Program Overview

InDesign ACP

Course Overview

This Adobe InDesign short course is for designers, or people transitioning into a design job who need to use Adobe InDesign to create layouts for print and digital outputs. These designs may include magazine layouts, interactive PDFs, leaflets and other design documents. You don’t need any previous experience with Adobe InDesign to take this course.

The InDesign short course will enhance your digital skills, helping you to stand out in a competitive job market. At the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to take an online Adobe exam to become an Adobe Certified Professional.

Key Details

• Tuition fees per individual: £690*
• Location: Online

Course Details

This online short course equips learners with the skills and knowledge to confidently use Adobe InDesign – the industry-leading page design and layout tool – for creating various documents, from single-page flyers to complex multi-page brochures and presentations.

By completing the course, participants will not only develop a solid understanding of the InDesign programme but also have the opportunity to achieve Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) accreditation, validating their skills.

How You'll Learn

Our online short courses are delivered through Microsoft Teams, ensuring a seamless learning experience. Each session starts with a live broadcast from the tutor to introduce the topic and guide you through the resources. Our online short courses include various learning methods such as videos, quizzes and exercises. The tutor remains available online for real-time support, making learning effective and enjoyable. Our blended teaching approach combines live and pre-recorded content, providing flexibility to learn at your own pace.

Session Details

• Session one (3hrs): Getting started with InDesign and working with documents
  • Acknowledge what InDesign is and its capabilities
  • Confidently navigate the workspace
  • Locate and tweak essential settings hidden in the preferences
  • Construct a simple document
  • Make changes to your document and work with pages
  • Moving objects about on a page
  • Saving and reverting documents
• Session two (3hrs): Building documents
  • Populate a page with text
  • Apply text formatting
  • Identify and place correct image file formats
  • Resize an image
  • Apply colour to elements within a document
  • Apply effects to objects and frames
  • Viewing documents
  • Export a PDF for print
• Session three (3hrs): Styling text
  • Thread text between boxes
  • Converting text into an editable path
  • Wrap text around images
  • Master advanced text formatting features such as paragraph and character styles
  • Common typographical errors to avoid
• Session four (3hrs): Go further with graphics
  • Check the resolution of an image within a document
  • Transform images in various ways
  • Manage images with the links panel
  • Create graphics with shape tools
  • Sampling a colour from an image to use
  • Adding bleed to a document
• Session five (3hrs): Working with long documents
  • Manage the colours within your document
  • Work with layers to organise elements within a document
  • Working with master pages
  • Add page numbering
• Session six (3hrs): Working with objects and tables
  • Group objects within InDesign
  • Use object styles to format objects
  • Design professional tables with ease
  • Restyle tables with colours
  • Flow tables across multiple pages with repeating headers
• Session seven (3hrs): Interactive documents
  • Design interactive documents
  • Create interactive document navigation
  • Add animations and multimedia elements
  • Creating hyperlinks
  • Web and navigation links using buttons
  • Publishing online and share content
• Session eight (3hrs): Package, print and exporting
  • Checking and fixing errors by using the preflight panel
  • Create custom ‘preflight’ checks to ensure clean and reliable output
  • Packaging your document
  • Adding metadata file info

Key Information

• What to expect:
  • Engaging content
  • A variety of different ways to learn
  • Clear guidelines to work through the practice exercises
  • Constructive feedback from tutors on your submitted work
  • Technical assistance from your tutors
• Location: This course will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams.
• Certificates and digital badges: After the end of the course will take the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) exam. On passing the ACP exam will earn you the Adobe Certified Associate accreditation. You'll receive a digital badge for social media platforms like LinkedIn and a digital certificate.
• Computer or software requirements: You will need access to a laptop/desktop computer (Mac/PC) with Adobe InDesign installed.
• Entry requirements: There are no entry requirements for this Adobe InDesign course and previous experience is not necessary, however, you should be confident in the use of IT generally.

Course Lead

• Lisa Wallace: Lisa joined Falmouth University as a Digital Skills Trainer in 2019 and delivers a wide range of digital skills courses to students, staff, and external delegates. Her key areas of expertise include Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Rush, Adobe Express, and Canva. With a background in graphic design, Lisa brings industry knowledge and valuable design and layout skills to her training sessions.

How to Apply

• Tuition fees per individual: £690*
• If you're a student or staff different fees apply. Please visit our dedicated student and staff areas for specific information.

To apply for this course, make your selection from the available dates below, this will take you to an event page where you will be able to book yourself onto the course via the Book now link.

Upcoming Short Courses

• Short Course: Indesign ACP | Intensive Course | June 2025
  • Date: Mon 09 Jun 2025
  • Time: 09 - 12 June 09:00 - 16:00
  • Price: £690
• Short Course: Indesign ACP | Intensive Course | August 2025
  • Date: Mon 04 Aug 2025
  • Time: 04 - 07 August 09:00 - 16:00
  • Price: £690

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