Neelin High School 

Course Outline / Assessment

Course Title

Desktop Digital Design 30/40S

Student Work

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Rationale: 

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to communication and digital  media through use of software applications, hardware and various text and internet resources. Digital communication and media are ubiquitous in today's society and acquisition of  skills in this area are essential to become a productive member of the twenty-first century. 

This course will be primarily concerned with creating 2d and 3d artwork using the industry standard vector art program Adobe Illustrator.

Hands–on, individual and team projects will emphasize language arts skills through reading assignments and tutorials. Major projects will include creation of newsletters, abstract art, children’s book, album cover art, and posters.

All assignments will completed in the class lab environment to develop ancillary skills with regard to collaboration on the school network, using email, file sharing/backup and project management.

Timeline
  • Approximately  85 classes 

Assessment/Evaluation

Topics
  • Successful Copywriting
  • Introduction to Indesign
  • Creating a Newsletter Master
  • Elements of Good Layout and Design
  • Photography
  • New Neelin Times Newsletter 1
  • Advanced techniques in Indesign
  • New Neelin Times Newsletter 2
  • New Neelin Times Newsletter Final

 

NB.

  1. This course is done entirely in-class on the PCs. It is imperative that students attend regularly since lost activity, project and instructional time will be hard to make-up. It could be detrimental to the students  understanding of computer media concepts and cause them to miss required elements that have to be completed in the class in order to receive course credit
  2. These topics are tentative and can change based on student progress, availability of software and hardware on the PCs in Room 33.(The process of acquiring  new equipment is an ongoing endeavour)
  3. All work is done in class so there is no homework as such. Times for catching up on missed assignment are as on the home page here.

 

Resources
  • Online Microsoft, Adobe and other hardware and software help files
  • Appropriate educational websites, tutorials, and documents supplied by the instructor
  • Classroom library of text-based materials
  • DVD Instructional discs
  • Instructor supplied files