Interior Design Course Online with Certificate & Software

This course includes

180 hours of project-based training from experts
6 modules & 295 training videos
Access to AutoCAD, SketchUp & Photoshop
Answers from real instructors
Final project graded by an industry expert
1-on-1 bonus training
Verified digital certificate of completion
Learn at an accredited institution
Flexible payment plans
Quizzes to reinforce learning

Gain the fundamental skills to bring your interior design ideas to life with this comprehensive training program. This course covers industry-standard software, including AutoCAD, SketchUp Pro, and Photoshop, equipping you with the technical expertise needed to create professional floor plans, 3D models, and polished presentations. Through hands-on, project-based learning, you'll develop a strong foundation in digital drafting, rendering, and visual communication for residential and commercial spaces. With expert instruction and a self-paced format, this program allows you to build your portfolio while mastering key interior design tools. You'll explore everything from space planning and material selection to construction documentation and presentation techniques.

Courses & Videos in This Package

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Unit 1 30 Hours

Intro to AutoCAD Course Online

Learn AutoCAD online from the very beginning, drawing drafting symbols, kitchen and bath fixtures, and then a floor plan. We assemble everything into one deliverable sheet file. In this Introduction to AutoCAD class, become familiar with the AutoCAD user interface and basic AutoCAD commands, including Drawing, Modifying, Layering Standards, Text, Dimensioning and Plotting. You will draw a floor plan for a small Habitat for Humanity residential project, starting at the very beginning. You will be provided source AutoCAD files, which you will use to start your project.

Create drafting symbols, kitchen and bath fixtures, a floor plan and integrate all information into one deliverable sheet file.
Distinguish the differences required to generate drawings for use as annotation and real-world model components.
Create and insert blocks and externally reference files and determine the appropriate times to apply those skill sets.
Master file management, drafting on layers, integrating drawing component files and plotting while creating on the class residential project.

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Lesson 1: The Interface and Architectural Symbols

Lesson 2: Electrical Symbols

Lesson 3: Kitchen and Bath Fixtures

Lesson 4: Walls, Doors, and Windows

Lesson 5: Creating Sheets and Adding Fixtures

Lesson 6: The Dimensions and Plotting

Unit 2 30 Hours

Intermediate AutoCAD Course Onlne

In this course, you will draft an abbreviated set of CAD construction documents for a Habitat for Humanity project, including floor plan, roof plan, foundation plan, electrical plan, and building elevations. Create and insert blocks, externally reference files, and determine the appropriate times to use these commands to optimize project workflow. Create, insert, and link drawings. You will learn the best workflow. This course reinforces basic understanding of AutoCAD and develops experience in more advanced applications. Topics include file referencing across the project data, user coordinate systems, dynamic viewing, and paper/model space conventions. Advanced AutoCAD commands and drafting conventions are heavily stressed in this online AutoCAD course.

Create an abbreviated set of construction documents, including floor plan, foundation plan, electrical plan, and building elevations for a small residential project.
Create and insert blocks, externally reference files, and determine the appropriate times to apply those skill sets to optimize project efficiency.
Demonstrate layer and file management, external file referencing, use of model/layout environment,s and user coordinate systems.
Apply intermediate-level skills including layer management, user coordinate system development, creating sheet layout environments, and plotting.

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Lesson 1: Create the Floorplan & Sheet Setup

Lesson 2: Finish Floorplan & Roof Plan

Lesson 3: Structural Foundation Plan & Electrical Plan

Lesson 4: Starting the Elevations

Lesson 5: Continuing the Elevations

Lesson 6: Finalizing, Checking & Plotting

Unit 3 30 Hours

Intro to SketchUp Pro Course Online

Create a Community Park, including topography. Make 3D models of a picnic table, carousel & other site furnishings. Learn to navigate SketchUp and different workflows to create the 3D model of the Park.

Design massing and preliminary design 3D models.
Build collaboration
Determine the most efficient way of accurately and productively working within SketchUp
Use all of the SketchUp tools to best learn the functionality of the software program.

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Lesson 1: Interface and Basic Modeling

Lesson 2: The Fountain & Signage

Lesson 3: The Carousel

Lesson 4: Topography, Geo-Location & Shadows

Lesson 5: Topography from Contours

Lesson 6: The Community Park

Unit 4 30 Hours

Intermediate SketchUp Pro Course Online

Learn to use the Sandbox tools to create 3D Topography, and to use Project Geo-Location. Model a Clubhouse for the Community Park. Explore new workflows. Include the 3D Warehouse assets & the SketchUp camera tools.

