Below is a list of resources that should prove useful. The list is being added to constantly, so if you find anything you'd like to see here, let your teacher know!
Embedded Files
Time 4 Design
Design Resources and Tools
Design Resources and Tools
**** Adobe Design Basics YouTube Playlist
The first 18 videos in this playlist will help you get an understanding of Design Basics
An OPEN book on Graphic Design
Colour (BrE)/Color(AmE)Principles of Design- Colour
The Psychology of Colour INFOGRAPHIC
Ziplist has a lot of links to colour tools (now logobly)
Color from kidsthinkdesign.org
HowtoGeek An article on colour in photography
Colour in Architecture- this article from ArcDaily explains how colour can change the mood of a building.
MOOD-Boards, moodboards, mood boards
Image Boards- including Mood Boards from Cambridge University
Moodboards From CANVA
Free colouring books from museum libraries around the world (Open Culture)
Remember when printing colour that you are limited to the colour print system you use. The printer in the Design/Art Studio is limited to the folowing colours:
Typography
Stop Motion Video on typography
Mistakes to avoid from Canva
Find a font combination from Canva
Preview the font you want to use with https://wordmark.it/
Download and add a font from one of the sites on Ziplist
The font right is Walt Disney Script from abstract fonts
A collection of Vietnamese hand drawn fonts and signs HERE
Pair fonts with AI https://fontjoy.com/
Create your own set of fonts with Inkscape
Lexend- the easiest form to read according to Beth Stark UDL expert.
Font Design Jonathan Hoefler: Typeface Design
Jonathan Hoefler: Typeface Design
Jonathan Hoefler's website has a link to the Abstract: The Art of Design
A selection of Playing Cards from DEsign.milk
Design Play Cards: Designing for Sustainability
A video on typography from DesignClass.co.uk can be found here
Everything you should know about Graphic Design by the end of MYP 5 from the Design Class website
Choosing the right font is important. See the Ryan Gosling films below.
PDF Editors
Portable Digital File .PDF editor HERE
Small PDF editor (Heather's reccommendation)
The Rasterbator- turn your picture into a giant poster by printing several sheets.
Copy (what designers call writing)
Write like Ernest Hemmingway- bold and concise. No fluff! http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
Want to have an article summarised?- use Too Long Didn't Read It!
Grammarly has a free Chrome extension, but you'll have to pay for all the features of this freemium app
RYTR uses AI to help write emails and other texts
Mindmapping (thought shower) Software
https://excalidraw.com/
Creative Mind Maps from Student Art Guide
online collaborative Whiteboard Awwapp
***********************************************************************************************************************************Charts and Infographics
https://infogram.com/
from Mr Brandon for your infographic/poster IDU
http://www.adorngeo.com/infographic-analysis.html
Larry Ferlazzo has a list of infographics HERE
More Science infographics here from Compound Chem
https://visme.co/blog/types-of-infographics/
The little pocket poster guide from edgehill.ac.co
Fantastic tips on how to use colors effectively in data visualization!
Fantastic tips on how to use colors effectively in data visualization!
https://twitter.com/MapasLab/status/1559072539049074688?s=20&t=TAQ13ODwxMH4-5nouAiicA
You will read this first- an explanation- see image above .
Data Visualisation based on Big Data
Listen to wikipedia posts being made- also see also for more wikipedia visualisations
Logos
The HIS Design website has a page of Logo resources HERE
Badges
Open Badges from Mozilla could be a big part of the future of education
Stop Motion
Stop Motion, Storyboard and Audio Resource page
Video
Pixton comic and story board app
Remove the background without a greenscreen with unscreen.com
Remove background with MagicErase on Poe
Remove background from a photo with Freepick
Stock Videos/ B-roll film
7 Best sites for free PUBLIC DOMAIN stock videos for 2023
BoClips Educational Videos
Videvo lots of free royalty free video- set your search filter accordingly to save disappointment.
There are many free resources including b-roll and stock video footage on logobly HERE
FREE VIDEO FOOTAGE from Logobly
Pexels have lots of free video footage
Video Editors
OpenShot is a free and easy video editor
Clipchamp.com
Create your own deep fake with the Reface app HERE
Audio/Podcasting
Free Audio from Zipplist
5 places to get free audio and sounds (Richard Burns)
Mobygratis is a site created by the artist Moby.
Classical Music from MusOpen
Presentations
Google Slides
Free Cue/Prompter teleprompter at cueprompter.com
Images/Photos
Unless it is clearly stated, any image you use must be cited and referenced. Public Domain (PD) images and your own images can be used without citing and referencing.
Some curated Public Domain (PD) images can be found at the PD Image archive . These images are out of copyright and so become part of the Public Doamain. https://pdimagearchive.org/
below is an extract from the VTC 2021 Presenter Guidelines on how to use images:
USING IMAGES
Using Images
If you use images, such as photographs or clipart, on your slides, you should also credit the source of the image. Do not use copyrighted images without permission. There are sources for clipart and images that are "public use" according to Creative Commons licensing such as:
Creative Commons Search https://search.creativecommons.org/
Google Advanced Image Search allows you so filter results by usage rights (e.g., free to use or share): https://www.google.com/advanced_image_search
Openclipart.org: https://openclipart.org/ or https://publicdomainvectors.org/
Noun Project: https://thenounproject.com (free membership, must give credit to creator of icon following a specific format)
To make your images more accessible, you might want to add a description using the Streamlit image accessibility app from asuo. https://asuo-ai-labs.streamlit.app/Image_Accessibility
For information about how to attribute sources correctly, see this guide.
