design Thinking (approx. 1.5 days)
Design Thinking process at a glance
The most important rules and phases of Design Thinking
Practice-oriented approaches and applications
Digital tools and AI in the innovation process
Phase 1: Research (approx. 0.5 days)
Methods of user-centered research
Interview techniques and needs analysis
AI-supported research and information processing
Phase 2: Synthesis (approx. 0.5 days)
Analysis and structuring of findings
Development of problem definitions and personas
Visualization and clustering of results
Phase 3: Ideation (approx. 0.5 days)
Creative techniques for developing ideas
Methods for finding and evaluating solutions
Use of generative AI in the ideation process
Phase 4: Prototyping (approx. 0.5 days)
Development of initial solution approaches and mockups
Introduction to rapid prototyping and click dummies
Digital tools for the visualization of concepts
Phase 5: Testing (approx. 0.5 days)
Methods for carrying out tests and feedback rounds
Analysis and optimization of solution approaches
Iterative work and agile further development
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Design with Adobe Illustrator CC
Introduction to vector graphics (approx. 1 day)
Difference between pixel images and vector graphics
Anatomy of a path
Configuring and navigating (approx. 1 day)
The right color space
Customizing presets
Individual toolbar and workspaces
Drawing areas
Rulers, guides and grids
Zoom and view
Information panel and log
Drawing objects (approx. 2 days)
Transform, Align, Pathfinder
Organizing objects hierarchically
Working in groups
Organizing objects in layers
Changing appearance properties
Shape tool and masks
Width and blending tool
Graphic styles and symbols
Images (approx. 1 day)
Linking, embedding and cropping pixel images
Vectorize pixel images (image tracing)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Paths and free forms (approx. 2 days)
Creating, changing and combining shapes
Post-processing the grid and anchor points
Editing, connecting and simplifying paths
Deform objects intuitively
Brushes (approx. 1 day)
Brush tips and brush types
Use libraries
Color design and patterns (approx. 2 days)
Colors for surfaces and contours
Color field control panel, color field libraries
Use of Adobe Color
Color help, harmonies, conversion
Global colors, solid colors
Color gradients and freehand gradients
Transparency control panel
Recolor image material
Pattern options
Text design (approx. 1 day)
Touch type text tool
Area and path text
Filtering and assigning fonts
Use of Adobe Fonts
Converting text into paths
Diagrams (approx. 1 day)
Settings and data input
Import from Excel
Chart designs
Coloring and editing diagrams
Illustrator for web design and UI/UX (approx. 3 days)
Color modes and color management for web
Preparing artboards for responsive design
Working with a grid system
Page design - from wireframe to mockup
Designing web-optimized vector graphics
Designing UI components: Icons, buttons, forms and checkboxes
Data export and transfer (approx. 1 day)
Saving vector graphics correctly
Print preparation and PDF output
Export for responsive web design
Exporting CSS properties
Project work (approx. 4 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After the course, you will be familiar with the most important functions in Illustrator and will be able to create and edit vector graphics. You will be able to optimize graphics for print and web.
The course also teaches the design thinking approach, which can be used to develop innovative and user-centered solutions for complex challenges. You will learn about the principles and the structured, iterative process of design thinking and find out how practice-oriented tools, digital tools and artificial intelligence support creative and interdisciplinary innovation processes.
Media designers, graphic designers, web designers, UI/UX designers, communication designers, textile designers, people with a degree in (interior) architecture as well as specialists from artistic professions or people who are responsible for the conception, design and practical implementation of digital and print media and want to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.
Your future area of application can be in the print and digital sector, but above all in the creation of advertising media. The knowledge you acquire is in demand across all sectors in all areas of design and graphics. With the appropriate know-how, self-employment is also an interesting prospect.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).