| Date | Daily Classroom Assignments |
| Day 1 | Introduction to Class, Syllabus and Classroom Expectations Lecture: What is Desktop Publishing, Target audience, logo, and slogan Assignment: Student information sheet/Nametags Homework: Magazine Ads |
| Week 1 | Lecture: White space and Z Pattern, Logos and Slogans Internet Research: Slogans and Logos Assignment: Students identified the Target audience, logo, and slogan of the magazine ads that they brought in. Identify 10 different company logos and slogans-old and new of each. Create Personal LogoQuiz Pre-Test Project |
| Week 2 | Review of Logo and Slogans, White Space, Z Pattern, using lines and shapes for interesting and creative design of logos. Lecture: Chapter 1Exploring the InDesign CS5 Workspace, View and modify page elements, Navigate through a document, Work with objects and Smart Guides Assignment: Chapter 1 Lessons 1 - 4 - Skills Review pgs. 38-43, Project Builder 1 pg. 44, Project Builder 2 pgs 38-39, Design Project pg 40, and Portfolio Project pg. 41 |
Week 3 | Lecture:Chapter 2 Working with Text, format text, format paragraphs, create and apply styles, Edit text, Create bulleted and numbered lists. Assignment: Chapter 2 Lessons 1 - 4 - Skills Review pgs. 38-43, Project Builder 1 pg. 44, Project Builder 2 pgs 38-39, Design Project pg 40, and Portfolio Project pg. 41 Alma Mater and Fight Song Banners, Homecoming Tickets |
| Week 4 | Lecture: 11 Parts of a Business Card Assignment: Create a Personal Business Card and Company Business Cards Create Optical Illusion Document using the Internet Review of Letterheads and Business Cards Textboxes and Graphics Assignment: Business Cards for companies, Retail Store Floor Plan, Optical Illusions, Comic Strip Test-Parts of a Business Card |
| Week 5 | Lecture: Chapter 3 Setting up a DocumentCreate a new document and set up a Master page, create text on Master pages, apply master pages to document pages, Modify master pages and document pages, place and thread text, create new sections and wrap text. Assignments: Chapter 3 Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios. Lecture: Personal Logo and Slogan/Business Logos and Letterheads Assignment: Create Personal Logo and Slogan/Create Letterheadsfor 5 Companies |
| Week 6 | Lecture:Chapter 4 Working With Frames -Align and distribute objects on a page, Stack and layer objects, work with graphics frames, work with text frames. Chapter 4 Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios. |
| Week 7 | Lecture: Chapter 5 Working With Color -Work with process colors, Apply Color, Work with Spot Colors, Work with Gradients.Catalogs -Typeface, Spacing and Alignment Techniques- Chapter 5 Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios. |
| Week 8 | Lecture:Chapter 6 Working with Placed Images -Place multiple graphics, Use the Links panel, Explore image resolution issues, Place vector graphics, Interface InDesign with PhotoShop, Use Libraries. Chapter 6 Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios Assignments:T-Shirt and Hat Designs |
| Week 9 | Chapter 7 Creating Graphics -Use the Pen Tool, Reshape frames and apply stroke effects, Work with polygons and compound paths, Work with advanced text features. Assignments: Favorite Book Cover Chapter 7 - Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios. |
| Week 10 | Lecture: Chapter 8 Exploring Effects and Advanced Techniques -Use the Pathfinder panel, Create new stroke styles, Incorporate gridify behavior, Work with multiple page sizes, Work with nested styles, Apply Live Corner Effects, Work with effects and object styles. Chapter 8 - Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios. |
| Week 11 | Assignments: Halloween Projects - Favorite Candy Wrapper |
| Week 12 | Election Campaign:Brochures, Ads, Post Cards, Yard Signs, and Buttons, Bumper Stickers, and other documents. |
| Week 13 | Lecture: Chapter 9 Working With Tabs and Tables- Work with tabs, Create and format a table, Format text in a table, Place graphics in a table. Chapter 9 Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios |
| Week 14 | Lecture: Chapter 10 Making Books, Tables of Contents, and Indexes -Create a Book file, Organize a Book file, Create a table of Contents, and Create an Index. Chapter 10 Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios Assignments: Book Covers TEST - Document Identification |
| Week 15 | Lecture: Chapter 11 Preparing, Packaging, and Exporting Documents for Print- Create bleeds, slugs, and printer's marks, Use the Ink Manager and preview color separations, Preflight and package a document, Export a document. Chapter 11 Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios |
| Week 16 | Lecture: Chapter 12 Creating An Interactive Document -Explore interactive documents, Set up Interactive Documents, Incorporate hyperlinks and buttons, Apply and View page Transitions, Add animation. Chapters 12 Skills Review, Project Builders and Portfolios. |
| Week 17 | Lecture: Designing product packaging Assignments: Design a Soap Box, Design a Sport Drink Bottle, |
| Week 18 | Newsletters 12 Key Parts and 3 Newsletter Types Columns Assignments:Sales Catalog Newsletters - Westlake Club - Health News and Informational On Your Own Newsletter(School Newsletter, Role Model Newsletter, Business Newsletter) TEST - Document Identification DTP Rules Controlling Textboxes, Formatting, Kerning and Columns - |
| Lecture: Review of Types of Documents and Document Set-Up
Assignments: Create Types of Documents
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| Lecture: On Your Own Projects Assignments: On Your Own Projects |
| Lecture: What to include in a Flyer! 12 DTP Rules 5-8 Assignment: Recycle, Business/Event Flyers, Chili Cook-off, College Fair, Maple College, Your Own Flyer Homework: None Quiz-Parts of a Flyer Programs Assignments: Pet Project |
| Projects | Movie Project |
| Design a Perfume or Cologne Bottle/Box |
| Design a Cereal Box |
| CD Designs - CoolTech T-Shirt Challenge |
| Assignment: Palm Cafe, Desert Grill, Rossetti's and a Theme Restaurant Menu. |
| Pizza Project includes Signs, Menus, Order Forms, Application Forms, Letterheads, Postcards, Advertisements, Bumper Stickers, and various other documents |
| Concert Tour Project |
| Tri-Fold Brochures and Book Jackets |
| Assignments: Art Museum Brochure and Travel BrochureBook Jackets |
| Lecture: Review of Documents and Page Setups Assignments:Review of Documents that have been created. Test of various documents. |
| Advertising Campaign Project |
| Amusement Park Project |
| Business Project |
| Travel Project |
| Own Your Own Business Project |
| Final Project |