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Basics
Foleon 101

Foleon 101

Foleon 101

About this course:

Welcome to our Foleon 101 course. Get a solid introduction to Foleon and the Content Studio with these six short lessons and get inspired by the supporting resources. It takes less than 20 minutes, we promise. Let's get started!

Key learnings:

  • Get started on your first Foleon Doc.
  • Taking responsive design into account.
  • Saving templates to speed up the creation of your next Docs.


💡This course is most relevant for Content Studio users.


Working with a deadline to get a Foleon Doc out the door? Our Professional Services team can help. Check out their offering here.

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7 Activities:
Create and organize content
Know your way around the editor
Build your first page
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Basics
Platform training #1: The basics

Platform training #1: The basics

Platform training #1: The basics

About this course:

Welcome to our course Platform training #1: The basics. Learn all about the essentials and start creating your first Foleon Doc with these 16 short lessons and get inspired by the supporting resources. Let's get started!

Key learnings:

  • Start your first Foleon Doc.
  • Getting comfortable in the dashboard and editor.
  • Make your pages look good and add text.


💡 This course is most relevant for Content Studio users.


Working with a deadline to get a Foleon Doc out the door? Our Professional Services team can help. You can find their offering here.

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15 Activities:
Set up Brand Kit
Intro to the editor
Start a new Foleon Doc
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Basics +
Platform training #2: Skilled creation

Platform training #2: Skilled creation

Platform training #2: Skilled creation

About this course:

Welcome to our course Platform training #2: Skilled creation. Build upon The Basic from Platform training #1 so you have a well-rounded knowledge of the platform and can finish great-looking Foleon Docs. Watch these ten lessons and get inspired by the supporting resources. Let's get started!

Key learnings:

  • Responsive design.
  • Make your Docs engaging with the embed and data elements.
  • Add overlays.


💡 This course is most relevant for Content Studio users.


Working with a deadline to get a Foleon Doc out the door? Our Professional Services team can help. You can find their offering here.

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12 Activities:
Responsive design
Creating alternate blocks
Templates
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New!
Getting started with the Content Builder

Getting started with the Content Builder

Getting started with the Content Builder

About this course:

Welcome to this course that teaches you how to create a Foleon Doc using the Content Builder

This course is like a guided journey that shows you step by step how to take a regular PDF and turn it into an engaging Foleon Doc. After each lesson, we'll give you a quick overview of what you've learned. You can either watch all the lessons one after the other or take your time and practice what you've learned after each one. It's up to you!

By the time you finish this course, you'll be confident using our Content Builder to create stunning Foleon Docs in no time.

Key learnings:

  • Understand the structure of Foleon Docs.
  • Extract media out of your PDF.
  • Create your Foleon Doc in the Content Builder in three steps.
  • Ways to make your Doc more engaging.

Prefer to read? Each lesson includes a link to the transcript of the course.

💡This course is most relevant for Content Builder users.

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7 Activities:
The lay of the land
How to extract media from a static PDF
Format and navigation choices
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Design
Designing for accessibility

Designing for accessibility

Designing for accessibility

About this course:

Accessible content reaches broader audiences and can be consumed by all readers. This course teaches you how to integrate accessibility into your Foleon Doc creation process without compromising on the quality of the content or design. 


Key learnings:
• What is accessibility, and why is it important?
• Structure your content for accessibility.
• Fine-tune your content for accessibility.
• How to test if your Foleon Doc is accessible.


Prefer to read? Each video lesson features a transcript in the description.

💡This course is most relevant for the Content Studio users.


Our Professional Services team offers a Foleon Doc design review, you can use this to make sure your Foleon Doc is accessible. Have a look at their offering here.

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6 Activities:
What does accessibility mean?
Structure your content for accessibility
Fine-tune your content for accessibility
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Advanced
Advanced design

Advanced design

Advanced design

About this course:

Welcome to our Advanced design course. Learn all about more advanced features and tricks of the editor to make your content stand out even more with these five lessons. This course is for designers with basic knowledge of the Foleon editor. Let's get started!

Key learnings:

  • Several advanced features.
  • Design tips and tricks.


💡 This course is for both Content Studio and Content Builder users.


Looking for a 1-1 design Q&A session? Our Professional Services team can be of help. Have a look at their offering here.

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7 Activities:
Column Hacks
Animations
Typography and symbols
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Design
Top tricks for Designers

Top tricks for Designers

Top tricks for Designers

About this course:

Why take it? 

Made by designers for designers: The Designer Asset Pack explained in this course is a resource set that empowers design teams to create more engaging Doc designs. This course features five design lessons, including explainer videos, a Foleon Doc with examples and lesson transcripts. Foleon Doc Design excellence is now at your fingertips! 

