Normally I recommend using an external style sheet, however if you have style elements which will only affect a single page of a website, you may wish to put your style elements in the head of that one html page. For this project, you will create a new page (not redo an existing one), with the style elements in the head of the document.
Assigned: 4/17, due 4/25.
Using the same style sheet you used to redesign the home page of the AAW site, redesign the AAW calendar page. The style should match the overall look of the index (home) page. Think about rules of design, and making the most important information come forward.
Assigned 4/14, due 4/16.
Redesign the AAW website stylesheet. This will be turned in through the 1st hour folder on our network.
I’m looking for a pleasing color scheme, readable fonts, good contrast, a new banner design. You can rearrange items on the page as needed. Make sure to do all the edits on the style sheet, not the html page.
Assigned 2/26, due 4/14.
Last semester we designed book covers. This semester, we will be designing portfolio books. The examples passed around the room showed one example of a portfolio book using photography. The other example was a book with text, which had vector-style graphics running throughout it.
Your assignment is create a two page spread for your portfolio book. You can use a photography theme, or a graphics theme with design elements you create in PhotoShop, or a mix of the two.
Assigned March 25, Due April 4.
For details, refer to the slides and examples that were shown in class.
Assigned: March 25, Due April 4. Submit these to your blogs.
Create a PowerPoint presentation containing 6 slides (1 cover slide, 5 additional slides). The subject will be whatever you are currently studying in your history or social studies class. If you don’t have a history class this year, see me to work out an alternate topic.
What I’m looking for:
1. A color palette that is pleasing, but not distracting. If your background is louder than your text, you have a problem.
2. Readable fonts. Font choice and contrast are both important.
3. Use line spacing and bullets to separate your text into chunks. You should not be hitting the enter key extra times to space your lines.Use the line spacing option in the master slide.
Bad example of line spacing:
Lorem ipsum ut nobis oportere mel, duo nostro malorum reformidans cu. Eu eam magna pertinacia, dicat ubique audiam te vel. Id probo libris delenit cum, accusam percipit est id, et mea invidunt legendos. Sonet suscipit deserunt ex cum, reformidans neglegentur has eu, cu eos timeam perfecto iudicabit. An elitr ceteros apeirian nam. arum volumus oportere id usu, perfecto singulis te vel. Ne nec detraxit scribentur. Has cu brute clita ubique. Persius legimus eu eos. litr oporteat dissentiet ei ius, sea dicta movet delenit eu. Pro tritani ullamcorper ex. Ea mea summo delectus, eam ea percipitur disputando reformidans, ei mea dolore consequat. Pro eius aliquyam in, ad causae fastidii quo. Nam debitis scaevola ponderum te, putant nostrum pri et. Minim melius sadipscing quo ei. Ne audiam fabellas aliquando his, sea et illud inimicus democritum. Sit in cibo prodesset deseruisse. No petentium neglegentur pri. Vis veniam scripta omittam in, ius te omnis putent mediocrem, vix ei tale inani. Ad erat feugait cotidieque eos. e inani ancillae nam, ut ius voluptua dignissim. Vix in audiam recteque euripidis, has cu quaeque patrioque. Per accusam tractatos ocurreret cu. Vel ut mutat soleat placerat, eu quo doctus vocibus.
Better example of line spacing:
Lorem ipsum ut nobis oportere mel, duo nostro malorum reformidans cu. Eu eam magna pertinacia, dicat ubique audiam te vel. Id probo libris delenit cum, accusam percipit est id, et mea invidunt legendos. Sonet suscipit deserunt ex cum, reformidans neglegentur has eu, cu eos timeam perfecto iudicabit. An elitr ceteros apeirian nam.
Harum volumus oportere id usu, perfecto singulis te vel. Ne nec detraxit scribentur. Has cu brute clita ubique. Persius legimus eu eos.
Elitr oporteat dissentiet ei ius, sea dicta movet delenit eu. Pro tritani ullamcorper ex. Ea mea summo delectus, eam ea percipitur disputando reformidans, ei mea dolore consequat. Pro eius aliquyam in, ad causae fastidii quo. Nam debitis scaevola ponderum te, putant nostrum pri et. Minim melius sadipscing quo ei.
Ne audiam fabellas aliquando his, sea et illud inimicus democritum. Sit in cibo prodesset deseruisse. No petentium neglegentur pri. Vis veniam scripta omittam in, ius te omnis putent mediocrem, vix ei tale inani. Ad erat feugait cotidieque eos.
Te inani ancillae nam, ut ius voluptua dignissim. Vix in audiam recteque euripidis, has cu quaeque patrioque. Per accusam tractatos ocurreret cu. Vel ut mutat soleat placerat, eu quo doctus vocibus.
4. Make the presentation about the content, not about the powerpoint slides. If I walk away from it and what I remember is that you had slides that spun and shattered during transitions, that’s not a successful briefing. A successful briefing is when I’ve learned something new about your subject.
5. Q: Should I use Comic Sans? A. Only if you have a burning desire to revise your work before you receive credit for it.
6. Q: Should I use clip art? A. No. Professional level designers stopped doing that in the 80’s. You should, too.
7. You may use historical photos from the internet for this project. You must cite your source. (Insert the URL as a caption under your slide, or include a reference slide at the end, after your required 6 slides.) You will need to include at least 1 image on your cover slide, plus 3 additional images in your slides.
8. Make your content interesting. If it bores you, it will bore me. (Garbage in –> Garbage out.)
Assigned: March 25, Due Apr 4. These will be saved into the 3rd or 5th hour folder on the network, not posted to the blogs. (Make sure to save the file – with your name in the filename – to My Documents. Then go to Start –> My Computer, and copy/paste it to the proper folder.)
Write a short blog post that summarizes 3 design principles from Edward Tufte. Make sure to spell check, and cite your sources.
Assigned Mar 4, Due Mar 5.
Assignment 19: Last set of Scavenger Hunt Photos from previous marking period
Assignment 24: Logo Design
Assignment 25: SAE Poster
Assignment 26: Vector Self-Portraits
Assignment 27: Blog post about waking life – answer 2 questions about the movie.
Assignment 28: Animated self-portraits
Using ImageReady, create a simple animation using the vectorized self-portraits you created in Assignment 26. Save as a gif file, and post to your blogs. (File – “save optimized as” – and make sure the file type is gif. If “gif” doesn’t show up as an option, look for the optimize palette and switch from jpg to gif.)
Due Feb 29.
Using an audio file, edit a person’s words to change what they are saying. You can move one section of what they are saying earlier or later in the audio track, or you can delete a word or words. I am looking for a smooth edit, so that when I listen to the file, I don’t hear an awkward cut.
Due Feb 29.
