Graphic Design Course Outline

• Copyright & Ethics
  
• Windows OS, File Formats, Project Management, Adobe CC
  
• Elements & Principles of Design (create Weebly Website)
  
• Illustrate a Word (Illustrator basics, toolbar, shortcuts, menus, creating and editing text, create outlines, group/ungroup)
  
• Type Profile (Illustrator & InDesign: Typography basics, research key elements of a typeface and create a ‘typeface’ of the designer)
  
• Typography Poster (Rulers, guidelines, alignment tools, designing with a grid, fill & stroke, color tools)
  
• What typeface to Use When? And Type resources
  
• Resume (InDesign intro)
  
• Logo Design (Pen Tool, pathfinder options, clipping mask, type on a path, transforming and duplicating objects)
  
• Vector Portrait (Illustrator: Pen tool- direct selection, moving, adding, deleting and converting anchor points, fill color, gradient option, eyedropper, opacity)
  
• Tutorial (Learn a new skill by completing a tutorial)
  
• Mid Term Exam
  
• Photo Compositing (Photoshop- program overview, layer masks, selection tools, clipping masks, blending modes, adjustment layers, free transform)
  
• Print Advertisement (Digital photography, importing artwork, clipping mask, filters and effects)
  
• Book Cover Design (Taking measurements/rulers, specific print considerations)
  
• Infographics (Interpreting data into a visual)
  
• Final Project - Portfolio, Self Branding