Agenda: Week 21, 1/29-2/2, 2018
Monday
Tuesday
- Sign up for a new Google Classroom:
- 2nd hour: hlhq393
- 4th hour: 1rlrsl
- 6th hour: grsih6
- 7th hour: d99l3p
- Group Activity: Create a holiday
- Your group has been tasked with creating a new national holiday. As a group, you need to brainstorm holiday ideas. Pick one and write down:
- The purpose of the holiday. Why is this holiday important?
- Image(s), symbol(s), and colors associated with the holiday.
- Customs or practices that are needed to celebrate the holiday.
- Write this up in a Google Doc and share with me via Google Classroom.
- Success criteria:
- A document, written in complete sentences, with all of the information asked for above.
- #2 and #4 should be short paragraphs. Bullet points are acceptable for #3.
- Names of the group should be listed at the top of the document.
Wednesday
- Submit your New Holiday plan
- Group Activity: Comparing Designs
- Look at these design examples. There are 4 pairs of good and bad design examples.
- As a group, identify at least 3 visual qualities that make the good design better than the bad design.
- Success criteria: Take one sheet of paper per group. Divide it into quadrants and number them. In each quadrant write down 3 ways that one design is better than the other. Be specific (i.e. "The good design has bold subtitles which are easy to find" instead of "The good design is organized.")
Thursday
- Compile design comparison responses
Friday
- Review our design guidelines
- Begin designing promotional materials for your holiday
- Sketch out ideas for a trifold brochure, flier, and invitation that relates to your event.
- Have at least 4 sections of information
- Branding: designs for all materials must be consistent (colors, fonts, images).
- Make clear the hierarchy of information.
- Meet our design guidelines
