Who doesn’t love getting creative?! Here at DigiEnable we’ve always believed that learning should be fun and these courses are all about using creativity to learn digital skills. Whether it’s computer animation, game design or Digital Music Creation, there is a lot of fun to be had when you get your geek on.
Creative Digital Tools for Crafting your Ideas into Actions
Love pen and paper but know there’s a digital way to capture your ideas you’d like to explore? Want to be able to streamline your ideas creation, and capture those all-important next-step actions?
Then join this session to learn more about how a range of Creative Digital Tools can work for you. In this interactive session we’ll look at a range of apps and softwares to capture, organise and covert your ideas, into actionable steps in a creative and visual way.
Intro to Canva
Social media platforms are evolving rapidly, and recent reports suggest that reliance on stock images may be limiting the “reach” of small businesses. The need for unique and eye-catching visuals is paramount. Yet, many business owners face the challenge of limited budgets for outsourcing and lack the time to delve into complex design software like Photoshop. Luckily, there’s a solution, and it goes by the name of Canva.
Join us in this session where we will not only introduce you to the custom creation platform but also empower you to harness its most commonly used features. This knowledge will ensure you stand out from your competition, regardless of your industry. With Canva, you’ll create stunning visuals in less time and with ease.
By the end of this session you will know:
- Design Like a Pro: Master Canva’s user-friendly interface and create professional-quality visuals, even if you’re not a design expert.
- Customization Secrets: Unlock the power of Canva’s versatile design templates and tailor them to suit your brand’s unique style and messaging.
- Visual Storytelling: Discover how to convey compelling narratives and messages through your visuals, captivating your audience like never before.
- Efficiency at Its Best: Streamline your visual content creation process, saving time and resources while boosting the impact of your digital presence.
Next Steps in Canva
If you have a basic working knowledge of Canva, but want to know how to do more with it, then this is the session for you.
Join us for this hands-on practical session to learn how to make the most of Canva’s templates and features, to speed up your creations with ease. We’ll look at crafting your own templates and branding guidelines for your business, as well as creating some themed menus and product tiles for a range of marketing outlets.
Creating New Product Ideas using AI Tools
Ever struggled for new ideas, or crafting them into a clear format? Then this session on harnessing the power of AI tools is for you.
Join us for this hands-on practical session to learn how to use AI tools for each step in the process of new product (or service) ideation and promotion. We’ll look at tools for ideas generation, product detailing, market research, as well as learning how to craft marketing in your own words and language, for any platform.
Creative Art & Gaming using Digital
The power of play is a vital tool in our busy modern age, helping with positive mental health, reducing stress, and giving space and time for creative ideas to flow.
Join Liz Hardwick for this fun and interactive online session where you will learn how to use a range of free online resources, as a welcome introduction to making you own digital creative arts and games.
We will try out some top creative tools including a text to music converter, online graffiti wall, audio creation games and much more.
We will also look at how to start creating your own 8-bit mini game… without the need for coding skills!
Digital Soundart
Find out what the different types of Sound art are, what “digital storytelling” is, how to tell a story with just sounds, and produce your own creative Soundart with this session. We will cover different recording, editing and audio creating techniques including sound toys, soundscapes and digital audio manipulation.
Stop-Frame Animation
From simple storyboarding to the finished product, this session will have you planning and producing your very own animation sequences. We will explore physical stop frame animation, through to Claymation and bringing toys to life. You will leave with the knowledge of how to create a short creative video clip using simple to use software.
Welcome to Wikipedia
This session gives you the knowledge and skills to be able to write and edit pages on any topic you could imagine, on this collaborative online platform. This session will cover how to explore the vast portals of this open-source encyclopedia and learn how to write and edit pages, in a legal and formatted way. It’s suitable for those who’ve never used Wikipedia before, and those who have but now want to take the further step and become a contributor.
Digital Imagery Using AI
Want to learn how to create bespoke one-off images in seconds using AI tools? Then this is the session for you! We will look at some of the latest free and low-cost AI tools to create imagery and test out a selection of fun and creative online resources.
Harnessing AI Tools for Content Creation
Love the idea of using AI to speed up your processes, but not sure how to apply it to your workflows yet? Join us for this practical training session where we will get hands-on with AI integrated tools such as Canva, as well as stand-alone generative AI tools such as DeepAI and Speechify… all created to make the job of content creation easier, faster and more streamlined.
Creative Hackathons
DigiEnable is proud to have run several creative hackathons in communities, including for Manchester City Council. This can include managing participants sending in their “content”, facilitating live sessions where participants “hack” the content to create new artworks, and wrap the project with a final portal to showcase the creations for participants, public and funders alike, such as in the previous case of Manchester Creative Hackathon a Google maps with pinned final creations relevant to the area the artwork is related to.