Graphic Design

Career & Technology Department- Burkburnett High School

Syllabus 2023-2024

Teacher: Brad Morris

Room: 67

Email: bradley.morris@burkburnettisd.org

Conference: 2nd Period

Textbooks and Materials:

Adobe Illustrator for the Classroom

Adobe Photoshop or the Classroom

Adobe Indesign for the Classroom

Multimedia and Image Management

Course Objectives:  TEKS- 130.88 A,B,C

By the end of this course you should be able to:

·         Use emerging technologies to exchange and gather information and resources

·         Comply with standard practices and behaviors that meet legal and ethical responsibilities in the workplace.

·         Analyze and apply design and layout principles.

·         Design, apply and create digital graphics.

·         Demonstrate appropriate use of digital photography equipment, graphics and animation.

·         Demonstrate appropriate project management in digital media.

·         Deploy digital media into print, web-based, and video products.

Course Outline:

1st 6 Weeks:  Design Principles, Illustrator in depth.

2nd 6 Weeks:  Digital Graphics Manipulation Adobe Photoshop in depth, 

3rd 6 Weeks:  Adobe Indesign, Desktop Publishing,  

4th 6 Weeks: Adobe Indesign, Web-based applications.

5th 6th Weeks:  Design Applications for the Client