GDES-360 spring 2022 / David Ramos, American University Design
Tools, materials, and resources
Collaboration and communication
- This website hosts the schedule, syllabus, and assignment sheets.
- Turn in final projects through Canvas .
- Zoom for videoconferencing (link and password on Canvas .)
- Miro as online whiteboard (password on Canvas .)
- Discord server (Invite link on Canvas .)
- Any critical, all-class messages will go as announcements within Canvas.
Miro critique boards
The password is posted on Canvas . We’ll add additional boards as needed.
Design and visualization tools
Visualization
- RAWGraphs (free)
- Flourish (free)
- Tableau (free for students)
- A spreadsheet program. Excel, Numbers.app, Google Sheets, and OpenOffice are all fine.
- Mapbox, a software-as-a-service product. (The free accounts will serve you well.)
Mapping/GIS
- Mapbox, a software-as-a-service product. The free accounts will serve you well.
- QGIS, a free/open source GIS (available in Katzen design labs)
Color
Creative Cloud
The Art Department/Design Program provides students with access to Adobe Creative Cloud software in the Katzen design labs.
Illustrator tutorials
If you’re new or moderately-skilled with Illustrator, start working through the tutorials on LinkedIn Learning. Here’s a list of the most relevant tutorials for this course.