Digital Design - 2nd Year
Credit: Occupational (CTE) or Fine Arts or Elective
Prerequisite: None
Length: 1 semester each [1 year]
Grade level: 10, 11, 12
This course is a continuation of Digital Design 1A/1B. Students will produce brochures, newsletters, mini-yearbooks and websites including websites for clients and a personal portfolio website showcasing their best work. Students will post their websites on a remote server and maintain them. Students will continue skill development of the Adobe CS4 programs - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, & DreamWeaver.
COURSE OUTLINE
Web Design: Foundations of Web Design
- Enhancing the user experience with Adobe Flash CS4 - Students begin using Flash to enhance user experience on the web
- Digital narratives using Adobe Flash CS4 - Students use Flash to create digital narratives
- Designing a client website - Student teams design a website for a client - Students write a design document to help them communicate clearly with the client
- Web portfolio workshop - Students consider the contents of their web portfolios from the viewpoint of work after this course
Visual Design: Foundations of Design and Print Production (Photography, Illustration & Basic Print Layout)
- Brochures - Students create a brochure, using advanced image manipulation techniques and page layout design
- Newsletters - Students work in teams to create the theme, purpose, and content of a newsletter
- Mini-yearbooks - Students form teams to develop and create a yearbook
- Final portfolios - Students improve their portfolios from earlier and redesign them to better address their overall future focus [may be used as their Culminating Project in their Senior year]; students will present their portfolios