Welcome to Graphic Design! Graphic Design dives into the world of computer aided art, illustration, visual communication, and much more. Students combine photography, Illustration, text, by way of industry standard programs to create unique slides, logos, book covers, movie posters, and many other printable and digital designs. The programs used in this class are Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign. We will only be able to scratch the surface of what these programs can do, but the hopes are that this class will peak your interest in the field of graphic design, branding, and marketing.
Basic Information/Syllabus
Instructor: Nick Arter
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone:
Students will be most successful when spending productive time in the computer lab setting. It takes time and patience to produce high quality projects. Work needs to be accomplished in the classroom with the provided software, as students will not be expected to have access to the software outside of the computer lab.
Course Objectives
As a result of taking this class, you should be able to:
Grading
Grades will be calculated based on attendance, participation, effort, artistic growth, creativity, and technical proficiency.
What Are My Responsibilities?
* BE RESPECTFUL:
How Do I Make Up Missing or Incomplete Work?
You are expected to keep up with lessons and projects in class. Keep track of course assignments and due dates on this website. Late or incomplete work can be turned in up to 7 days after the due date for a reduced score (some points are better than none). If the work is late due to an excused absence, you will have one extra school day per day of excused absence to complete it without a reduction in score.
Please let me know as soon as you have submitted a late assignment. Otherwise I will not know to look for it.
**After reading, Please find the Syllabus question in TEAMS and submit answer for a grade.**
Instructor: Nick Arter
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone:
Students will be most successful when spending productive time in the computer lab setting. It takes time and patience to produce high quality projects. Work needs to be accomplished in the classroom with the provided software, as students will not be expected to have access to the software outside of the computer lab.
Course Objectives
As a result of taking this class, you should be able to:
- Work professionally within a design team.
- Identify numerous design careers which are available.
- Evaluate designs (your work and others’) for audience, meaning, and effectiveness.
- Use the elements and principles of design effectively.
- Plan a design project according to a client’s needs.
- Build a design gradually using thumbnail sketches and mockups.
- Create attractive layouts that communicate messages effectively.
- Use color to communicate ideas.
- Use typography effectively in a design.
- Use Adobe Photoshop to edit photographs, create artistic imagery, and make Web graphics.
- Use Adobe Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, and Web graphics.
- Use Adobe InDesign to create publications such as advertisements, brochures, and books.
- To look at art with a biblical world view (How can we, as the created, create to glorify the Creator?)
Grading
Grades will be calculated based on attendance, participation, effort, artistic growth, creativity, and technical proficiency.
- Each project will be graded upon completion.
- You all have creative sparks inside you. Express these unique and personal ideas with each project. Creative idea development is part of your grade.
- Take pride in your work. Pay attention to detail and quality. Develop craftsmanship.
- Projects are graded on predetermined criteria required for each individual assignment. Categories for assessment include quality of craftsmanship, skill/technique, creativity and effort put into the project.
- Sketches, Daily warm-ups, typed work, tests, and quizzes are all part of this grade.
- Work will be graded on to follow instruction, and technical use of tools assigned for the classwork.
- Students must be on task while in the lab. Looking up items or playing games online during class that do not pertain to the project at hand will cause distractions for you and others. Points will be taken from your grade if you are off task.
- Loss of Studio Points: Students have 25 points every week for appropriate Behavior.
- Leaving the room w/o permission OR being gone for more than half of the class = automatic unexcused absence.
- Unexcused absences = (10 pts. deduction)
- Tardies = (5 pts. deduction)
- Disruptive/not on-task behavior during class time (circumstantial: 5-10 pts.)
- Cell phone or abuse of bathroom privileges (5-10 pts.)
- Not cleaning up own area/logging off. (5 pts. deduction)
- A 89.5-100% (Exemplary)
- B 79.5-89.4% (Proficient)
- C 69.5-79.4% (Partially Proficient)
- D 59.5-69.4% (Incomplete)
- F 59.4% or below (Failing)
What Are My Responsibilities?
* BE RESPECTFUL:
- Listening to opinions, participate in classroom discussions and critiques in a helpful constructive manor.
- DO NOT touch artwork/keyboard that is not your own.
- Put full effort into viewing and creating appropriate material and show respect for others. NO FOOD!
- Come to class prepared to work every day. You are expected to work for the entirety of the period.
- Be on time for class. Most of the instruction is given at the beginning of each class.
- Have a positive attitude and be willing to try new techniques on for each assignment.
How Do I Make Up Missing or Incomplete Work?
You are expected to keep up with lessons and projects in class. Keep track of course assignments and due dates on this website. Late or incomplete work can be turned in up to 7 days after the due date for a reduced score (some points are better than none). If the work is late due to an excused absence, you will have one extra school day per day of excused absence to complete it without a reduction in score.
Please let me know as soon as you have submitted a late assignment. Otherwise I will not know to look for it.
**After reading, Please find the Syllabus question in TEAMS and submit answer for a grade.**