InDesign (Online) - FULLY BOOKED

Course description

This online lay-out course will teach you how to design and beautifully lay-out an academic publication, such as a poster or thesis, using Adobe InDesign. You will be introduced to the basic principles of design and hands-on guided through all the ins and outs of the Adobe workspace. 

Learning objectives

During this course you will learn all about setting up and managing a publication file for a scientific poster, a thesis, a digital whitepaper or a report. You will be placing and manipulating images and copy on a single or multiple pages. You will be educated in the basic principles of colour theory, typography and design knowledge. After this course you will master InDesign sufficiently to lay out a publication of multiple pages and can get your design work ready for print or digital publication.

Be warned that InDesign is professional page lay-out software, and not a traditional graphics app. If your objective is to design diagrams, illustrations, or figures from scratch, the Illustrator course might be a better fit for you.

Instructional method

At the start of each course session there will be a short lecture about theoretical design knowledge (colour, typography and composition). Theory takes about 30% of the total course duration. The second part of each session consists of an interactive workshop, in which you will learn to use InDesign after the teacher’s instruction and example. In between the course sessions, you will practice with several exercises, depending on your own goals.

Important

You will have to bring your own laptop, having Adobe InDesign installed in the English language. As an employee of the UU or UMC Utrecht you can buy an Adobe license for only €19,75 via Surfspot. Furthermore, remember to bring a mouse with you since it is challenging working in the program with the mousepad of your laptop.

Be warned that the theoretical knowledge offered in this course is identical to that in the concurrent Illustrator course.

Trainer

Vincent van der Vliet (1978) graduated in Chemistry at Utrecht University. After that, he worked in banking for six years. His creativity wouldn’t have itself be suppressed, so he got a Graphic Designer certification in 2007. Since then, he is a self-employed designer. Vincent has been teaching design courses for over ten years, among others for the UU’s Cultural Centre, Parnassos.

Group size

10 to 12 participants

Number of credits

0.6 EC

Course programme

Please note that you cannot miss the first session.

Course certificate

You will receive a course certificate after actively participating in all course sessions.

Course fee

Internal PhD candidates: €0
UU/UMC academic staff: €210
External participants (space permitting): €350
 

• Internal PhD candidates are PhD candidates who are registered with the Graduate School of Life Sciences via MyPhD. 
• UU/UMC academic staff are PhD candidates of Utrecht University who are not registered to the Graduate School of Life Sciences via MyPhD, postdocs employed by Utrecht University or UMC Utrecht and other academic staff employed at Utrecht University or UMC Utrecht.
• External participants are all other participants.

Our no-show policy

We are happy to offer courses and workshops for free to all GSLS PhDs. However: free of charge does not mean free of responsibility. Our activities tend to be fully booked well in advance. For every late cancellation or no-show we have had to disappoint others who would have liked to attend. 

This is how we work: 

• Once you have signed up for a course, we expect you to attend;
• If you need to cancel your registration, do so at the earliest possible moment, at least four weeks before the start of the course;
• If you really have to, you are allowed to miss up to one course session of this course. You always have to attend the first session.
• Not meeting the attendance requirements or cancelling within four weeks before the course starts means you will be charged no-show fee (€105 for this course);
• We are unable to make any exceptions.

InDesign can do stuff that is not that easily done with Photoshop and Illustrator. If you master the three programs, you have a lot of creative freedom!