Learn to create custom gradient dot patterns with Illustrator.

Businesses must grow to survive and thrive. Learn how to identify and capitalize on growth opportunities in your industry.

Get a holistic overview of the essential elements of designing and implementing highly scalable and available relational databases.

Learn techniques and best practices for designing smart, visually interesting website icons in any software.

Learn how to use Adobe Animate to design a fully interactive, animated infographic for use on the native web. This course explores document and layer management, instantiation of infographic assets, and the creation of additional vector shape data and text to create a full infographic layout. Following this, instructor Joseph Labrecque shows how to add motion to various portions of internal symbol timelines to augment user interactions like hovers, clicks, detail reveals, and more. Finally, he reviews how to add interactive elements to the infographic—tying together the layout, internal motion, and info detail reveals into a smooth package to be published for use on the native web.

Discover how to plan and model your own APIs, and explore the six REST design constraints that help guide your architecture.

Design your own personal sanctuary with SketchUp's intuitive 3D toolset. Learn how to turn a garage or other existing space into a she shed or man cave.

Learn how to design virtual reality (VR) experiences using Adobe Animate.

Learn how to make your web graphics lean, mean, and optimized for modern devices and bandwidth scenarios.

This course shows you how to turn designs from Photoshop into a fully functioning website using Dreamweaver. Learn how to slice mockups, apply HTML and CSS, test code, and more.

Learn how to use grids to create better looking InDesign layouts.

Learn to create a cartoon online avatar of yourself with Illustrator.

Learn how to build an engaging online class with Desire2Learn (D2L). Get tips to increase student communication and participation and provide continuous feedback.

Build on your existing knowledge of Desire2Learn. Explore advanced tools for managing your online course, learn about higher-level course setup features, and more.

Explore the market funnel framework, a three-step process for defining your target audience and sizing segments in terms investors can use and you can apply to your financial plan.

Get proven methods to brainstorm best-selling book and movie ideas from a successful author.

Technology has changed the way we approach ordinary tasks—from settling the bill at restaurants to driving—and more industries than ever are leveraging tech to work smarter. It's a great time to launch a career as a developer in this ever-changing field. But with so many options to choose from, how do you determine which path is right for you? In this course, senior staff instructor Ray Villalobos shares best practices and tips designed to help aspiring developers find the right path and build their careers. Ray explores the market, job titles, and responsibilities for different types of developers, as well as how much you can expect to make. He covers what subjects you need to master and how you should approach your education. Plus, he steps through the job search process, explaining how to fine-tune your resume, tackle phone interviews and coding challenges, negotiate compensation, and even prepare for your new job once you land it.

Global strategy expert and author Anil Gupta provides a primer on competitive strategy: being faster, better, and cheaper than the competitors in your market.

Critical thinking is often cited as a desirable skill to have, but what exactly does it mean to be a critical thinker, and how does one achieve this mindset? The goal of critical thinking is to give ourselves time and tools for improving how we think, to see things closer to how they really are, and get a better sense of the world. But just understanding the concepts won’t get you there. As Becki Saltzman explains, developing a critical thinking mindset requires commitment and deliberate practice. Becki shows how to put critical thinking knowledge to work to create a mindset that enables you to examine information and determine how to assess information you can trust. She also shows how to develop mental agility to apply insights from one context to the next, ways you can avoid overthinking, and tips on how to balance rational, strategic, and even emotional thinking. After this course, you’ll be on your way to developing the mindset necessary for critical thinking to flourish.

Learn how to use UXPin to create and share robust design systems for UX projects.