Under "Essential Information" at the top of this page, click on the orange "Enrol Now" button. Click on this and you will be taken to the Flinders website, click on the yellow "Enrol now" , and you will be required to fill in a form. Click "Add to Cart" once the form has been filled in, then click "Process Payment" and you will be asked to make payment with a Visa or Mastercard. Once completed, this will go to Flinders payroll for processing and they will generate login details which will be emailed to you.

We run all of our online short courses twice a year, which follows the Flinders University semester. For future dates, please click here to see Flinders Semester Dates. The courses will start in week 1 of semester 1 or 2.

No, however graduates of Flinders do receive 10% discount if they have previously studied with Flinders University. If you need more time, we recommend you plan to do the course in a future semester so you have more time to save up for it.

It is possible but we wouldn’t recommend doing more than 2, depending on what your other commitments are. You’ll need time to watch all the tutorials and complete the exercises. There won’t be any clashes with the feedback sessions if you take multiple short courses.

The course runs for 12 weeks but there will be a 2 week break during the course. In semester 1 there is normally a break after week 6 and in semester 2 there is a break after week 8. (So technically there will be 14 weeks in total).

The course runs for 12 weeks but there will be a 2 week break during the course. In semester 1 there is normally a break after week 6 and in semester 2 there is a break after week 8. (So technically there will be 14 weeks in total).

The online short courses are done completely online. And some of our Instructors are also based interstate so won’t be here in person to help you. We will do our best to assist you if you are having issues, so you are free to email or call us if you have any questions or concerns, but there is no face to face learning involved. The videos are pre-recorded tutorials, so you will be able to watch those as many times as you need to do the exercises. Don't worry too much about not keeping up or getting ahead. Everyone will be at a different skill level, and to date, we haven't had anyone require face to face assistance.

Once you sign up you will receive:

A receipt email from Flinders Online Pay­ments for the course.

An online short course con­fir­ma­tion email from HASSenquiries@ flinders. edu. au, inform­ing you that your reg­is­tra­tion has been received.

An email from AccessNow@ flinders. edu. au ask­ing you to set up your authentication name (FAN) and pass­word for the FLO site, which is the com­put­er sys­tem used for online learn­ing. You will need to fol­low the instruc­tions care­ful­ly to acti­vate your account.

You will be grant­ed access to the FLO site with­in 2 hours of acti­vat­ing your FAN, after which you’ll be able to view the FLO dash­board and your course.

All tuto­ri­als and exer­cis­es will be vis­i­ble from the first day of the first week.

iPads are not currently able to run the software that is used for each of our online short courses. A desktop computer or laptop, and drawing tablet are required for each of the courses. Two common tablets used are Huion and Wacom which vary in price and can be very affordable. The device you use will need to be able to run Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya and/or Blender -- each course page will tell you what software is required -- and are industry standard.

However, if you are only doing Intro to Character Design, an iPad with Procreate would be sufficient. iPad’s are not suitable for the other courses.

The online short courses are not accredited (meaning you can't use them for credit towards other courses) and are self contained. Each week has pre-recorded tutorials, along with exercises that you complete (which are not graded but are designed to challenge you and to help you get better as an artist) and there is a feedback session each fortnight with the instructor who critiques (draw-overs) your progress on the assignment.

We run 2 semesters per year. So if you miss the start of the course you can just sign up for the following semester.

The online short courses are aimed at people aged 15 years and above, not specifically limited to either high school or graduated high school.

The courses are structured with tutorials that you would watch, and complete the exercises to the best of your ability, and during the feedback sessions with the instructor they would customize/personalize the feedback based on the participants skill level - we are expecting to get different levels of ability for these courses, and people who participate in them would be aiming to complete pieces that they could use in a portfolio.

There is no entry criteria such as academic record as this doesn't really impact anything prior to starting the work, you can be a beginner, intermediate or advanced and the instructor will work with the person at where they are at.

The software that we use is Blackboard Collaborate, this is through the Flinders online learning platform. This is very similar to using zoom, it works in real time, you can be heard through your computer microphone & it's easy to share your screen and the sessions will be recorded.

Collaborate is accessed directly from your browser, no app is required. We do recommend that you use a PC with google chrome if possible.

Totally optional, not required. Most people just have an avatar that is assigned when you update your FLO (the online platform) profile, or it just lists your name.

Our short courses are aimed at all skill levels & you do not need to provide any work before starting the course. You will need to upload your homework assignments each week to get feedback during the course.

No, this is an introductory course with no expectation that you have previously studied anatomy.

Character Design is purely drawing characters, although you are required to draw props and items that will fit in with the character's world that helps to define the character.