Essential Question:
- What is Digital Communication?

Day 001:

Classroom Seating Chart      MS Word     PDF
Lesson: Classroom Rules and Procedures
Lesson: Grading Policy      Participation Grade Policy  
Activity: Logging into the school computers.
Guided Practice: Finding course software
Guided Practice: Finding your folder
Guided Practice: Finding our online classroom

Essential Question:
- How can Adobe Photoshop be used to create custom raster / bitmap graphics?

Day 002:

Lesson: Setting up a canvas with Adobe Photoshop
Guided Practice: Students will produce a custom logo.     Final Product 1     Final Product 2
Guided Practice: Students will produce a web banner.      Final Product 1     Final Product 2

Day 003:

Lesson: Using the design center to improve designs.
Guided Practice: Students will produce a custom logo.     Final Product 1     Final Product 2
Guided Practice: Students will produce a custom logo.     Final Product 1     Final Product 2

Day 004:

Guided Practice: Students will produce a custom logo.     Final Product 1     Final Product 2
Lesson: Giving a Web Banner More Impact.     Original Design     Improved Design 1     Improved Design 2

Day 005:

Lesson: Giving a Web Banner More Impact.     Original Design     Improved Design 1     Improved Design 2
Project: Design and Develop a 4 Diamonds T-Shirt Logo     2010 - 2011 Winning Design

Day 006:

Project: Design and Develop a 4 Diamonds T-Shirt Logo

Day 007:

Project: Design and Develop a 4 Diamonds T-Shirt Logo

Essential Question:
- How can a custom logo communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 008:

Project: Design and Develop Four Custom Logos (Same information, different designs)
     - Photoshop Canvas 800px x 800px (Logos DO NOT have to fill the entire canvas)
     - Logos must include text and at least one graphic
Lesson: Creating a logo without a boxy design / background.
Lesson: Placement of logo design elements.

Day 009:

Project: Design and Develop Four Custom Logos     Sample 1     Sample 2      Sample 3     Sample 4

Day 010:

Project: Design and Develop Four Custom Logos     

Day 011:

Project: Design and Develop Four Custom Logos     

Day 012:

Project: Design and Develop a Logo Proof Sheet.
     - Arrange Four Logo Designs on a Black 8.5" x 11"canvas
     - Label the page "Potential Logos (Dark Background)"
     - Sample Page Dark Background     JPEG
     - Arrange Four Logo Designs on a White 8.5" x 11"canvas
     - Label the page "Potential Logos (Light Background)"
     - Sample Page Light Background     JPEG

Project: Graphics Standards Manual Entry: (Convert JPEG images into Adobe PDF)
     - Potential Logos Dark Background     PDF
     - Potential Logos Light Background     PDF

Day 013:

 Project: Design and Develop a Official Logo Sheet. (Choose your top logo and create official logo pages
      -  Center the official logo on a black 8.5" x 11" canvas
      - Label the page "Official Logo (Dark Background)
      - Sample Official Logos Dark Background      JPEG
      -  Center the official logo on a white 8.5" x 11" canvas
      - Label the page "Official Logo (Light Background)
      - Sample Official Logos Light Background      JPEG 

Project: Graphics Standards Manual Entry: (Convert JPEG images into Adobe PDF)
     - Official Logo Dark Background     PDF
     - Official Logo Light Background     PDF

Essential Question:
- How can a graphic standards manual cover communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 014:

Project: Design and Develop a Graphic Standards Manual Cover
      - Create a canvas 8.5" x 11"
      - Label the page "Graphic Standards Manual"
      - Sample Graphic Standards Manual Cover     JPEG

Project: Graphics Standards Manual Entry: (Convert JPEG images into Adobe PDF)
      - Graphic Standards Manual Cover     PDF

Day 015:

Project: Design and Develop a Graphic Standards Manual Cover

Essential Question:
- How can a company color guide communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 016:

Project: Design and Develop a Company Color Guide
     - Determine the three main company colors.
     - Determine up to three accent colors.
     - Download this Color Guide Template
     - Sample Company Color Guide Page     JPEG
     
Project: Graphics Standards Manual Entry: (Convert JPEG images into Adobe PDF)
     - Graphic Standards Color Guide Page     PDF

Essential Question:
- How can a business card communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 017:

Project: Design and Develop a Custom Business Card
     - Design a large scale business card that includes: your logo, address, phone number, and website.
     - Scale down the large scale business card to actual size.
     - Label the page "Business Card"
     - Sample Business Card Page     JPEG
     
Project: Graphics Standards Manual Entry: (Convert JPEG images into Adobe PDF)
     - Graphic Standards Business Card Page     PDF

Day 018:

Project: Design and Develop a Custom Business Card

Essential Question:
- How can a magazine advertisement communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 019:

Project: Design and Develop a 2 page magazine advertisement spread.
     - You are to create a two page ad that advertises your company, the products it produces, or the services it performs.
     - Create a canvas 17" x 11" and divide the page horizontally down the middle with a guide line. See Example
Lesson: Methods of persuasion
     - Incorporate at least one method of persuasion.

