Students will sketch, design, and produce two personal notepads. Students will also select and interview a client to create and produce a notepad to meet the clients needs.
Notepad, Printing, Design, Adobe, InDesign, Client, Real-World Application
In this learning module, students will learn Adobe InDesign by learning program application skills and applying those skills learned to create two custom designs for a personal notepad and a custom design for a client. The students will also use Adobe Illustrator to create vector artwork (artwork that is created using lines and curves). The students will then print six notepads, pad them together (gluing the edges) and cut them apart.
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Typography Disasters
For this week's module, we will begin to investigate how typography affects the way in which it communicates information to the viewer.
How might we redesign this card to function better?
Post a Reply to this module on how you would redesign this card to function better. Some questions to answer are:
Poll Everywhere - Go to PollEv.com/bschopf927 or text BSCHOPF927 to 37607 to answer the poll questions.
How might the design of a menu influence buyer’s choices?
Poll Everywhere - Go to PollEv.com/bschopf927 or text BSCHOPF927 to 37607 to answer the poll questions.
What are some potential consequences of this design?
Poll Everywhere - Go to PollEv.com/bschopf927 or text BSCHOPF927 to 37607 to answer the poll questions.
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The Problem
Student Council has proposed this design for a 5k fundraiser run in November. Last time they hosted a run like this, they used a similar poster and had minimal participation at the event. This year, to increase attendance, they are rethinking their advertising strategies. Student Council is asking the Graphic Arts students for help.
How might we redesign this poster to increase attendance at the event?
Use the attached file to redesign this poster to increase attendance at the event. You can change the colors and fonts, but you are only allowed to use a maximum of two colors and two fonts. Post an Update with your redesigned poster.
Click on the little picture icon below.
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POST A REPLY: Reply to this module on how you would redesign this card to function better. Some questions to answer are:
POST AN UPDATE: Post an Update of your redesigned poster. You can change the colors and fonts, but you are only allowed to use a maximum of two colors and two fonts. Write about any difficulties that you experienced.
REPLY ON UPDATES: Reply to three of your classmates on their redesign.
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to typography and how it is used to communicate ideas to the viewer. This module is interactive with the students by using Poll Everywhere.
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Typography Disasters
To begin the process, you need a problem to solve. Frame the problem as a question beginning with “How Might We.” These three little words transform the problem into an opportunity and an optimistic invitation to explore more: the “how” is solutions-oriented, the “might” encourages optimism, and the “we” is collaborative. A good “How Might We” question allows for a broad set of solutions, but is narrow enough that you know where to start.
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Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere lets your audience interact with a live presentation.
These activities are used to gauge what students know about typography already just based on their interactions with it in their daily lives. However, the Poll Everywhere link and text will need to be changed when an instructor changes.
If you create your own free account, you can use the links below to use the same questions, but link them to your own account.
https://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/juZIj3Nq6JIAw8g/copy
https://www.polleverywhere.com/clickable_images/hsSc8t8ijtcUXXX/copy
https://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/WX6kMXXHdvydABM/copy
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The Problem
The design problem is to give students a quick look at a real-world application of how typography can better engage participation in events and gains the viewers interest.
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You can use more Poll Everywheres to ask different questions as well as use the answers from them to further the discussion between students or offer more reflection questions for them to answer based on what they thought was the best answer for each poll question.
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Pre-Survey
Before beginning this week's module, fill out the pre-survey attached to this module, which asks you a few questions about InDesign.
This video shows describes the industry-standard publishing app that lets you design and publish high-quality documents across a full spectrum of digital and print media.
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InDesign Introduction
InDesign is a powerful desktop publishing app that focuses on layout and formatting skills and in order to be successful in the upcoming project of creating a notepad in InDesign, there are some general skills that you need to master.
You will need Adobe InDesign installed to complete this assignment.
Included in the zipped folder:
1. InDesign File for CC 2018
2. IDML file
3. Document fonts folder
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POST A REPLY: Reply to this module if you are having any difficulties with completing the InDesign Introduction assignment.
REPLY ON POST: Post 2-3 replies to offer help with your classmates difficulties.
POST AN UPDATE: Post an Update of your finished InDesign Introduction assignment.
Some questions to answer are:
POST AN UPDATE: Post an update of a new skill other students can learn in InDesign and explain how this can be used with an application of a project.
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to Adobe InDesign. The students will learn the key skills to create a notepad in InDesign by completing the InDesign Introduction assignment.
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Pre-Survey
The pre-survey is used as a means to measure what skill level the students are starting at and assess what they know already about InDesign.
