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Friday 12/12

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

As you work today, use your alignment tools and guides to accurately align your elements and create successful flow. A critique will be next class.

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Wednesday 12/10

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Mr. Wiant will be giving you 1 on 1 feedback today to help make sure you are on track with your designs. You will submit your InDesign below when it is time to go through feedback. 

Mr. Wiant Feedback Form

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Monday 12/8

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Critique Stage

Today you will complete a critique. The remainder of class will be spent revising and improving your designs.

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Friday 12/5

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Design Stage

As you work today, use your alignment tools and guides to accurately align your elements and create successful flow. A critique will be next class.

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Wednesday 12/3

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs and think about how you can improve your design principles that you wrote about in your Do-Now. A critique will be next class.

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Monday 12/1

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Design Stage

Today you will complete a quick demo on how Character Styles work, which is a requirement for this project. You then will continue to work on your designs. You need to complete your personal project objective if you didn’t from last class too.

Demo Files

Character Styles Demo Video

Character Styles InDesign Demo File

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Friday 11/21

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Design Stage

Today you will start your designs. Setup your designs correctly according to the directions on the project page and how many pages you need to create. Setup your columns and margins according to your design needs. Use your sketches as a reference while designing your menu.

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Wednesday 11/18

Fall Final: Menu Design ~ Brainstorming Stage

Your next project will be to create a menu for a restaurant of your choice. You will complete your brainstorming today and then begin to design your menus next class. Mr. Wiant will be grading and giving you feedback for your Magazine Covers today as well.

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Monday 11/17

Magazine Cover ~ Revise  & Finalize Stage

Wrap up your designs today and complete/submit the checklist in Schoology. We will start our final next class and brainstorming will be due.

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Friday 11/14

Magazine Cover ~ Critique Stage

You will be getting some peer feedback and then wrapping these designs up for the next class.

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Wednesday 11/12

Magazine Cover ~ Design Stage

Next class will be your critique. If you would like feedback from Mr. Wiant you can submit your InDesign file to the folder at the end of class. 

Mr. Wiant Feedback Form

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Monday 11/10

Magazine Cover ~ Design Stage

Work on improving your design principles as you are moving forward with the design. The critique is next class.

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Friday 11/7

Magazine Cover ~ Design Stage

Continue moving forward with your design.

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Wednesday 11/5

Magazine Cover ~ Brainstorming Stage 

Before we start our new project, we will be reviewing some slides on magazine cover design and then you will begin to brainstorm your projects. 

Agenda 

1. Magazine Cover Slides & Notes (10 mins)

2. Review Project (5 mins)

3. Brainstorming Due

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Monday 11/2

Magazine Layout ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Mr. Wiant will give you another round of feedback before you finalize and submit your designs today.

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Wednesday 10/30

Magazine Layout ~ Critique Stage

You will be getting feedback at the project wall today. Once you get your feedback, put a sticky up with what your next steps will be to begin to finalize your projects. 

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Monday 10/27

Magazine Layout ~ Design Stage

Next class will be a critique session. At the end of class we will go through how to save the spread correctly as JPGs and then submit them for the critique. 

If you want additional feedback from Mr. Wiant today submit your InDesign file below. Mr. Wiant Feedback Form

Exit Ticket

Submit JPG for critique

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Friday 10/24

Magazine Layout ~ Design Stage

Mr. Wiant will be giving you 1 on 1 feedback today. Next class will be a critique session. 

Exit Ticket

Submit JPG for critique

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Wednesday 10/23

Magazine Layout ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs thinking about how to correctly use design concepts in your design to create a successful layout. Adjust body copy size now if need be. Next class Mr. Wiant will give you 1 on 1 feedback.​

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Career Visit Survey

Exit Ticket

1. Embed all of your images. 

2. Upload your InDesign file for feedback next class.

Monday 10/20

Magazine Layout ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs after we talk about pull quotes. Make sure you are placing your images in a logical manner to maintain balance and flow too. 

Demo - Pull Quote & Drop Cap

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Wednesday 10/15

Magazine Layout ~ Brainstorm & Design Stage

Continue to work on your sketches. You need to be turning these in by halfway through the class and then be starting the design in InDesign. You will start your designs by working off of your sketches. 

Demo - Wrap

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Friday 10/10

Magazine Layout ~ Brainstorm Stage

We will take notes about magazine layout so you better understand how to create a successful layout. You then will complete your brainstorming today. 

Agenda 

1. Magazine Layout Slides

2. Review Project

3. Brainstorm 

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Wednesday 10/8

Wix Portfolio Website

Today you will add to your portfolio and revise your website following the steps below. 

Steps

1. Add in your top 2 designs to a new page for this year.

2. Add 1 more design cycle project from this year. This means that you have a total of at least three design cycle projects on your page. One of these should be from this year. 

3. Remove any images that are not your own. 

Design Cycle Requirements

1. You need to have 3 design cycle projects. At least 1 is from this year. 

2. Included elements are:

• Project Title

• A paragraph about what your original goal and what type of inspiration were you using in this design. Look back at what you wrote for your objectives. 

