In this course, we will learn about a lot of the features you can use in Adobe Illustrator.  Each week, students will be presented with a series of videos going over a specific tool or set of tools that work within Adobe Illustrator followed by a "Designer Challenge".  Each design challenge will have the student explore the tools we have learned, up to this point.  Students will then share their designs on the class Padlet board where classmates can participate in the industry standard critique process of "Delta-Plus".

Learning objectives for each week can be found under learning goals.  Each week, students will be given videos and activities to help them practice the tools needed for the "challenge" assignment.  Students will then be asked to complete a project using all their own creative energy with set parameters.  Each lesson also comes with its own rubric to help guide and direct their projects.

While this course is asynchronous (not meeting at a regular time), students will have 2 platforms to interact with the instructor and fellow classmates (if any).  The 1st platform will be the Outschool interface, this platform will be where students can ask questions and share successes as we go about in the class.  The second platform is Padlet.  On Padlet, students will complete 2 tasks each week.  

Task 1 will be a reflection, which can be completed on a Word Processing application (Docs, Word, Pages, Notes, etc.).  Students will answer a series of questions related to the project to help them reflect on what they accomplished during the week's task. 

Task 2 will be a share and critique of others' work.  Students will post their work on Padlet and classmates will provide constructive criticism (taught in Week 1) to help them grow and refine their artistic ability.  At a minimum, students will receive feedback from the instructor and practice feedback on the instructor's work, but ideally, they will provide feedback to at least 2 students.

This class is intended for beginning Illustrator students who are self-motivated.  Asynchronous learning can be difficult for some learners.  This course is the 1st in a series of courses intended to help students prepare and take the Adobe Certified Professional Exam for Adobe Illustrator.  More information about that can be found on the Certiport and Adobe Websites.