Digital Skills Short Courses

Learning beginner digital skills on our short courses provides essential knowledge in many areas, from video editing to image manipulation.

These foundational skills empower you to create engaging content and express your creativity effectively. By mastering tools and techniques in these areas, you’ll enhance your visual storytelling abilities and prepare yourself for various opportunities in the creative industry, making you more competitive in today’s job market. 

• Getting started with Adobe
• Photoshop for absolute beginners
• Adobe Premiere Pro: Introduction to video editing
• Getting started with Adobe Illustrator
• Getting started with Adobe InDesign
• Getting started with Adobe Photoshop

The Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) credential is a globally recognised certification validating expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and After Effects.

It offers industry recognition, can enhance career opportunities, and skill validation.  

ACP

• Adobe After Effects ACP
• Adobe Illustrator ACP
• Adobe InDesign ACP
• Adobe Photoshop ACP
• Adobe Premier Pro ACP

Learning Adobe After Effects on our short courses equips you with essential skills for creating dynamic visual effects and motion graphics.

This powerful software is widely used in film, video production, and digital content creation. Mastering After Effects enhances your creativity, enabling you to bring your ideas to life through animation, compositing, and innovative design, making you a valuable asset in the industry. 

After Effects

• Creating Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects
• Adobe After Effects ACP

​​Learning Adobe Illustrator on our short courses provides you with fundamental skills for creating vector graphics and illustrations.

This industry-standard software is essential for graphic design, branding, and digital artwork. Mastering Illustrator empowers you to design logos, posters, and other visuals with precision and creativity, enhancing your portfolio and increasing your employability in various creative fields.​ 

Illustrator

• Getting started with Adobe Illustrator
• Get designing with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Adobe Illustrator ACP

​​Learning Adobe InDesign on our short courses equips you with essential skills for professional layout design for publications.

This powerful software is ideal for creating print and digital media, including brochures, magazines, and eBooks. Mastering InDesign enhances your ability to organise text and images effectively, ensuring visually appealing and engaging designs that stand out, making you a valuable asset in the publishing industry.​ 

InDesign

• Getting started with Adobe InDesign
• Get designing with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign ACP

Learning Adobe Photoshop on our short courses equips you with vital skills for photo editing, digital painting, and graphic design.

This versatile software is essential for creating a range of visuals, retouching images, and designing web graphics. Mastering Photoshop enhances your creativity, allowing you to manipulate and enhance images effectively, making you a competitive candidate in various creative industries and expanding your artistic potential. 

Photoshop

• Getting started with Adobe Photoshop
• Photoshop for Absolute Beginners
• Get designing with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Photoshop for Photographers
• Photoshop for Social Media
• Adobe Photoshop ACP

Adobe Premiere Pro is the industry-standard tool for creating and editing videos for social media, web, and broadcast media.

It’s a powerful tool that integrates with other Adobe software like After Effects and Audition. Whether you’re a beginner learning the basics or an expert looking to expand or certify your skills, you can find short courses here to unlock your creativity and master digital video editing. 

Premiere Pro

• Adobe Premiere Pro: Introduction to Video Editing
• Adobe Premier Pro ACP

​​Learning Adobe Premiere Rush on our short courses provides essential skills for creating and editing engaging videos for online audiences quickly and efficiently.

This user-friendly software is perfect for beginners and social media content creators, enabling you to produce high-quality videos on various devices. ​ 

Premiere Rush

• Quick and easy video editing

​​Animation is a vital skill in today's digital landscape, and Adobe After Effects is a key tool for mastering it.

On our animation short courses, you’ll learn how to create captivating motion graphics and visual effects that elevate your projects. ​

• Introduction to Blender for 3D Modelling, Animation and Visualisation

Microsoft Office products are the global industry standard for productivity software.

This includes Word for writing documents, PowerPoint for creating presentations, and Excel for collecting, sorting, and analysing data, among other applications.

We offer a variety of short courses in Microsoft Office for all levels, from beginner to advanced. 

• Fundamentals of Excel for the Workplace

Our user interface (UI) design short courses will equip you with the ability to create user-friendly and visually appealing interfaces for websites and applications.

You’ll gain essential knowledge in layout, colour theory, and typography, enhancing your design proficiency.​

• UI Design: Designing Engaging User Interfaces

​​Our user experience (UX) design short courses empower you to create intuitive and engaging user experiences.

You’ll understand prototyping and usability testing, which are crucial for designing effective products. Mastering these skills enhances your ability to empathise with users and solve their problems, preparing you for rewarding careers in tech and design, where user-centred solutions are paramount. ​ 

• UX Design: Creating a Great User Experience

Learning about video editing in our short courses will equip you with essential skills to create compelling visual stories.

You’ll master techniques for cutting, arranging, and enhancing footage, allowing you to produce high-quality content for various platforms. This hands-on experience boosts your creativity and technical proficiency, making you a valuable asset in industries like marketing, videography, advertising, and social media, where engaging video content is crucial. 

• Adobe Premiere Pro: Introduction to Video Editing
• Premiere Rush - Quick and Easy Video Editing
• Producing Your Own Creative Video Content

​​Our web and social media short courses will enable you to create and manage engaging online content effectively.

You’ll gain essential knowledge in website design, content creation, and social media strategy, enhancing your ability to connect with audiences. These skills boost your digital presence and open up career opportunities in marketing, communications, and design, making you competitive in today’s job market. 

• WordPress: Create Websites & Blogs
• Learn to Code - HTML and CSS
• UI Design: Designing Engaging User Interfaces
• UX Design: Creating a Great User Experience
• Create Compelling Social Media Content with Canva
• Photoshop for Social Media
• Digital Marketing: Harnessing its Power for Business Growth

Computer aided design (CAD) and 3D modelling has many useful applications, from concept creation to final product, environment or character design, and can be used to create visuals to sell your work and inspire others.

We offer a range of short courses in tools such as Blender and SketchUp to develop your skills, from basic to advanced. 

• Introduction to Blender for 3D Modelling, Animation and Visualisation