Creating Visual Content Without Design Skills 2026078Z

Date and time

Face to face: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 12.30 pm to 4.00 pm
Follow up webinar: Wednesday 18 November 2026, 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm

Delivery mode

Blended

Audience 

Non-teaching staff - admin, reception, finance, operations, communications, and executive support

Cost

• Course Fees: Fully Funded. We have secured a grant to ensure the program is available to you at no cost
• Admin Fee: $100. A small contribution that helps us cover the "basics" like hosting and technical support

Description

The fourth in the AI & Digital Skills for School Operations series, this session is a workshop for the staff who end up making the posters, flyers, social posts, and slides - without a design background. Practical tools, smart shortcuts, and brand-safe outputs.

Participants will learn:

• Using Adobe Express for posters, flyers, and social posts
• Generating images and simple graphics with AI image tools
• Creating short animations & video content for visual communications
• Maintaining brand consistency across school materials
• When to design in-house and when to escalate
• Accessibility basics: contrast, alt text, and readable layouts

In-session practice

Each participant produces a finished piece (poster, flyer, animation/video or social post) for a real upcoming need.

Follow-up webinar

Gallery walk of items produced and used since the workshop. Discussion on brand consistency challenges encountered.

Key takeaways

• Learn to use Adobe Express for posters, flyers, and social posts
  
• Generating images, simple graphics, short animations and video content for visual communications using AI tools
  
• Understand accessibility basics: contrast, alt text, and readable layouts

Presenter information

Dr Tim Kitchen

Dr Kitchen has been an educator for over 30 years, and is considered one of Australia’s leading voices in digital creativity and education innovation. A passionate advocate for empowering students and teachers through creative technologies, Tim has taught across primary, secondary, and higher education and has inspired thousands of teachers, students and school support staff through his workshops and keynotes. A bestselling author and frequent presenter at national and international education events, Tim was Adobe’s Senior Education Specialist for Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia from 2013 to 2025. Today, he continues to share his expertise and enthusiasm exploring new ways to spark creativity in the learning & teaching process with a focus on safe & ethical AI use through his consultancy called CTL - Creative Teaching & Learning and his work as an Associate with The Next Word and Senior Consultant with CulturePathAI.