Aquent Gymnasium | Course Catalog

Full Courses

All our full courses are taught by experienced practitioners and focused on in-demand skills and technologies. Each includes 3 to 6 hours of video instruction, quizzes, assignments, a final exam, and certification when you pass!

Coding for Designers

Learn HTML and CSS and become the Web Designer that Developers love. Professional design experience is a prerequisite, but no prior web or coding experience is necessary.

Skills Covered

HTML basics
CSS basics
Bootstrap basics
And more...

This Course is For

Designers
Creatives
Copy Editors
Anyone struggling with HTML

jQuery Building Blocks

This course will teach you 5 easy techniques for adding interactivity to your web pages. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to add features and style to your web pages, from simple animations to complex dynamic content.

Skills Covered

Navigation, animation, and server interaction
JavaScript
HTML/CSS
And more...

This Course is For

Designers with coding chops
Front-End Developers
JavaScript Developers

UX Fundamentals

Learn how to apply user-centered design principles to improve your website and mobile app design. A must-take course for anyone working in web design and development.

Skills Covered

User research
Wireframing and prototyping
User testing
And more...

This Course is For

Web Designers
Creatives
UX Designers
Anyone who works on UX projects

JavaScript Foundations

Learn the fundamentals of programming with JavaScript and get started on the road to its mastery.

Skills Covered

JavaScript
Programming basics
The interaction between JavaScript and HTML
And more...

This Course is For

Designers with coding chops
Front-End Developers
jQuery Developers

Writing for Web & Mobile

Learn how to write compelling content through meaningful audience research and find the right words to attract and engage users.

Skills Covered

Online writing strategies
Content-first UX design
Audience research
And more...

This Course is For

Copy Editors
Marketers
Web Designers
Content Strategists

Information Design and Visualization Fundamentals

Learn the design and visual principles needed to create effective information graphics and data visualizations.

Skills Covered

Visual design principles
Interactive design principles
Mapping and charting tools
And more...

This Course is For

Designers
Creatives
Data scientists

Modern Web Design

This course will prepare you to be a front-end developer by walking you through the process of building a simple, responsive website using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Skills Covered

HTML Markup
Using CSS as a design tool
Adding interactivity with JavaScript
And more...

This Course is For

Aspiring Front-End Developers
Designers
Creatives

JavaScript & jQuery Survival Guide

This course will prepare you to tackle real-world projects that require the use of jQuery and JavaScript by walking you through a number of exercises and coding examples.

Skills Covered

Developer Tools
Events and Event Handlers
Manipulating HTML & CSS With jQuery
And more...

This Course is For

Front-End Developers
JavaScript Developers
Full Stack Developers

Responsive Web Design Fundamentals

This is a hands-on, code-intensive course on how to build high-performance, responsive websites that look great across multiple screen sizes and devices.

Skills Covered

Strategic thinking about responsive process
Page layout structure with HTML & CSS
Responsive typography and image techniques
And more...

This Course is For

Front-End Developers
Designers with coding chops
JavaScript Developers

Gym Shorts

Gym Shorts are short, snackable courses that all last under an hour. Like our longer courses, they are practical, taught by experienced practitioners, and focused on in-demand skills and technologies.

Defeating Busy

Learn how to estimate, plan, track, and manage your time in order to complete projects. Being busy isn’t a bad thing, but not being in control of your own time is.

Skills Covered

Project estimation
Time tracking
Team/client communication skills
And more...

This Course is For

Designers
Developers
Anyone with a deadline

Grid Layout in Bootstrap 3

Get up to speed with the Twitter Bootstrap's grid layout system and learn how to build a responsive layout that looks great on multiple screen sizes and devices.

Skills Covered

Bootstrap basics
Prototyping with Bootstrap
Responsive layout
And more...

This Course is For

Web Designers
Front-End Developers
UX Designers

Creating a WordPress Theme

Learn how to convert your HTML/CSS design into a WordPress website. Discover how to set up a local development environment, and add WordPress tags to your design.

Skills Covered

Intermediate HTML/CSS
WordPress themes
WordPress tags
And more...

This Course is For

Developers
Designers with coding chops
WordPress beginners

Introducing Sketch for UX and UI

Learn how to use Sketch tools and features in order to build an interactive prototype for a mobile website.

Skills Covered

Sketch fundamentals
Building static wireframes and prototypes
Interactive prototyping
And more...

This Course is For

UX Designers
Web Designers
Front-End Developers

Introduction to Git and GitHub

Learn the basics of version control and get a high-level overview of both Git and GitHub. Perfect for someone with little to no first-hand experience with either.

Skills Covered

Version control
Project workflow
Collaborative coding
And more...

This Course is For

Developers
Designers
Digital Creatives

Structuring and Organizing HTML5 Forms

Learn some of the latest standards and thinking around coding HTML forms using the new HTML5 tags and attributes.

Skills Covered

Web Forms
HTML
CSS
And more...

This Course is For

Developers
Designers
Digital Creatives

Advanced Rapid Prototyping with Axure

Learn how to use the conditional logic features in Axure in order to quickly create an interactive prototype.

Skills Covered

Interactive prototyping
Basic programming logic
User flows
And more...

This Course is For

UX Designers
Interactive Designers
Information Architects

Creating a Drupal 8 Theme

This course will teach you how to create themes for Drupal 8. Specifically, you will learn how to install a local development environment for Drupal 8, and use the new TWIG templating engine to customize the structure and style of your theme.

Skills Covered

Intermediate HTML/CSS
Drupal theming
TWIG syntax
And more...

This Course is For

Developers
Designers with coding chops
Drupal 8 beginners

Build Better Websites With Chrome Developer Tools

In this course, you will get a familiarity with all aspects of the built-in developer tools within the Chrome browser. Understanding how to use these tools will speed up your development time and help you create bug-free, high-performing pages and web applications.

Skills Covered

HTML & CSS Modification
Console Debugging
Page Inspection
And more...

This Course is For

Front-end developers
Designers with coding chops
JavaScript programmers

Introduction to Node.js

In this course, you will learn how to build a simple web app using Node.js.

Skills Covered

Installing Node.js
Using npm to install various packages for your project
Working with a templating engine
And more...

This Course is For

Front-end developers
JavaScript programmers
Designers with coding chops

3D Modeling for Virtual Reality Creation

Learn how to create 3D generated imagery in Maya for use in Virtual Reality production.

Skills Covered

Basic 3D Modeling
Animation and Rigging
Basic 3D Lighting
Rendering and Cameras
Pre-rendered Cinematic VR creation and publishing
And more...

This Course is For

Anyone interested in 3D modeling
Anyone interested in virtual reality workflow
3D artists interested in virtual reality production