Video & Content Creation

Whiteboard Animation

Draw ideas to life and get paid for it

12 lessons4 modules9h 55m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Whiteboard animation is the hand-drawing-on-a-page explainer style used by SaaS companies, schools, and YouTube educators to make abstract ideas concrete. This course walks a complete beginner from a one-page script and a numbered storyboard through asset creation in Adobe Illustrator and free libraries, into building the animation in VideoScribe and the open-source Manim engine, and out the other side with voiceover sync, sound design, render settings, and an invoice. Every lesson uses real software, real frame counts, and worked timing examples so you can ship a paid 90-second explainer, not just a demo.

Curriculum

Module 1: From Brief to Script3 lessons

What Whiteboard Animation Is and When to Use ItPreview40m
Writing the Explainer Script🔒50m
Marking the Script for Animation🔒45m

Module 2: Storyboarding and Hand-Drawn Vector Assets3 lessons

Storyboarding the Board🔒50m
Drawing Vector Assets in Illustrator🔒55m
Sourcing Assets Without Drawing Everything🔒45m

Module 3: Animating with VideoScribe and Manim3 lessons

Building a Scene in VideoScribe🔒55m
Data and Math Sequences in Manim🔒1h 0m
Stitching Tools Together🔒50m

Module 4: Audio, Delivery, and the Client Business3 lessons

Voiceover, Music, and Sound Design🔒50m
Render Settings and Client Delivery🔒45m
Pricing, Quoting, and Running the Work🔒50m