Where can I find an online design course?

My first thought – which I don’t know if they have any specific design basic courses, is Lynda.com. I LOVE Lynda.com. You can learn any software from there and it’s only $25 a month. You can go to their website and search through the courses to see if  they have anything that interests you. But, I have used them and their video tutorials are excellent. A great resource to have even if it isn’t a good fit for design basics.

• Here is a design basics course from About.com
• Check your local colleges for online courses
• Youtube: Lots of people make videos on everything. I bet there are some great ones out there.
• Check your local library: I was stunned at how many fantastic books were at our main library about software and design. I believe a lot of libraries are also distributing ebooks now.

If I just search for “basic design principles” in Google, I find some good results. Here are a few that popped out at me:

• http://www.digital-web.com/articles/principles_of_design/
• http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutorials/design/design/
• http://maddisondesigns.com/2009/03/the-5-basic-principles-of-design/

My personal advice would be to glance at a few things online (About, Lynda, links I found, youtube) and that will give you a bit more focus on what you are looking for if that doesn’t do it for you. Above may be all you feel like you want/need.

Let me know if I can be any more help.