£60 per month
£25 per month
Flexibility in Mind
This course has been designed as a 1 or 2 year course, although as all qualifications with Aced this is flexible. There are no fixed deadlines or end of course exam therefore learners can work at a pace that is suitable for them.
Course Overview
- Entry Requirement: No formal quals required. No minimum age requirements. Guide of 11-12 yrs + to start.
- Durations: Designed as a 2 yr course based on 1-2 hrs per week, however completion time is flexible.
- Requirements: Computer with internet connection, Canva design app (free access to Canva for Education given on enrolment to this course). A selection of basic art resources may be useful.
- Enrolment: Enrol anytime! There are no enrolment windows to wait for, so learners can start straight away!
- Awarding body: Accredited with NCFE.
- OFQUAL regulated: 500/8454/9
- Level: Level 1 qualification.
- Total Qualification Time (TQT) : 100 hours
- Learner evidence: 100% Portfolio assessed (internally assessed and externally moderated. No exam!).
- Total cost: £550 ‘one off’ payment or a monthly subscription of 24 instalments of £25 or 10 instalments of £60.
- Course structure: There are 10 Modules in total.
- Worth: 10 Credit value / 1 GCSE, comparable to grade 1-3/D-G. *
- * However we always suggest checking with your local college if requiring in place of a GCSE.
- The pay-in-full discounted rate of £550 is available exclusively to home-educating families who are privately funding their course. Local Authority bookings, or enrolments funded through external agencies, will be charged at the standard course price of £600. This ensures the discount is passed directly to the families it was designed to support.
Real-world Qualification
Our Graphic Design course is a real-world qualification, designed for aspiring graphic designers or entrepreneurs alike! This recognised qualification will equip you with essential skills using the design program, Canva along with elements of brand identity, colour theory, online advertising to even basic webpage design.
Whether you or your learner is looking to kickstart a career in graphic design or enhance your entrepreneurial toolkit, this course will enable the learner to gain usable and transferable skills for the digital world.
We offer complete flexibility in our approach, removing the barriers creative, home educated learners face. No exam, no controlled assessment and no stressful trips to exam centres are required, enabling learners the chance to achieve nationally accredited courses from home. Learners can work at their own pace without the added anxiety attached to fixed deadlines and timetabled exam dates.
Learners will complete this fully guided qualification virtually, with the help of directed projects, assessor support and pre-filmed tutorials from our subject specialist practitioners.
Work will be assessed online, with positive and encouraging feedback periodically throughout the course. On successful completion of the 10 modules, our learners will receive their Ofqual accredited certificate, comparable to one GCSE (D-G/1-3 grade).
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What will I learn?
During the course, learners will gain knowledge and skills in the following areas:
- Using the design program Canva to create digital graphic outcomes.
- Branding for a brief and/or for a personal brand or business.
- Colour theory, logo design and typography basics.
- Online advertising and content for social media marketing.
- Creating a basic webpage design using Canva.
Objectives of this qualification:
This qualification aims to provide fundermental graphic design skills and an understanding of the main principles of graphic design, giving a strong foundation for any future progression.
The objectives of this qualification are to enable learners to develop a portfolio of design work.
Qualification Grading Criteria:
- Unit 1. Explore graphic processes, materials and techniques.
- Unit 2. Explore sources of ideas in a graphic design context.
- Unit 3. Explore and develop graphic design ideas
- Unit 4. Produce and present final graphic outcomes.
What could this qualification lead to?
Learners who achieve this qualification could progress onto other creative course provisions or higher education. As an example, here is a list of specialisms that learners may wish to progress to.
This is not an exhaustive list and please note this course could provide a route to many other creative courses or interests.
- Level 2 Certificate in Art & Design
- Level 2 Certificate in Creative Media
- GCSE in Graphic Design
Additionally, the course will equip the learner will key skills to develop a portfolio of design work.
Please note Aced Qualifications currently offer Level 2 Certificate in Art & Design.
Suggested materials List
- Laptop/computer to access the course and to create digital design work.
- The use of Canva will be used throughout to create design work as well as the learner’s course portfolio.
- While we are registered with Canva for Education, we will be able to offer enrolled learners free access to Canva, utilising all the usually paid for functionality.
- Access to a camera or phone camera may be useful.
Optional:
At times, you may wish to create design work by hand and therefore the following would be useful:
- Paper to work on, with a good weight- no less than say 130gsm. Generally do not use printer paper to sketch with colour onto as it doesn’t have texture or correct thickness.
- Pencils in a range of grades, I.e. 6B, 4B, 2B, HB.
- Eraser- I can’t emphasise enough the importance of a quality eraser.
- A selection of fine liner pens and marker pens.
- Medium to add colour, such as a quality set of colour pencils. Watercolour pencils tend to apply their colour more effectively.