Day 020:

Project: Design and Develop a 2 page magazine advertisement spread.

Day 021:

Project: Design and Develop a 2 page magazine advertisement spread.

Day 022:

Project: Design and Develop a 2 page magazine advertisement spread.

Essential Question:
- How can a corporate ID package communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 023:

Project: Design and Develop a Business Letterhead        View Sample
     - Create a canvas 8.5" x 11"
     - Incorporate your logo within the design
     - Include: address, phone, and website within the design

Day 024:

Project: Design and Develop a Business Stationary        View Sample
     - Create a canvas 8.5" x 11"
     - Incorporate your logo within the design

Day 025:

Project: Design and Develop a Business Envelope       View Sample
     - Create a canvas
     - Incorporate your logo within the design
     - Include a address in the top left hand corner.

Day 026:

Project: Design and Develop a Corporate ID Package Layout       View Sample
     - Create a canvas 8.5" x 11"
     - Arrange your business card, business letterhead, business stationary, and business envelope onto one canvas.

Essential Question:
- How can a corporate uniform design communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 027:

Project: Design and Develop a Corporate Uniform Design      View Sample
     - Download a template.     T-Shirt Template     Polo Shirt Template
     - Incorporate your logo within the design.

Essential Question:
- How can a advertising billboard communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 028:

Project: Design and Develop a Advertising Billboard      View Sample
     - Download this template.     Billboard Template
     - Incorporate your logo within the design.

Essential Question:
- How can a product packaging communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 029:

Project: Design and Develop a Product Packaging      View Sample
     - Download this template.     
     - Incorporate your logo within the design.

Day 030:

Project: Design and Develop a Product Packaging

Day 031:

Project: Design and Develop a Product Packaging 

Essential Question:
- How can a animated advertisement communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 036:

Project: Design and Develop a Animated Advertisements.     View Example
     - Assemble the pages of the graphics standards manual.
      - Publish the graphics standards manual as a Adobe PDF

Essential Question:
- How can a website layout communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 032:

Project: Design and Develop a Website Layout

Day 033:

Project: Design and Develop a Website Layout

Day 034:

Project: Design and Develop a Website Layout

Day 035:

Project: Design and Develop a Website Layout

Essential Question:
- How can a graphic standards manual communicate a company's corporate identity, image, and brand?

Day 036:

Project: Design and Develop a Graphics Standards Manual.     View Example
     - Assemble the pages of the graphics standards manual.
      - Publish the graphics standards manual as a Adobe PDF

Essential Question:
- How can a user interface make routine jobs easier?

Day 037:

Project: Design and Develop a Custom User Interface.     View Example
     - Design and develop a custom background and layout.
     - Select ten website
     - Create 10 custom normal state button for each site.
     - Create 10 custom over state button for each site.
     - Hyperlink each button to make it function.

Essential Question:
- How can a electronic billboard be used to communicate advertisements?

Day 000:

Project: Design and Develop a electronic billboard.     View Example
     - Project: Design and develop a custom Animated Billboard 1
     - Project: Design and develop a custom Animated Billboard 2
     - Project: Design and develop a custom Animated Billboard 3
     - Project: Design and develop a custom Animated Billboard 4
     - Project: Design and develop a custom Animated Billboard 5
     - Project: Assemble your five animated billboards into design.
     - Project: Insert complete animation into web template.      Click here to download the template

Essential Question:
- How can E-Mail Marketing effectively communicate messages?

Day 000:

Project: Design and Develop a adverting E-mail message.     View Example

Essential Question:
- How can a 3D computer animated production logo effectively describe a production company?

Day 000:

Project: Design and Develop a 3D Production Logo.     View Example
     - Find a graphic object online.
     - Trace the object with Blender
     - Extrude the object three dimensionally
     - Choose a production name
     - Insert text near your 3D object.
     - Extrude the text
      - Add color and / or textures
      - Alter the world setting
     - Animate a 360 rotation of the camera around the object.

Essential Question:
- How does the compromise between form and function influence the design and development of website?

Day 000:

Project: Design and Develop a advanced website.     View Example
Project: Design and Develop a custom page banner.
Project: Design and Develop custom buttons.
Project: Design and develop a photo slide show.
Project: Animated Advertisement One
Project: Animated Advertisement Two

Essential Question:
- How can layout and design determine the effectiveness of a printed menu?

Day 000:

Project: Design and Develop a printed restaurant menu.     View Example

Essential Question:
- How can layout and design determine the effectiveness of a produce catalog?

Day 000:

Project: Design and Develop a product catalog.     View Example