Access to the Adobe Creative Suite and general design software knowledge are needed for this course.


5 key learnings:

  • Create gradient backgrounds for columns and blocks
  • Create dynamic pages by adding angles & shapes to your blocks and columns
  • Apply your brand colors to our stock icons
  • Create a logo wall & place images side by side in one column
  • Create double parallax image scrolls


Prefer to read? The first lesson includes a link to the transcript of the lessons of this course.

💡This course is most relevant for Content Studio users.


Want to have a 1-1 with an experienced Digital Designer? Our Professional Services team offers Design consultations. Have a look at their offering here.

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8 Activities:
Get started
Gradient backgrounds
Angled background images
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Designer
Foleon Doc use cases and navigation

Foleon Doc use cases and navigation

Foleon Doc use cases and navigation

About this course:

Welcome to our Foleon Doc use cases and navigation course. Learn all about editorial formulas with these lessons. This is a free format course, you can watch the lessons you're interested in, and skip over others. Let's get started!

Key learnings

  • Implementing the right navigation options for your Foleon Docs.
  • Lessons on specific use cases and Doc length.


💡 This course is for both Content Studio and Content Builder users.


Our Professional Services team offers Foleon Doc design, template design, and Design consultations. Have a look at their offering here.

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7 Activities:
Linear read settings
Non-linear read navigation options
Produce Foleon Docs quickly by starting out with the right template
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Content Type
Creating your year-in-review Doc

Creating your year-in-review Doc

Creating your year-in-review Doc

About this course:

A year-in-review is (usually) a one-pager summarizing the past year. Think of it as a short version of an annual report.

This interactive course teaches you how to create a showstopping year-in-review Doc using Foleon.

You'll learn how to use Foleon's various features to create a professional and engaging year-in-review Doc showcasing your company's achievements and milestones from the past year.

Jerry Virta (Foleon's Marcom Operations Manager) and Lobke Bijman Ramesh (Foleon's Customer Education Manager) guide you through the process.

This course consists of one on-demand webinar with an average rating of 3.5.  


💡 This course is most suitable for Content Studio users.

Want to work with our Digital Designers? Get help with your brochure during a Foleon Doc Design Review or a Q&A session.

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3 Activities:
Prepare
Create
Course survey
Content Type
Creating engaging newsletters with Foleon

Creating engaging newsletters with Foleon

Creating engaging newsletters with Foleon

About this course:

Newsletter is one of the most powerful digital marketing tools at your disposal, as it lets you communicate directly with your prospects and customers in a personalized way. 


In this course, we’ll teach you how to create newsletters that give your subscribers a unique reading experience. If you're looking for new ways to engage your subscribers, this course is for you. 


This Creating engaging newsletters with Foleon course teaches you:

  • Best practices for creating newsletters
  • Different types of newsletters (e.g., for prospects, internal, etc.)
  • How to make your newsletter more engaging with Foleon

Dennis Looijenga (Head of Customer Marketing) and Lobke Bijman Ramesh (Foleon’s Customer Education Manager) guide you through the course.

This course consists of one on-demand webinar with an average rating of 3.9.


💡 This course is for both Content Studio and Content Builder users.

Want to work with our Digital Designers? Get help with your newsletter design during a Foleon Doc Design Review or a Q&A session.

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2 Activities:
Creating engaging newsletters with Foleon
Course survey
Content type
Mastering brochure design

Mastering brochure design

Mastering brochure design

About this course:

Why take this course?

Digital brochures are perfect for showcasing your products, services, or events to prospects and customers. By creating them with Foleon, they become an even more effective marketing tool.

Discover the latest design best practices for brochures and get expert tips on improving your brochure design. In this course, our Digital Designer, JoAnna Mantilla, reviews examples of different types of brochures created with Foleon and offers suggestions for improvement.

Whether you’re new to Foleon or an experienced user, this course is for you. This course consists of two parts. Each is an on-demand webinar with an average rating of 4.4.

💡 This course is for both Content Studio and Content Builder users.


Want to work with our Digital Designers? Get help with your brochure during a Foleon Doc Design Review or a Q&A session.

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3 Activities:
Mastering brochure design | Part 1
Mastering brochure design | Part 2
Course survey
Content type
Using Foleon for event communications

Using Foleon for event communications

Using Foleon for event communications

About this course:

Event communications are referred to the “golden use case” by Foleon’s Customer Success Managers. The creation of event communications assets is on the rise and our customers are constantly impressed by the extremely high engagement metrics, like “time on page” and “returning visitors”.

