In this week's episode Mark sits down with Kasie Moon, the assistant graphic designer in the department of strategic initiatives to talk all things design. Join us as we discuss the laws and principles that encompass good design, and how these principles can be applied to Powerpoint presentations and Canvas courses.
After talking about how we would go about creating or preparing our assets for implementation, we also then discuss the different file formats that we could use for our assets and what the advantages and disadvantages are for each.
Reference's in this week's episode
Cognitive Overhead - How many logical connections or jumps your brain has to make in order to understand or contextualize the thing you’re looking at? Read more about Cognitive Overhead
Hick’s Law - The time it takes to make a decision increases with the number and complexity of choices. Read more about Hick's Law
Jackob’s Law - Principle of usability ((described by Jakob Nielsen)) that recommends the use of familiar patterns in design in order to facilitate user-experience, because users prefer it when a site works in the same way as all the other sites they already know. Read more about Jackob's Law
Law of Pragnanz - People will perceive complex information in the simplest forms possible. Read more about Law of Pragnanz
Law of Similarity - People perceive elememts together based on type and color. Read more about Law of Similarity
Serial Position Effect - We best remember the first and last items in a series. Read more about the Serial Position Effect
Show Me What You're Working With Apps
Affinity App Suite - Creative Suite that allows for image manipulation and asset creation. Download the Affinity App Suite for Windows, MacOS, or iPadOS
Sketch - Asset and Layout Design Tool for MacOS. Download Sketch for MacOS
Font Awesome - A webfont library of over 7,000 icons. Download any icon as an SVG file. Visit FontAwesome Website.
Assembly - Icon and asset creation tool for iOS. Download the Assembly App for iOS
