Course Overview

Description:

This course is a project-based course that develops Information & Communication Technology (ICT) skills, as well as career, and communication skills in print and graphic design using Adobe tools. This course is aligned to Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator certification. English language arts are reinforced.

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Certifications:

This class prepares students to certify in:

• Adobe Photoshop 

• Adobe Illustrator

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Basic Expectations:

All students can succeed in my classroom.  The ability to draw well isn’t required, but certainly appreciated in our class.   The teacher holds a very high standard for student ability and behavior.  Each student must:

• Maintain creative and academic integrity

• Respect one another and lab resources

• Be active participants in their education

• Utilize all available resources

• Remain on-task from bell-to-bell 

Each assignment is held to a professional quality.  “A” level work does not look amateur, or look like “student work”. 

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Assignments:

This class is rigorous with a steep learning curve.  Students are expected to stay on task regularly to keep up with the class.  All assignments are posted on Canvas, along with all resources needed to complete the assignments (with the exception of Adobe Software).  

Work that is completed in the Adobe Software will also have a rubric posted through Canvas.  Please take the time to look at the rubric provided for each assignment prior to submitting your work.

Additionally, there are quizzes that follow each presentation.  Each quiz is open book and has the ability to take it no more than (3) times.  These quizzes will remain available until final assignment within each module (each Adobe project) is due.  

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Grading Policy:

Quarterly grades are divided into two categories: 1.) performance 2.) knowledge. Each category is 50% of the quarterly grade. 

Performance: These are the Adobe projects.  There are typically fewer of these assignments (which makes them worth more).  It will require students to work diligently throughout each period for students to earn high marks on this

Knowledge: These are typically the quizzes provided for each section.  They require a studying of the digital resources provided.  There are usually a lot of these per quarter (so they aren’t worth as much as projects.

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Supplies:

Students get the Adobe Creative suite for free! Students are strongly encouraged to download the Adobe Creative Cloud along with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator onto their personal computers.  There will be online instructions provided for how to download the Adobe programs onto a home device.  However, the teacher will provide additional help installing these programs in class during the first week of school.

During the first week of school only:

Please bring in the following devices:

• Laptop (Mac or PC)

• Tablet

• Cellphone

Other supplies:

• Earbuds (must be able to plug into a computer (no bluetooth)

• Sketchbooks are always recommended but not required

Cell Phone Policy:

Cell phones or other devices should not be used during class time unless otherwise instructed by the teacher.  The teacher may assign additional written assignments if students fail to adhere to this policy (after being reminded by the teacher).

Parents, please do not call or text students during class hours.

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Late work:

Within Canvas, each module ends with an Adobe project being due.  All quizzes and assignments need to be turned in before this assignment is due.  No late work will be accepted after this date.