In this course, Foleon’s Senior Customer Success Manager, Julia, offers expert tips and shares customer examples for using Foleon to promote events and engage attendees before, during, and after the event.

Using Foleon for event communications course consists of one on-demand webinar with an average rating of 4.5.

💡 This course is for both Content Studio and Content Builder users.

Want some help to make the most out of your Event Brochure? Get in touch with our Professional Services team for a Foleon Doc Design Review or a Q&A session.

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2 Activities:
Using Foleon for event communications
Course survey
Content Type
Revolutionize your sales proposals with Foleon

Revolutionize your sales proposals with Foleon

Revolutionize your sales proposals with Foleon

About this course:

Whether you're a team lead or contributor, this course is for you.

Digital proposals are perfect for showcasing your value and offer to prospects and customers. Creating them in Foleon gives you a winning edge.

In this course, you'll discover how Foleon's Content Builder and features make creating and updating proposals faster and more effective. Foleon's Director of Strategic Accounts, Aoife Wilson, shares top tips for empowering your Sales teams and getting the highest ROI from your proposals.

We’ll even show you how we do it here at Foleon!

  • Learn how to create sales proposals that stand out from the competition
  • Discover best practices for ensuring your proposals are on-brand
  • Get hands-on experience with Foleon's Content Builder and other features

Revolutionize your sales proposals with Foleon course consists of one on-demand webinar with an average rating of 4.3.


💡 This course is for both Content Studio and Content Builder users.

Want to work with our Digital Designers? Get help with your sales proposal or template designs during a Foleon Doc Design Review or a Q&A session.

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2 Activities:
Revolutionize your sales proposals with Foleon
Course survey
Admin, Design
Foleon account management

Foleon account management

Foleon account management

About this course:

Welcome to our Foleon account management course. Learn all about what you, as an admin or designer, can do to speed up content production and democratize the process with these four lessons.

Key learnings:

  • Setting up your team with the right permissions by assigning the right user role.
  • Saving your own branded template library for speedy, on-brand Doc creation.
  • Redirecting your audience to a branded ‘offline’ page when a Doc is no longer online.


💡 This course is for both Content Studio and Content Builder users.

Need an extra pair of hands? Our Professional Services team offers services like Doc and Template Designs. Have a look at their offering here.

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5 Activities:
User Roles to empower your coworkers without giving up control
Create solid templates — and use them effectively
Save Docs as Templates
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Admin
Sales team account setup

Sales team account setup

Sales team account setup

About this course:

Salespeople need to get hold of quality content fast. Content that excites and convinces prospects that your product is right for them.

This course will cover exactly what you must do to set up your sales team for success! So that sales reps don't need to wait for another department to put a bespoke asset together or send generic stuff to your prospects. Sending Foleon Docs will help you stand out and won't take much time to put together. Your account or workspace needs to be set up correctly though, to empower your team for speed and quality.


💡 This course is most relevant if you’re part of a Sales team workspace. With access to both Content Builder and Content Studio (Admin), or only Content Builder (Sales reps).


Can you use some help to design your templates? Our Professional Services team can help with Template Designs. Have a look at their offering here.

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6 Activities:
Add users
Create Doc Template
Save Block Templates
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Design
Foleon Doc Design Review Series: NGO

Foleon Doc Design Review Series: NGO

Foleon Doc Design Review Series: NGO

About this course:

Join us for a three-lesson journey, where we explore diverse content types from organizations in the NGO (non-governmental organization) space. Whether you're a seasoned designer or just starting, this course is designed to ignite your creativity, showcase (advanced) design capabilities, and inspire you to elevate your content across all industries.

Our Digital Designer Will reviews a Foleon Doc of one of our customers in each lesson. Looking at its design elements and interactive features. Highlighting what's great, and suggesting improvements where possible. Through real-world examples, you'll gain insights into effective design and learn how to leverage Foleon to create visually stunning and engaging content.

Key Learnings:

  • Foleon Doc Design: Each lesson highlights different design capabilities.
  • Navigation: Learn how different content types have different navigation settings to serve their purpose best.

Whether you're looking to revamp your existing content or embark on new design projects, this course will equip you with the knowledge and inspiration to take your Foleon Docs to the next level.

⚠️ This course is mainly inspirational and won't show you the 'How to'. If you're just getting started it's recommended first to watch one of the Beginners courses. Each lesson does link to the Help Center for more info on different features and settings. 

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4 Activities:
Industry Report Doc Review ITC
Magazine Doc Review De Hartstichting
Annual Report Doc Review LISC
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