The Adobe Creative Skills series is a collection of self-paced courses on essential skills that academics and support staff can offer to their students.
It can be accessed: Adobe Creative Skills Student Courses
Students can enrol on and complete one-to-two-hour courses, all using Adobe tools with an end-of-course assignment task and can earn official Adobe badges for each skill. These ‘Credly’ badges can be shared on LinkedIn and CVs to help students stand out to potential employers.
Consider embedding some or all these bite-sized modules into coursework or as stand-alone tasks (they have been designed to fit into the student’s daily routine). Doing so will prepare students with career-ready skills to support their academic journey and support them to become more employable and future-ready digital citizens.
The following courses are available:
- Intro to generative AI
- Job application essentials
- Podcasting essentials
- Social media content creation
- Presentation design
- Health and science communication
- Data storytelling
- Product pitch with generative AI
- Storytelling through short-form video
- Spots media and marketing design
- Small business social marketing
- Community event marketing
Although all these courses would greatly benefit the students, some of the standout courses within this list include:
1. Intro to generative AI
An image showing examples of content generated in Adobe Express (including custom text)
This course will teach students the basics of generative AI and help them create stunning visuals with Adobe Express.
What’s covered:
- Generative AI terminology.
- Text to image prompt engineering.
- How Adobe Express can help you create copyright and royalty-free images.
2. Podcasting essentials
Students will learn how to impress their listeners with this course. They will explore the art of podcast creation, from ideation to production. Gain hands-on experience in recording techniques, editing processes, and social media promotion strategies. By the end of this course.
What’s covered:
- Recognise podcast types.
- Create cover art with Adobe Express.
- Edit episodes with Adobe Podcast.
- Make promotional graphics.
3. Presentation Design
Image showing just some of the presentation templates available to staff and students thanks to our Adobe Creative Campus Membership.
This course will support students in unlocking the secrets to powerful presentations using Adobe’s Express. Students will master essential techniques to captivate and inspire, taking their presenting skills to the next level.
What’s covered:
- Strategies for structuring your presentation with clear, compelling stories.
- Techniques for presenting confidently, engaging your audience, and driving action.
- Practical tips for creating clean, organised, and appealing slides.
- Best practices in design and cognitive science to enhance your presentations.
4. Data Storytelling
Image showing an infographic all about fireworks as a form of digital storytelling.
Learn to merge creativity with data in storytelling, crafting engaging narratives and visuals to captivate audiences whether it’s to simplify research for others, present a study to engage in creative ways, depict visual progress on a project, highlight insights and emerging trends, or even for day-to-day tasks like re-evaluating your grocery list.
What’s covered:
- Basics of understanding data
- Crafting stories with data
- Creating eye-catching visuals
- Building convincing data-driven narratives
Contact Us.
If you would like to discuss any of the above in more detail, please contact the Digital Learning Specialists.
They are contactable at adobehelp@tees.ac.uk.