Red & Yellow
Online Short Course
Desktop Publishing with InDesign Course
Adobe InDesign is the world’s leading desktop publishing software. Whether you are a burgeoning layout artist, an author, a book publisher, or a graphic designer, adding InDesign to your box of magic tricks will give you that extra creative edge.
This course will equip you with the design skills necessary to make your magazine, book, and ePub stand out from the crowd. Learn to apply the principles and elements of design to magazine and book covers to facilitate multiple page use. Design invitations that no-one can decline. Be a changemaker in the design and publishing space today.
In this course, your Adobe InDesign license is included.
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Course Curriculum
- This module demonstrates how to navigate InDesign, and will introduce you to features such as master pages, multiple pages, character and paragraph styles, image arrangement, interactivity, and text wrapping and framing
- This is a practical module
The important bits
Key Info
- Course Duration: 11 Weeks
- Accreditation:
- Access: Online
- Start Date: 11 August 2025
- Cost: R16500.00
What you will learn:
- Navigate and use the InDesign workspace for maximum creative impact, and make the most of master pages, multiple page design, character and paragraph styles, image arrangement, interactivity, and text wrapping and framing.
- Use colour, layout, imagery, and typography to design compelling magazine and eMagazine covers and double page spreads, and prepare these for publication.
- Design a beautiful corporate report or recipe book, applying the principles and elements of design.
- Create stunning interactive ePub corporate reports or book layouts using text, typography, and imagery.
- Prepare your report or book for print.
- Design an eye-catching digital invitation for a book launch OR a corporate brochure.
Gain tangible skills
Studying this course will give you the highly applicable tools your career needs to master brand management
Learn from the best
Our lecturers nurture our students, resulting in them winning awards for their creative work
Get more creative
This course is ideal for people wanting to combine commercial logic with creative magic
Advance your career
Be recognised with an industry centric Red & Yellow certificate, giving you a blend of theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills.
Red & Yellow courses are made to future-proof your career
Our courses are designed to accelerate opportunities and give a boost to your CV. Top businesses across industries recognise Red & Yellow graduates as having the practical skills and the theoretical background to hit the ground running with confidence and creative flair.
Included in your course:
- An industry-sought after Certificate of Completion from Red & Yellow
- Original, relevant and constantly updated content
- An interactive online learning experience that includes videos, live chat sessions, forum discussions and more
- A team of course coordinators to assist you and Instructional Designers and subject matter experts to guide and teach
This course is perfect for:
- Aspiring layout artists.
- Desktop publishers.
- Individuals with a flair for design, who want to take their skills to the next level.
Meet your team:
This course was created by, and benefits from, our full-time lecturers’ years of experience in the field – both in lecturing and in industry. They know how to nurture talent and bring out the best in students, resulting in many award-wins over the years.
A’isha Dollie
Tutor
Makes art & design education fun and accessible
Practicing lecturer, advocates lifelong learning and balanced lifestyle
BA in Visual Comms Design, PGCE, PGDip in Educational Tech
Where Commercial Logic meets Creative Magic
Creative thinking is still the most powerful skill of the future, but only if it’s paired with commercial savvy and the ability to adapt. That’s why we equip future thinkers, doers, and makers with the real-world, future-proof skills they need to thrive. Whether you're climbing the ladder or building something of your own, we’ll help you learn how business works – and how to make it work for you.
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