Instructions: This is a pre-survey and will not be counted for a grade. This is for informational purposes only, but please take this pre-survey seriously and answer each question to the best of your ability.
1. Kerning adjusts the space between two characters; tracking adjusts the space between a range of selected characters.
2. Can Adobe Photoshop images and Adobe Illustrator graphics be imported into Adobe InDesign?
3. Ctrl+P Command is to exit from application.
4. What does the term gutter mean?
5. What is a stroke?
6. Which tool allows us to create text frames?
7. Preflight panel reports errors within an aspect of a layout, eg. graphic is imported as RGB.
8. The pasteboard is the area outside the page where you can place design elements not yet added to the page.
9. A red plus sign in the lower-right corner of a text frame indicates overset text.
10. What tool is used to place an image into a specific area in the document?
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InDesign is a powerful desktop publishing app that focuses on layout and formatting skills and in order for the students to be successful in the upcoming project of creating a notepad in InDesign, there are some general skills that they need to master.
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Additional Resources:
Adobe Education Exchange gives you instant access to free courses, workshops, teaching materials and you can connect with the creative education community.
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Create your own font
In this module, you will create your own font using your handwriting.
In order for you to create your own font, you will be using Calligraphr.
Follow the instructions below to create your own font.
1. Download the Template and use a black (not too thin) pen to fill it out.
2. Place your characters like in the following image:
3. Scan or take a picture of the image. Make sure the 4 markers on the border are included in your scan or photo.
4. Go to the Calligraphr website and upload your image.
5. Click Generate Font.
6. Your font is now generated.
7. Download your Font.
8. Install your Font.
9. Some manual corrections are necessary to reach an optimal result.
10. Create a new document in InDesign and type "This is a sample of my handwriting as a font." twice. Leave one sentence unchanged and change the other with corrections.
11. Practice applying kerning, tracking, baseline shift, horizontal scale, vertical scale, character rotation, and leading.
12. Take a screenshot of your finished corrections on your font.
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POST AN UPDATE: Post an update with the screenshot of your finished corrections. Explain the corrections you made to your font. Would you use this type of service again and why? If you would like attach your handwritten font to share with your peers.
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to have students practice installing a font and giving them the opportunity to practice applying kerning, tracking, baseline shift, horizontal scale, vertical scale, character rotation, and leading.
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Create your own Font
The videos at the beginning of the lesson are just for fun. These videos joke about the highs and lows and used of fonts. It is used a segway to get create your own font.
Calligraphr is not the best font generator online, but I like to use it for those reasons. It gives the students the opportunity to practice their text formatting skills to make a font look better. These skills are transferable to layout design and desktop publishing.
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Additional Resources:
https://fontstruct.com/ - FontStruct is a free, font-building tool
https://www.fontself.com/ - Fontself Maker is an extension for Illustrator and Photoshop CC
that lets you turn any lettering into OpenType fonts in minutes.
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Notepad Design Challenge
You will create three notepad designs: two for yourself and one for a client. You will produce 6 notepads with 50 sheets in each. Three of the notepads will be printed with a design you will create for yourself and the other three will be printed with a design you will create for your client. These personalized notepads should satisfy the individual needs of yourself and your client.
Overview of Design Specifications
Explanation of Each Design Specification
You will be able to create two notepads from one single sheet of paper.
You will be using Illustrator to design each individual notepad and InDesign to make the 2-Up Layout. You will use Google images to find a web image to use in one design. If you are familiar with Photoshop, you may use Photoshop to create or manipulate images to use on the notepads.
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Brainstorming Ideas
Before you begin sketching out ideas, it is best to brainstorm ideas and gain information from already created notepads.
This will be helpful when you sketch designs that are personal to you and that are meeting the requirements of the design challenge.
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Sketching
Before you move to designing your notepad on the computer, you want to start with sketching.
Download the Notepad sketches template
Complete four different sketches that meet all of the requirements of the design challenge.
Have your teacher review your sketches and sign off on two designs.
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Design and Print
When your notepad sketches have been reviewed by your teacher and are approved watch the video below to create your document. It explains how to meet the requirements of the notepad design.
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POST A REPLY: Post any difficulties you are encountering when creating or designing your notepad.
POST AN UPDATE: Post an update with your braingstorming ideas. Make sure to include the example you found online and the personalized sketch.
POST AN UPDATE: Post a screenshot of your notepad designs.