• Images of your sketch and inspiration pieces. Title these sections so the viewer knows what they are looking at.

• An image of your final design. 

• Write a reflection on your final design. Discuss what you like about your design and why, what struggles you may have had in your design and how you created your design. 

Student Example Sites

Adama's Website

Albert's Website

Juana’s Website

Tru's Website

Wiant's Sample Site

Last Year’s GD2 Final Rubric

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Friday 10/3

Calendar ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Wrap up your designs today. If you are done early, you can complete the extension for your project on the Project page. Once you are done with that, you can open up your Wix portfolios and begin to revise and improve them.  

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Friday 10/3

Calendar ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Projects are due next class.​

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Wednesday 10/1

Calendar ~ Critique Stage

We will be getting and giving peer feedback to help revise your designs to make them more impactful. You will have a printed design and your digital design to share with your partners. 

Critique Steps

1. Designers share your concept and questions you may have. (1 mins)

2. Discuss as a group so you can reflect clearly on your next steps in order to improveand finalize your designs. 4 mins

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Monday 9/29

Calendar ~ Design Stage

Make sure you are using margins correctly. Adjust the size if you need to and make sure you are using guides too. Critiques will be next class.

Exit Ticket

Submit JPG For Print Here

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Friday 9/26

Calendar ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs after we go over a demo together.

Agenda 

1. Guides, margins and columns Demo - Download

2. Design

Wednesday 9/24

Calendar ~ Design Stage

Everyone should be moving forward with their design today. You can’t move forward without finishing your brainstorming though.

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Exit Ticket

Open your creative brief and complete the Personal Project Objective.

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Friday 9/19

Calendar ~ Brainstorm Stage

Brainstorming will be due today and you will be moving onto the design cycle next class.

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Agenda 

1. Review Project & Brainstorm

2. Select Months

3. Brainstorming Due

Wednesday 9/17

Postcard ~ Revise & Finalize Stage

Revise and finalize your designs today. Make sure you turn your work in correctly and complete the checklist in Schoology at the end of class.

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Monday 9/15

Postcard ~ Critique Stage

We will be getting and giving peer feedback to help revise your designs to make them more impactful. Projects are due next class.

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Friday 9/12

Postcard ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your designs and be prepared for the critique next class.

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Wednesday 9/10

Postcard ~ Design Stage

Everyone should be moving forward with their design today. You can’t move forward without finishing your brainstorming though, which puts you behind on this project. In two classes you will have a critique.

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Exit Ticket

Complete the Flyer Project Feedback Survey.

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Monday 9/8

Postcard ~ Brainstorm Stage

You will first do a quick presentation for your flyer designs. We will go over the project and then you will brainstorm today, which will be due.

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Agenda 

1. Flyer Presentations

2. Review Project & Brainstorm

3. Visual Identity Slides

Friday 9/5

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Revise & Finalize

You will wrap up your designs today and turn in your flyers. Be prepared for a quick presentation next class and then brainstorming for our Postcard Project. We will go through the directions on how to turn your InDesign files in correctly at the end of the project before you complete your self-evaluation and checklists in Schoology. 

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Wednesday 9/3

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Critique Stage

We will be getting into small groups to critique our printed work so far. You will then work to wrap up your projects in two more classes. 

Agenda 

1. Demo How to turn hyphens off

2. Critique

3. Design

Exit Ticket

Project Progress Check

Friday 8/29

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Design Stage

We are going to look at how to create better layouts and compositions using your prior design knowledge. We will work on an exercise in order to improve your current designs. 

Agenda 

1. Proximity and Alignment Refresher

2. Pet Flyer Exercise

3. Continue Designing

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Exit Ticket

Project Progress Check

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Wednesday 8/27

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Design Stage

Continue to work on your projects. If you need additional help check with each other, check Google and check with Mr. Wiant to support yourself. 

Agenda

1. Design

2. Demo - Embed Images 

3. Design

Exit Ticket

Project Progress Check

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Monday 8/25

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Design Stage

Brainstorming should be wrapped up already. Everyone needs to begin in InDesign in order to stay on track with the project. 

Exit Ticket

Project Progress Check

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Friday 8/22

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Brainstorming Stage

You need to wrap your tutorials up in the first part of class and then start your brainstorming. We will review the brainstorming to get started with. Brainstorming should be wrapped up when you walk into the next class.

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Wednesday 8/20

Graphic Design Profession Flyer ~ Brainstorming Stage

You will work through a tutorial in order to gain a better sense of InDesign and then you will begin brainstorming from there. 

Agenda

1. InDesign Flyer Tutorial

2. Review Project 

3. Complete Tutorial and Start Brainstorming

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Tuesday 8/18

Welcome Back

We will review a few slides and start to work in InDesign today. Next class you will have your brainstorming due for the first project. 

Agenda

1. Welcome Slides & Drive Setup (15 mins)

2. Software Slides (5 mins)

3. Intro to InDesign with Mr. Wiant - Download Image (10 mins)

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