InDesign

Adobe InDesign is an advanced page layout program used to create professional books, magazines, epubs, brochures and much more for print and digital publication. We offer four levels of InDesign training, covering everything from the basics to advanced typography and interactive publishing.

Custom training is also available - email training@ualberta.ca for details.

Courses

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InDesign I - Introduction

This is an introductory course for those wanting to create professional looking documents with Adobe InDesign. The student will become familiar and comfortable with the InDesign environment while learning to use many tools, panels and techniques to develop, modify and output single and multipage documents for web and print.

Course Details

Prerequisites:

Duration: 2 days

Multiple course sections are open to registration. Click the link below to view all available dates.

Registering at least one week before the deadline is recommended as this class may fill up or be cancelled due to low enrollment.

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InDesign II - Intermediate to Advanced

This course expands on the skills and techniques learned in Level I. The student will apply many new features and techniques that will help to automate the construction of complex multi-page documents so modifications may be done in an extremely efficient manner. They will also learn to integrate Photoshop, Illustrator and Bridge with InDesign to prepare, place and modify many different file formats for complete full circle workflow.

Course Details

Prerequisites:

  • InDesign I or equivalent knowledge/experience

Duration: 2 days

Multiple course sections are open to registration. Click the link below to view all available dates.

Registering at least one week before the deadline is recommended as this class may fill up or be cancelled due to low enrollment.

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InDesign III - Typography and Page Layout
This course will introduce experienced InDesign users to the many advanced typographic features available in Adobe InDesign. The student will thoroughly explore formatting, alignment, spacing, breaks, tabs, tables, lists, drop caps, margins, columns, Open Type and become familiar with the many small but important typographic details. They will also apply page layout and grid system techniques to create balanced and professionally designed materials.

Course Details

Prerequisites:

Duration: 2 days

Multiple course sections are open to registration. Click the link below to view all available dates.

Registering at least one week before the deadline is recommended as this class may fill up or be cancelled due to low enrollment.

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InDesign IV - Digital and Interactive Publishing

This course will introduce experienced InDesign users to the many interactive tools and features available in Adobe InDesign. The student will become familiar with the InDesign digital workflow and how that applies to the many digital publishing formats. They will learn to create animations, bookmarks, buttons, forms, object states and control layout as well as work with audio and video files and formats.

Course Details

Prerequisites:

  • InDesign I or equivalent knowledge/experience
  • InDesign II or equivalent knowledge/experience

Duration: 2 days

Multiple course sections are open to registration. Click the link below to view all available dates.

Registering at least one week before the deadline is recommended as this class may fill up or be cancelled due to low enrollment.

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Contact Us

Technology Training Centre

B-11 Cameron Library
780.492.1397
training@ualberta.ca

Cancellation Policy

Written or on-line cancellation must be received 10 business days prior to the course start date. Registration fees for cancellations less than 10 business days before the course will not be refunded.

Cancellation by the Technology Training Centre

The Technology Training Centre reserves the right to cancel open-enrollment classes at any time. All efforts will be made to give the course registrants 5 business days' notice of cancellation. At the time of cancellation, registrants have the option of being moved to another date, a different course of equal value or be refunded for the course fee. The Technology Training Centre will not be responsible for any travel expenses incurred.