POST A REPLY: Reply to three classmates designs and offer them feedback on their design. Some elements to think about when offering feedback:
Purpose: The purpose of this module is for students to use their creative design skills and InDesign skills to create a set of personal notepads.
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Notepad Design Challenge
This design challenge is an opportunity to assess student learning and their creative abilties. The design specifications should be followed and adhered to.
Design examples are used in the images to explain what each specification is.
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Alternate Activity:
You can divide the piece of paper into fours. Each notepad will be smaller, but less ink and paper will be used. Two of the designs would be from one student and two of the designs will be from another. The students would work together to share their files with each other (making sure they share the images as well).
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Client Interview
For the second part of the Notepad challenge is to design for a client. This can be for a member of your family or a staff member at the school.
Use the file below for your Client Interview
Things to consider when interviewing your client.
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Client Designing
Once your client approves one of your sketches, you may begin working on the design on the computer. Your document will be setup the same way you set up your personal notepad design. However, the one design will be duplicated on both sides of the document.
Once the design is finalized, send your client a proof of the design. A proof is a working copy of a design and not what you are going to print yet. Ask them to offer suggestions on changes and check spelling. Make revisions based off the client's feedback and continue this process until the client signs off on a final design.
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POST A REPLY: Post a reply to this module on who you will be interviewing. No one person should be interviewed more than once.
POST AN UPDATE: Post a screenshot of the client's notepad design.
POST A REPLY: Reply to three classmates designs and offer them feedback on their design. Some elements to think about when offering feedback:
Purpose: The purpose of this module is for students to use their creative design skills and InDesign skills to create a notepad design for a client. This offers the students a real-world application of designing for the specific needs of a client.
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Client Interview
During this process, students may have a variety of questions because they are all working on something different while meeting the needs of their clients.
Have the students focus on the clients interest, but do not have them use all of their client's interests in one notepad design. They should only use one or two and use "elements" from their interests. For example, if the interest is baseball. The student can incorporate a bat, baseball, field, hat, cleat marks in the dirt, scoreboard, their favorite team, etc.
Observe students making effective color and typography choices and correct if needed.
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Personal Notepad Requirements Check
You have recieved peer feedback on both of your notepad designs. Once all of your revisions have been made you will print one copy of your design. Keep in mind that a printed design will look different than your design on the screen. This is because a computer uses the RGB color mode and the printer uses the CMYK color mode.
Make any color adjustments based on the print differences and continue this process until you are satisfied with the results.
Make sure you have met all of your requirements based on design specifications sheet.
If you have met all of the specifications, meet with the teacher to sign off on your two personal notepad designs.
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POST AN UPDATE: Post an update of your two personal notepad designs.
POST A REPLY: Reply to three classmates to offer them two specific commpliments on their design.
Purpose: The purpose of this module is for students make sure they are meeting all of the design specifications as well as understand the difference between computer screen viewing and print viewing.
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Personal Notepad Requirements Check
Some issues that may arise when students print their design include:
If all the design specifications are met and all issues have been fixed, the students will get approval to print 150 more copies and can move onto the production phase.
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InDesign Post Survey
While the students are making revisions to print, they should take the Post Survey. This is a graded assessment based on the skills they have learned while working in InDesign.
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Production
Once you have finished all of the revision steps for both your personal notepad designs and your client notepads - follow the steps below.
You will use the following supplies and equipment:
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Printing
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Padding
In this step you will be jogging the paper (aligning all of the edges of the paper) and inserting chipboard every 50 sheets. This will divide the notepad into three stacks of 50 and then place the notepads properly into the padding press.
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Slicing and Cutting
When the notepads are dry, they are ready to be sliced apart and cut in half. Using the padding knife (careful - it's sharp) cut apart your notepad from all the other notepads. Make sure not to slice off the piece of chipboard. Once each notepad is separated, bring them over to the paper cutter and cut them in half at 5.5 inches.
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Submit
Aafter you have cut your notepads in half, remove any of the extra pieces of chipboard. Grab a rubber band and put it around your notepads. Write your name on a card and place it under the rubber band and place it in the bin of your class period.
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POST AN UPDATE: Post an update about your thoughts of the project by answering the following questions - you can include your answers in reference to the personal or the client notepad.
Purpose: The purpose of this module is for students print and produce their personal and client notepad designs. During this process, students will print, jog, pad, slice, and cut both of their notepad designs.
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Production
It is recommended that the teacher does a hands-on demonstration of each of the production steps in order to answer questions the students may have. The videos can be used as a reference for the students when they get to that step.
All equipment safety should be followed and students monitored during each step.