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Visual Thinking and Sketchnoting Boot Camp (Udemy.com)

Learn how to use simple drawings and sketches to solve complex problems, explain, and communicate better.

Created by: Yuri Malishenko

Last updated March 2020

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What you will learn

  • Draw to explain complex concepts and to teach, draw to learn and better memorize, draw to sell and to persuade other people

How it compares

Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 85% of them
  • Reviews4,075#87 of 1,108 by number of reviews
  • Length6.9 hourslonger than 85% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2020earlier than 84% of them

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Course Description

Illegible handwriting, the fear of drawing or the belief that it’s a tool for designers or artists are often what prevent people from using #visualthinking.

Anyone can learn how to use this powerful tool to improve their communication and productivity as well as helping explain complex things and find effective solutions to entangled problems.

Explore the endless possibilities of visual thinking and sketchnoting techniques by signing up for this online course. Unlike so many other courses, this one follows the unusual approach where each student is encouraged to take their notes visually by following along with the trainer. Video lectures are tailored specifically for that.

The course suggests many real-life examples of the application of the tool to the domain of creating technology and software products that are laden with complexity and ambiguity.

It is time to learn how to use simple drawing and sketching techniques to become a better professional!

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Instructor Details

Yuri Malishenko

I am a skilled agile coach with a product mind by day and a visual thinking evangelist by night.

I am an expert in the software development industry and since 2011 I have been focusing on the organizational transformation of various types of businesses aimed at delivering great technology products that customers love, the better way. I have worked with start-ups, small and medium-sized product companies and big enterprises helping the organizations to adopt agile mindset.

As an agile coach, I specialize in organizational change on a systemic and holistic level, advising the organization on the best approach to evolve their ways of working to meet their business needs and fit their unique context. I am not religious about the agile, certain framework in specific or anything else and I believe in pragmatism and meeting people where they are. I work with teams and leadership all together to help them find their unique tune.

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Reviews

4.8

4,075 ratings on Udemy

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By Ramakrishna Siriki on 12/13/2025

First time, I am learning a course where I get to practice parallelly what I learn. This is really fun. And, I feel like I am producing something immediately. The pace is also so good that you will not feel overwhelmed to practice as you listen. This is really a good format. I am going to apply this technique (Visual thinking / Sketch notes) for all my future learnings. The output that is produced looks so professional.

By Frederick Coffell on 11/24/2025

The course is very helpful and informative.

By Marva Johnson-Jones on 7/19/2024

A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable course! The tutor demonstrated each task, gave step-by-step examples, and provided clear explanations of the processes. He anticipated the challenges that students might face at each stage and this was reassuring of his competence. He also included resources and encouragement throughout the course.

By Maite Mestre Vall on 4/5/2024

Induce a perder el miedo a representar las ideas en dibujos. Da muchos trucos para que puedas poner en práctica y evolucionar por tí mismo una vez realizado el curso.

By Anonymized User on 6/29/2022

Very good course. Covers a lot of different aspects of how to visualize and how to put it to paper. I like the fact that it is very practical way to learn the concepts.

By Sattar Khan on 2/3/2021

This was an excellent introduction to visual thinking: comprehensive, engaging, lively. Yuri makes you go beyond your self-imposed limitation of "I can't draw" and opens up a world of new possibilities for capturing and improving your thinking visually. The course also sets you up perfectly for getting a lot more value from Yuri's podcast interviews with leading experts on visual thinking.

By Anonymized User on 12/29/2020

Thank you very much for this course which was very helpful to me. In addition to learning a lot of useful things he gave me confidence in my ability to draw simply with my own style without judging myself. This course is great, very well explained and easy to put into practice. I had a lot of fun drawing and sharing my drawings.

By Marcel Haas on 7/6/2020

This was a great course! I loved the practical approach of gradually sketchnoting the whole course material "syllabus". Also, you will get feedback from other participants as well as the teacher (!) on every exercise you submit, which is great. It got me hooked on the subject (although I'm stubborn about my tools, pencils FTW! Haha) and I will be trying to implement this in my everyday routine. Great stuff, highly recommended!

By Claire Correia on 5/19/2020

I have learned a huge amount in this course. The way that the learning gradually built into knowledge, combined with Yuri's generous approach to teaching has given me a strong foundation in sketchnoting. The sheer volume of lessons forced me to practice in a guided manner while working through the course, and I now feel prepared to independently continue developing my sketchnoting skills. I would not hesitate to recommend this course to anyone who is interested in gaining a firm grasp of visual thinking and sketchnoting. Thank you Yuri.

By Wizeline Academy on 4/6/2020

Such an amazing and exhaustive course. I loved the idea of sketchnoting at the same time I was taken the course, it has helped me to memorize concepts. Explanations are clear and the assignments are perfect to put into practice the theory. I'm definitely ready to use visual design and sketchnoting in my daily life. So I highly recommend this course.

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Overall Score : 96 / 100