Learn Adobe InDesign: Design a Magazine and More in InDesign

January 2026 Course Update! All InDesign videos have been updated with new recordings, including new support files (about 90% new course, with some case studies kept in the course from earlier).

Create magazines, brochures, and more in InDesign!

Learn InDesign, the world's industry-standard publication layout program, to create flyers, posters, advertisements, and online magazines. Create magazines to share online or sell online through Apple. Create books to sell on Amazon. There are so many possibilities!

Enroll now and learn how to

• place and format text in InDesign

• place and format images in InDesign

• add character and paragraph styles in InDesign

• flow text across pages on along a path in InDesign

• use libraries and snippets in InDesign

• apply color themes in InDesign

• draw and adjust shapes in InDesign

• add custom corners in InDesign

• work with layers in InDesign to select objects

• apply master pages in InDesign

• package, save, export, and print files in InDesign

• apply editorial design principles such as proximity, alignment, contrast, and repetition in magazines and brochures

• design and produce a professional magazine in InDesign

• design and produce a professional brochure in InDesign

• do much more in InDesign

Enroll to get access to exclusive lessons and follow-along tutorials as well as helpful, printable PDF handouts and discussion board access for peer critiques and feedback. Let's get started creating and designing in InDesign!

Learn InDesign from Chad Neuman, who has the relevant experience in the field:

• Managing editor at two graphic design magazines

• Advertising layout specialist and webmaster at a regional newspaper

• Internet development director at an advertising design firm

• Freelance graphic designer for 20 years

• Current full-time university professor and freelance graphic designer

and relevant education:

• BA in Communication

• MA in Journalism and Media Studies

• PhD in Communication