Use more advanced SketchUp tools to create doors, walls, windows and to detail the interior of buildings.
Create and edit new materials and add photo textures to SketchUp models from Google Earth.
Create scenes, generate scene settings and animate those settings in SketchUp.
Explore creating topography and exporting images and animations.

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Lesson 1: Clubhouse Floor Plan

Lesson 2: French Windows and Roof

Lesson 3: Furniture, Materials & Annotations

Lesson 4: Clubhouse Truss and Hearth

Lesson 5: Landscape and Framing Design

Lesson 6: The Community Park

Unit 5 30 Hours

Intro to Photoshop Course Online

Learn the Adobe Photoshop user interface and the specific tools and features that make Photoshop valuable. Learn major strategies to adjust, correct and supplement photos and graphic projects.

Recognize the basic tools of Photoshop and appropriately utilize these tools for the desired adjustments and corrections.
Carry out techniques to adjust, enhance, supplement, and compose files necessary to produce marketing materials.
Implement proper understanding and organization of files and layers within the layers panel and Photoshop interface.
Appropriately adjust and export images with variations in image file-type, dimension and color.

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Lesson 1: User Interface, Shapes, Layers, Artboards & Brush Basics

Lesson 2: Image Adjustments

Lesson 3: Vector vs Raster & Text Editing

Lesson 4: Website Background, Banner & Postcard

Unit 6 30 Hours

Intermediate Photoshop Course Online

This Photoshop class reinforces techniques and expands on the Introdction to Photoshop class. You will learn important strategies on how to work successfully, how to plan, design, collaborate and export a project.

Reinforce the basic tools of Adobe Photoshop and appropriately use these tools for the desired adjustments and corrections.
Carry out techniques to adjust, enhance, supplement, and compose files necessary to produce marketing materials.
Incorporate client’s determined goals, audience, and branding.
Assess and adjust image strategy based on determined marketing and design goals.

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Lesson 1: Banner 1 - Phase 10 Skyline

Lesson 2: Beams and Slabs

Lesson 3: Banner 3 - Cities & Construction Crane

Lesson 4: Banner Composite Image

Program Reviews

From our hands-on training style to world-class instructors and custom-crafted curriculum, we deliver results our alumni are proud of.

Every piece of the curriculum was relevant, helpful, insightful, and up-to-date.

Chayce Lewing

Really my knowledge getting improved day by day with this course.

Mohammad Nazir Nangyal

My instructor, David, responded to all of my questions in a timely manner. Overall, the course helped solidify a good introduction into AutoCAD!

Lindsay Davis

This was a fun and awesome course, detailed videos were amazing and I appreciate the explanations it included for tools and commands. My instructor answered questions politely yet very clearly - always responding within a day.

Natalie Spilman

Great balance of repetition of key work flows and buttons mixed with introducing new ways to complete a task. Perfect pace to follow along. I especially liked creating relevant drawings as a way to go over all the different buttons and commands vs just talking about it.

Jenny Foglesong

Excellent pace and lots of different ways to accomplish the same task, very engaging course.

Anonymous

I feel like this course is really good for people who don't have much experience in AutoCAD and it really helped me enhance my knowledge on using AutoCAD. Thank you!

Kory Chou

Every piece of the curriculum was relevant, helpful, insightful, and up-to-date.

Chayce Lewing

Really my knowledge getting improved day by day with this course.

Mohammad Nazir Nangyal

David Compton May 7, 2025

I really enjoy the step-by-step guidance on how to draw the architectural elements to simplify the work as it progresses into a more complete set of drawings. The training has improved my standing in the company, showing I am willing to keep my skillset current with the ever-changing CAD functionality.
Michael Bennett May 6, 2025

The videos were great and easy to follow. They had a great deal of information. 612
Noah Vitko May 1, 2025

The online, hands-on, and in-depth lessons at VDCI taught me how to use CAD effectively, and now I’m working full-time designing fire protection systems—a dream come true! Thanks to VDCI, my future has never looked brighter.
Angela Moore Apr 30, 2025

Overall, I was very pleased with the instructor's approach and thorough knowledge of the software. I appreciated the emphasis on AutoCAD workflows that can be used on the job.
Anonymous Mar 27, 2025

Very knowledgeable and good teacher!
Anonymous Mar 17, 2025

This course is concise and effective at demonstrating the modularity of the AutoCAD software.
Andre David Gardea Mar 1, 2025

I think the quizzes were a little hard but videos were very easy to follow and overall, I really enjoyed this course!
Anonymous Feb 2, 2025

After taking this course, I feel confident that I have a pretty good understanding of AutoCAD. MY instructor was also really great!
Anonymous Jun 14, 2024

