27 Best Online Courses in South Africa

A 10-week course, exclusive to Red & Yellow, to equip the innovators of the future with the knowledge, skills and know-how to transform entrepreneurial thinking and disruptive ideas into sustainable businesses. It’s everything you need to know to get a new business off the ground – whether it’s your first startup or a new initiative with your existing organisation.

A further benefit is that this course includes weekly lectures which you can either attend at our campus, live stream or watch later when it’s convenient. This is an immense learning experience that comes with undeniable proof points unique to Red & Yellow.

In the 21st Century, the human component is what will define companies that thrive and innovate, and provide a competitive edge. This 10-week course is for leaders and managers who don’t want to take on HR roles; but do want to know how to attract, nurture, manage and retain top talent. Learn about best practices and new ways of recognising and valuing people at work, along with practical ways for positively influencing human behaviour.

Tailored to cultural diversity and legislation unique to South Africa, this course will teach you how to manage organisational change, and develop key talent in a way that aligns with 21st Century business needs.

In just 10 weeks, this unique and creative course will equip non-financial people with an understanding of what’s important when reviewing the financials, and the ability to assess and interpret its impact on the business. It covers all the critical theory and principles, coupled with assignments that help embed the knowledge, and learn how to apply and implement in real life. At the end of the course, you’ll be able to add additional value, have informed discussions and make more strategic decisions that contribute to a sustainable and profitable business outcome.

Understanding finance in a business applies to all ambitious humans. at some stage or another. It’s even more critical if you have your own business, as you probably don’t have the luxury of a Financial Director or finance team, or if you are secretly gunning for a more senior position, or have just received that promotion.... [-]

Focused on modern-day marketing and brand management principles that are grounded in a strong South African context, this 10-week course equips individuals with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of marketing, strategy and brand management; teaching them how to make strategic decisions based on customer insights and actual needs – rather than internal organisational sentiment – which then inform an effective overarching strategy that will resonate with consumers.

Not your average, boring regurgitated version of a textbook – this course is a real-world immersion in marketing with loads of case studies that bring the theory to life.

This 10-week online course is designed to kick-start or consolidate your digital marketing knowledge using the latest in online learning techniques and expert-reviewed content. Get the cutting-edge knowledge and practical skills you need to implement an effective digital marketing strategy for your brand.

The course includes 8 practical modules and assignments, as well as a final research project:

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This course is intended for print designers desiring additional skills in editing ePUB files by accessing and tweaking the XHTML and CSS components of an ePUB file in order to have full control of the text flow, image display and general appearance of eBooks across a range of supported readers and mobile devices.

This course focuses on how to finish an EPUB document created in Adobe InDesign. While the latest version of InDesign is a great tool for creating EPUB e-books, there are still some aspects of EPUB creation that cannot be done in InDesign. To fine-tune an EPUB and make it look and work exactly as needed, it is necessary to edit that EPUB using the text-editing software. This course covers the skills needed to create a well crafted and valid EPUB e-book.... [-]

This course is intended only for experienced layout artists and print designers wishing to migrate Word and Indesign files to ePub / Mobi formats for distribution on mobile devices such as tablets or eReaders. Friends of Design – Academy of Digital Arts, will teach you the skills to be able to easily navigate and use the basic tools of this incredible program with absolute confidence. Among various other easy to use tools, we will show you how to create high quality and visually stunning documents that stand out from the crowd, insert various links and speed up your workflow using the sharing and collaborating capabilities of this popular program.

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful and versatile tool for creating illus­trations for Print and Web. By tapping into the power of this vector based program, you can create detailed and scalable art for almost any applica­tion. You will learn to work with important menus, tools, and palettes, explore selection tools, drawing tools, layers, the pen tool (a lesson unto itself) as well as learn transformations, distortions, type tools, and modifying paths and shapes. Master this challenging and rewarding vector program, giving yourself illustration wings.

In this course, you will build a solid foundation in Adobe Illustrator. You will start with a tour of important menus, tools, and palettes, then explore selection tools, drawing tools, layers, the pen tool (a lesson unto itself) as well as transformations/distortions, type tools, and modifying paths and shapes. You’ll never call Illustrator help again. Practical projects and exercises make this course a must! You will be amazed how quickly you will begin to master this challenging but rewarding vector program.... [-]

If you are an aspiring or working Print Designer, Adobe InDesign is an indispensable tool for layout and print industry related requirements. We will teach you from a basic level to intermediate how to use this fantastic program to perfect your layouts and projects with inDesigns powerful print and production ready engine.

Whether it’s a magazine spread, a poster, or even a Web page, nothing connects or communicates like an effective layout. Layout design, the art of what goes where on a page or editorial spread, is a creative challenge for any graphic or digital designer. Learn how to build strong foundations for your page design, explore creative applications for lines and shapes, and discover how to break the rules while maintaining the underlying structure of a page.... [-]

If you are an aspiring or working Print or Web Designer, Adobe Photoshop is an indispensable tool for image editing, compositing and finally outputting your finished work to a broad range of formats for both print and web. We will teach you from a basic level to intermediate how to use this fantastic program to perfect your images with non-destructive filters and powerful color-correction, cloning, and healing tools.

In this course, not only will you learn the Photoshop essentials, but some unique insights as to what you can achieve combining the various tools you learn. On its completion, you should feel comfortable using the software to edit and manipulate your own images as well as be able to create your own art.... [-]

The aim of Strategic & Change Management is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to successfully plan, implement and manage their own strategies. It is important for every employee in an organization to understand why strategic management is seen as a vital element to an organization’s success.

The Strategic & Change Management program starts during the first week of each month. Applications close on the 15th of the previous month.

The assessment of the SLP’s consist of quizzes, discussions, a final assignment, and an online test.

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Project & Program Management aims to provide participants with a practical approach to the management of all types of business projects based on generally accepted best practices and international standards.

The Project & Program Management program starts during the first week of each month. Applications close on the 15th of the previous month.

The assessment of the SLP’s consist of quizzes, discussions, a final assignment, and an online test.

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2 weeks. This excludes the additional time that is given to complete the final assessment.

After the successful completion of the Project & Program Management program, the student will receive a certificate issued and endorsed by the UFS. Recognition to the Higher Certificate in Management Development is available through RPL.... [-]

People (human resources) are viewed by most experts as the most important asset of any organization. Managing the people within an organization is often the most challenging and complex task required of a manager. The objective of the short program is to teach the basic principles of human resource management — how an organization acquires, rewards, motivates, uses, and generally manages its people effectively.

The People Management program starts during the first week of each month. Applications close on the 15th of the previous month.

The assessment of the SLP’s consist of quizzes, discussions, a final assignment, and an online test.... [-]

In essence, at its core, business is about providing a superior product or service. The operations function of the organization consists of all the activities that produce what the organization produces. It is the function that creates the value that its customers seek. This short program analyses the processes used to deliver products to the marketplace. Several “world class” firms have demonstrated that effective operational management can be a potent and competitive weapon. This short program addresses the key operations and logistical issues in service and manufacturing operations, which have strategic as well as tactical implications. Both quantitative and qualitative techniques and principles, used by leading organizations, are examined.... [-]

The primary objective of this short learning program is to learn how to analyze the marketing environment, to formulate marketing objectives and plans in order to sustain a competitive advantage in satisfying the targeted customers. Without any knowledge of what marketing management is, how important it is and how it must be applied in the business, it is unthinkable to assume that any business will be a success. Sound principles of marketing management are aimed at enabling the business to grow and survive.

The Marketing & Digital Marketing program starts during the first week of each month. Applications close on the 15th of the previous month.... [-]