Art & Design Courses

How to Write Your First Song

153 reviews

Get a practical introduction to the mechanics of songwriting and meet established songwriters with this free online course

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Banaras Hindu University;  UGC;  CEC

ANIMATIONs

398 reviews

In this course we explore animation across a variety of platforms including film, television, advertising, web, motion capture and game design. This course will provide the opportunity for students to develop their transferable employability and professi…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 1st Jul, 2021
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Sustainability in Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

94 reviews

This course introduces the basic elements and trendsthat define sustainability practices in Architecture today. Itfollows an interdisciplinary approach that includes performance assessment and urban policies.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Gamification

58 reviews

Gamification is the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. This course will teach you the mechanisms of gamification, why it has such tremendous potential, and…

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 4th Oct, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Innovation: the Fashion Industry

37 reviews

Understand how big fashion retailers innovate and discover the story behind a favourite piece of your clothing.

• FutureLearn
• 2 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• 27th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry

43 reviews

The fundamentals of circular fashion unraveled, learn about circularity in all steps of the fashion value chain. From new textile materials and circular design all the way to business modelling.

• edX
• 8-12 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society

18 reviews

This is a course aimed at making you a better designer. The course marries theory and practice, as both are valuable in improving design performance. Lectures and readings will lay out the fundamental concepts that underpin design as a human activity. We…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Programming Max: Structuring Interactive Software for Digital Arts

22 reviews

Max is a powerful platform that accommodates and connects a wide variety of tools for sound, graphics, music and interactivity using a flexible patching and programming environment. Max allows most computer users to write a simple, meaningful program wit…

• Kadenze
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Radio para internet con Podcast: creación y conceptos básicos

39 reviews

Aprende a crear emisoras de radio para Internet con Podcast, podrás dotar a cada una de ellas de una señal de identidad acorde con tu finalidad, y el alcance es mundial, a través de la red, pudiendo tener seguidores en cualquier continente.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Physical Theatre: Exploring the Slap

22 reviews

Learn about Meyerhold’s form of physical theatre, biomechanics, and understand and perform ‘The Slap’.

• FutureLearn
• 2 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• 27th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

California Institute of the Arts

Introduction to Real-Time Audio Programming in ChucK

35 reviews

The course, lecture, and examples build on each other to teach the fundamentals of programming in general (logic, loops, functions, objects, classes) and also deals with advanced topics including multi-threading, events and signals. Throughout the course…

• Kadenze
• 8 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

The 3D Printing Revolution

18 reviews

This course will demonstrate how 3D printers work, show what people make with them, and examine the 3D printing ecosystem. It will also explore the future of 3D printing and discuss how this technology will revolutionize our world. The course materials i…

• Coursera
• 9 hours worth of material, 2 weeks long
• 20th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

California Institute of the Arts

Fundamentals of Graphic Design

20 reviews

Graphic Design is all around us! Words and pictures—the building blocks of graphic design—are the elements that carry the majority of the content in both the digital world and the printed world. As graphic design becomes more visible and prevalent in our…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 27th Sep, 2021
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Urbino

A Scuola con Raffaello

37 reviews

Nell’anno delle celebrazioni per il cinquecentenario dalla morte di Raffaello Sanzio, il corso ne ripercorre la vita e l’opera con l’aiuto di studiosi, ricercatori e professori universitari, per offrire alle scuole spunti e approfondimenti multidisciplin…

• Independent
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

California Institute of the Arts

Sound Production in Ableton Live for Musicians and Artists

32 reviews

This course provides hands-on experience in producing, mixing, and sound design with a digital audio workstation. Students will learn the fundamentals (physics) of sound and digital audio, proper gain staging, where and how distortion enters recordings a…

• Kadenze
• 9 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time