Loved how it was mostly self based. Definitely helped me continue working my 40 hours and doing this here and there!
Anonymous Aug 26, 2023

Excellent pace and lots of different ways to accomplish the same task, very engaging course.
Mohammad Nazir Nangyal Aug 20, 2023

Really my knowledge getting improved day by day with this course.
Anonymous Aug 10, 2023

This was a well- paced, insightful, easy to follow yet challenging and rewarding course. Great work!
Lindsay Davis Jul 9, 2023

My instructor, David, responded to all of my questions in a timely manner. Overall, the course helped solidify a good introduction into AutoCAD!
Kory Chou Jul 9, 2023

I feel like this course is really good for people who don't have much experience in AutoCAD and it really helped me enhance my knowledge on using AutoCAD. Thank you!
Jenny Foglesong Jul 7, 2023

Great balance of repetition of key work flows and buttons mixed with introducing new ways to complete a task. Perfect pace to follow along. I especially liked creating relevant drawings as a way to go over all the different buttons and commands vs just talking about it.
Chayce Lewing Apr 18, 2023

Every piece of the curriculum was relevant, helpful, insightful, and up-to-date.
Natalie Spilman Jan 23, 2023

This was a fun and awesome course, detailed videos were amazing and I appreciate the explanations it included for tools and commands. My instructor answered questions politely yet very clearly - always responding within a day.

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Tuition & Financing

If you prefer to pay your tuition over time, we have payment options to meet your needs. Finance your education through an installment plan. We also assist with documentation should your employer offer tuition reimbursement.

Full Tuition

$3,470
$1,999
Pay in installments

This course includes

180 hours of project-based training from experts
6 modules & 295 training videos
Access to AutoCAD, SketchUp & Photoshop
Answers from real instructors
Final project graded by an industry expert
1-on-1 bonus training
Verified digital certificate of completion
Learn at an accredited institution
Flexible payment plans
Quizzes to reinforce learning

Pay in Installments

Automatic approval
No interest or fees
Manageable installments
Total due by the end of the course

Deposit

$579

Due at checkout to secure your place in the class

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Installments

3 Installments

Each installment is charged to your card on file every 30 days or before you begin your next class

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Full Tuition

$1,999

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This training will definitely help my career. I was able to show my supervisor and co-workers what the software programs have to offer and what I'm capable of when the time comes for creating that construction design team in the future. I was able to provide documentation to my employer that the money spent was well worth it. The training I received at VDCI will become an asset moving forward.
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24/7 access to our premium course videos and projects.
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Industry experts are assigned as your course instructor. Message your instructor with any questions.
Participate in VDCI online discussion forums — share ideas and receive additional support.
Hands-on quizzes and mini projects to test and reinforce concepts.
Complete a portfolio project with guidance and grading from an industry professional.
1-on-1 live training with an industry expert to review any course material or project.

1-on-1 Bonus Training Included

We want you to leverage the skills you’ll learn. In addition to 180 hours of hands-on, self-paced training, you’ll receive one live 1-on-1 training session where you can:

Review any concepts or projects from class
Receive assistance applying skills to your own project

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Earn a Certificate of Completion

Upon completion of this course, you’ll receive an official certificate testifying to your mastery of the curriculum. We’ll send you a link where you can download your certificate, share it online with your friends, post it to your professional network on LinkedIn, and view all your earned certificates. Congratulations on your achievement!

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Interior Design Course Online Overview

What You Will Learn

The Interior Design Course Online is an immersive, self-paced training program that provides students with essential skills and software knowledge used by industry professionals. Covering leading applications like AutoCAD, SketchUp Pro, and Photoshop, this program ensures students gain hands-on experience in creating professional floor plans, 3D models, and visually compelling presentations. Through project-based learning, students will develop the expertise needed to draft, model, and visualize interior spaces with both technical accuracy and creative flair.

By completing this course, you will:

Gain proficiency in AutoCAD for 2D drafting and floor plan development
Learn how to create detailed construction documents, including elevations and electrical plans
Develop advanced skills in SketchUp Pro for 3D space modeling and interior design
Use Photoshop to enhance interior design presentations with professional visual effects
Understand key principles of space planning, material selection, and technical documentation
Apply professional workflows to take a design from concept to final client presentation
Earn a verified digital certificate upon successful course completion

Why Enroll in the Interior Design Course Online?

This course offers structured, real-world training that builds practical expertise in digital design tools, space planning, and architectural visualization.

