Dr. Lu Schedule
Dr. McGriff Schedule

Class Topics

Visual Literacy

Getting Started
Type Tools

Visuals & Learning
Shape

ACE
CARP

Selection: Figure/Ground
Color, Depth

Organization:Hierarchy
Space

Integration:Gestalt

Getting it Together
Value

Copyright Law

Class Summary

Portfolio Presentation & Final Exercise

Visuals and Learning
Shape Tools

Reading due	Assignment due
Lohr 3, 19	Flyer

Instructional Objectives

• Develop and apply skills and techniques that facilitate the creative design process, such as brainstorming, thumbnail sketches (thumbs), rough drafts (roughs), comprehensive drawings (comps), iterations, story boarding, text and image acquisition and manipulation.
• Develop instructional products using the TAP approach and ACE design model.

Lecture/Discussion

• Presentation on Shape Tools [PPT]
• Presentation on Visuals and Learning Theory[PPT]
• Presentation on Information Processing Theory [PPT]

Skill Development

• Introduction to Page Layout using Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Word
• How to create a trifold [MS Word has templates, but use with great creativity!]
• Using images and clip art [see Resources]
  

Project

To download a PDF copy of the trifold project [PDF]

Instructiontal Activity

Download the "Blank Square Problem" ideation exercise [PDF]

Project, Exercise Presentation & Critique

• Instructional Theme assignment review
• "Blank Square Problem " exercise

Flyer critique [large group critique]

Next Week

Trifold project due
Ideation Book due