Readymag for education: using the power of visuals for studying and teaching

Presentations, research papers, course projects, and presentations don’t have to be boring for either students or educators. Now with the right choice of tools, education can be interactive. Here’s how Readymag can help students and teachers make the information they give out and take in clearer and more engaging—and do it with pleasure.

Why design-driven content is vital for education

Good design isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s a powerful tool for learning. Whether it’s a research paper, a class presentation, or an academic portfolio, the way information is presented and stored matters. Why?

The key lies in how the brain is wired. Infographics are processed more swiftly and help us single out key points, thus enabling an understanding of complex ideas. Also, visual information is remembered more easily than text alone.

However understanding and the ability to retain aren’t necessarily the only two things that make education successful. Engagement and creativity are also vital. When you simply listen and try to remember, it’s one thing, but if you’re engaged in crafting or sorting the information, it’s completely different. Engagement in the process evokes interest and makes even dense subjects feel accessible.

Also, involvement in how your information is presented encourages creativity. When students and researchers have the freedom to arrange their presentations the way they see them, they’re more likely to communicate their work effectively.

Last but not least: well-designed research papers or study presentations attract a wider audience, especially when shared online. Interactive features, quality visuals, clear typography, and a strong hierarchy help them see the point of the work and get them to act.

What academic content can you nail with Readymag

Academic work doesn’t mean dealing with just plain text and static PDFs. With Readymag you can turn any educational content into engaging experiences, build an online presence, systemize knowledge bases, and share materials.

Here are the features that will help you nail course projects, essays, portfolios, and landings:

Interactive research projects and coursework

Turn papers, case studies, and essays into scroll-based experiences—and let your audience learn something new with pleasure. Interactive features such as no-code multistep animation, Shots, and Lottie animation are here so you can design a dynamic page with storytelling that highlights your projects and keeps attention on what matters.

You can use the tool to nail coursework, class presentation, or lecture notes in a way that makes your material clear and easy to remember. Add images, transitions, sections, and essential links within the editor. Readymag’s Editor is drag-and-drop, which means you can build any publication just like assembling Lego blocks—perfect for quick yet appealing slides.

Collaboration and feedback tools are also helpful in the co-creation and feedback process—all inside one tool. You can leave comments, assign collaborators, and manage roles with locked/unlocked layouts. With the newly released version history, you can save copies of the project’s previous versions or simply restore them to never lose track of changes.

Portfolios

Design a page that will truly reflect you—all interactive, rich in visuals, and serving as a collection of your academic or personal projects.

Here’s what you can use: the free-form layout to decide the structure, from the placement to the size of the elements. Otherwise, you can choose from a library of tunable templates for landings, portfolios, presentations, lookbooks, and more, and adjust them to your needs.

Educational presentations

Prepare your lectures, collective workshops, or syllabi—they’ll all be stored in one place, available online for a broad audience if you publish them, or available only to a narrow circle of people if you password-protect them.

You’ll be able to add links and upload videos and high-res pictures straight into your materials. Readymag also has the PDF export feature, which preserves design solutions and lets you share your work in a print-ready format. 

Course landing pages

Gather all the information about an educational course on one page. You can craft the structure and even add sample video materials with direct video uploads. You won’t have to host your videos elsewhere, but you can add them directly to your page, decide how the controls will look, and start and stop your videos at a specific time.

Another feature you might want to use is the Form widget. It’s a simple way to collect information such as course applications or feedback right from your page and direct it to Google Forms to process. You can also integrate analytical or calendar tools like any other widget to track how your page performs and manage your calendar.

University journals and online info desks

Make sure no one misses important information while skipping the PDFs and emails by updating your classmates, colleagues, and students through a website. It can also be a perfect place to showcase student work or hold online exhibitions. For these kinds of occasions, you can use our tweakable templates, draft your own page with Presets, or design using handy Slideshow, Gallery, or Lightbox features paired with animations.

If you’re new to Readymag, you can use a solid resource base with a wide range of tutorials, tips and tricks, examples, and a sandbox project to learn in practice at your own pace. If you’re less into exploration, there are group onboarding webinars that will give you the basics of Readymag in just 30 minutes.