Self-paced learning with expert instructor support
Comprehensive training in AutoCAD, SketchUp Pro, and Photoshop
Hands-on lessons and real-world design projects
Instruction from experienced industry professionals
Access to professional software for coursework
Personalized instructor feedback and support
Accredited digital certification upon completion

Course Modules and Hands-On Projects

Course 1: Introduction to AutoCAD

Develop a strong foundation in AutoCAD and learn to create precise 2D drawings for interior design projects.

Master AutoCAD’s interface and fundamental drafting tools
Work with architectural drafting elements such as walls, doors, and windows
Utilize layers, annotation tools, and dimensions to organize drawings
Generate detailed floor plans, electrical layouts, and construction documentation

Project: Create a residential floor plan with annotations and organized layer structures.

Course 2: Intermediate AutoCAD

Advance your AutoCAD skills with techniques for producing technical drawings and professional construction documents.

Develop construction documentation, including roof and electrical plans
Implement blocks, manage external references, and enhance workflow efficiency
Use advanced layer management and sheet setup techniques
Apply professional standards for high-quality construction drawings

Project: Assemble a complete construction document set, including detailed floor plans and elevations.

Course 3: Introduction to SketchUp Pro

Learn to build 3D models for interior spaces and architectural visualization using SketchUp Pro.

Navigate the SketchUp interface and modeling tools
Create preliminary massing models and interior layouts
Develop furniture models, site features, and architectural components
Apply materials and textures for realistic 3D representations

Project: Design a community park model, incorporating topography, site furnishings, and structural elements.

Course 4: Intermediate SketchUp Pro

Expand your SketchUp knowledge by mastering advanced modeling techniques and rendering workflows.

Use Sandbox tools for topography modeling and geo-located designs
Model detailed interior spaces with furniture, lighting, and finishes
Explore integration workflows with other design software
Generate animated walkthroughs, scene renders, and high-quality visualizations

Project: Design a clubhouse model for a community park, incorporating detailed 3D elements and realistic finishes.

Course 5: Introduction to Photoshop

Develop core Photoshop skills for editing, enhancing, and presenting interior design projects.

Explore the Photoshop workspace and essential digital design tools
Use image adjustment techniques to refine photos and renderings
Work with layers, masks, and adjustment tools for professional compositions
Create marketing materials and design presentations using Photoshop’s powerful tools

Project: Edit and enhance interior design images for use in a professional presentation board.

Course 6: Intermediate Photoshop

Apply advanced Photoshop techniques to interior design visualization and professional presentations.

Master non-destructive editing for high-quality image enhancements
Utilize advanced layers, smart objects, and masking techniques
Incorporate realistic textures, lighting, and materials into presentations
Develop polished portfolio pieces for clients and professional review

Project: Create a comprehensive interior design presentation with digital enhancements, renderings, and branding elements.

Who Should Take This Course?

This program is designed for individuals looking to gain technical expertise in digital tools used for interior design. Whether you are a beginner, a professional looking to upgrade your skills, or a student pursuing a career in design, this course provides structured, hands-on training to help you succeed.

You are passionate about interior design and want to learn industry-standard software
You have some design experience but need structured training in AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Photoshop
You collaborate with architects, designers, or clients and require digital drafting and modeling skills
You are transitioning into a design-related profession and need a solid technical foundation
You want to create high-quality design presentations and build a professional portfolio
You need industry-relevant training to improve workflow efficiency and project communication

Industry Demand & Career Opportunities

As the interior design industry continues its digital transformation, professionals skilled in AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Photoshop are increasingly in demand. This course prepares students for a range of career paths, including:

Interior Designer: Develop detailed floor plans, 3D models, and client presentations for residential and commercial spaces
Architectural Drafter: Produce technical drawings and construction documentation
Visualization Specialist: Create photorealistic renderings and design presentations
CAD Technician: Specialize in digital drafting, detailing, and technical documentation
Design Consultant: Offer professional solutions using digital modeling and visualization tools

With BIM workflows and digital design tools becoming essential in the industry, professionals with strong software skills will continue to be highly sought after. Completing this course will equip you with the expertise needed to thrive in today’s evolving interior design landscape.

Installment Plan Breakdown for Interior Design Course Online

Each installment is charged to your card on file one week before the start of the associated course. The payment schedule may vary if the courses are taken in a different order.

Installments		List Price
$579.00	Deposit – Intro to AutoCAD Course Online	$579
$579.00	Intermediate AutoCAD Course Onlne	$579
$579.00	Intro to SketchUp Pro Course Online	$579
$262.00	Intermediate SketchUp Pro Course Online	$579
▴ The certificate discount of $1,471 has been applied
Free	Intro to Photoshop Course Online	$575
Free	Intermediate Photoshop Course Online	$579
$1,999.00	Total You Pay

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