AI Tools
Remove the background of an image https://www.remove.bg/
Or just part of the background using AI with magiceraser.io
Enhance your low resolution picture withAI https://letsenhance.io/
Blur out a face on a photo- 10 best apps
AI draw anything https://www.autodraw.com/
Online Speech Bubble Maker https://phraseit.net/
Animate a child's drawing with https://sketch.metademolab.com/
Identify an object from a picture and translate it with https://thing-translator.appspot.com/
AI Drawing with https://scribblediffusion.com/- enter a sketch and description, this AI software will draw you an idea. https://scribblediffusion.com/
VTC2021 Presenter Guidelines. “VTC2021 Presenter Guidelines.” Google Docs, 2021, docs.google.com/document/d/1NK2Mrka0fFO9LrQg7pnYgUQzidnRcVeZAUR4f-CTVm4/edit. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.
Zipplisthttps://zipplist.co/ Photography has lots of links to sites with copyright free photographs.
https://pixabay.com/ has lots of FREE images.
How to find PD images on Google: under tools > usage rights > labeled for reuse.
17 sites for finding Public Domain images
Remove background from images using remove.bg
Create a meme:
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator
Find an image with no background. This mini-tutorial from Jake Miller explains how.
How to tell if an image has been manipulated?- from How to Geek
Check your image with Image edited.com
or with http://fotoforensics.com/
This Error Level Analysis (ELA) tutorial from fotoforensics will help you get a better understanding
Drawing Resources
The HIS Design Drawing resource page
VECTORS
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Access lots of free scalable vector graphic (.svg) sites at Zipplist
Free icons at https://icon-icons.com/
ConvertJpg to SVG:
https://www.online-convert.com/
Flaticon has a lot of free ad premium vector icons available.
Inkscape
Lynda Inkscape tutorial videos
More Inkscape tutorials from logosbynick
Tracing an image in Inkscape tutorial
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Prepare for Laser cut. Convert svg to dxf video from Ms Dung Attached (see below)
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CONVERT any file with https://anyconv.com/
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
SketchUp tutorials
Fusion 360 Cam Tutorial For more on cams and timberkits see Timberkits and JZ timberkits
Grabcad has many 3D Files and tutorials
FreeCads.com lots of nounproject like cad drawings
https://www.freepolygon.com/en/architecture more polygon files in different categories similar to the SketchUp warehouse.
3D printing projects and Coding projects, involving math and other K-12 subjects
https://www.instructables.com/member/EdgertonCenter/instructables/
Sustainable Housing Resource page
LASER CUTTER
OBRARY laser cutting resources including downloadable ebooks on the subject
GrabCad has lots of 3D files and tutorials
Maximise your cutting with https://deepnest.io/
20 piece Jigsaw puzzle template for laser cut.
Paper Engineering/PopUp Books
HIS MYP Design Popup Resources Page
The Ultimate Guide to different types of paper for printing. from BB press.
Paper Circuits
This guide from Exploratorium will get you started.
HERE are some photos on Flickr of existing cards made for Diwali
Ji Qui is a leading paper circuiteer
ADHESIVES (Glues)
This to that is a great tool for finding which glue to use when you stick THIS TO THAT
Stop Motion
Video
Video Editors
Green screen Chromakey editing/composite with Da Vinci Resolve tutorial from Explaining Computers
Virtual Reality
Google Cardboard (laser cut plans for plywood)
PDF converter EasyPDF
GIFs (Graphic Interchange Format)
Gif creators for Android
Gif creator for Apple Gif Forge
Gif creators for Windows
Quick Response QR Code Generator
Pixel Art
REMIXER from visualthinkery has a nice little pixelation template called Pixel-8
CODING
A list of YouTube coding tutorials recommended by FreeCodeCamp can be found HERE
Coding YouTUbe channel from Derek Banas
A list of Text Editors
Block
This program allows you to draw using your nose!
Learn about Cryptography
App Inventors
Android MIT App Inventor
Hour of Code (code.org) AppLab
Put an image on a photo of your device (eg. HTC One) with FRAME
A list of mock ups for app can be found HERE
App ideas can be found HERE
GameSalad from the UK
RPi code club Tutorials/Projects
Scratch tutorials from Code Club.
Scratch tutorials from Code Club.
Python tutorials from Code Club.
Python Tutorials from TeachwithICT
All in one high school list of computer tutorials
Arduino see page here
Makey Makey see page here
BBC Microbit from Techwillsaveus.com
A Microbit instrument tuner from Kitronik- plays the notes
Web Design
HTML/CSS tutorials from Code Club.
Where are you? Check your IP address www.whatismyipaddress.com
Cybercrime
This from MalwareBytes lists all you need to know
Google Docs
How to change the page orientation (LANDSCAPE or PORTRAIT)
add a Table of Contents (TOC) from the How to Geek site
Google Docs Originality Report
Check your work for plagiarism, citing and referencing issues
Spreadsheets
GoogleSheets is a very powerful tool See this translation command
Online and Distance Learning Tools
Record a Screencast
Screencastify- the school has a licence with this software- just sign in with your school email.
Watch this video on how to install on your Chrome browser.
The school has an account for Voicethread which enables you to comment and share on videos.
Here is a short tutorial on how to login.
To login to the school domain https://hisvietnam.padlet.org
A list shared by the folks at St Paul's of learning resources that can be used HERE
3D Scanning
We have a 1st generation 3d Systems Sense scanner.
The User Guide can be found HERE
Lots of scan files can be found on SketchFAb
3D Printing
Cura, the slicer software we use can be downloaded HERE.
Once you have downloaded and set your machine settings, you can import your exported .stl 3d print file. You can adjust the settings in Cura, to change the support, infill and other variables. The software will then create a file which maps every point on every layer of the print and gives G code commands to the printer of such variables such as speed and feed. It is this file which you then cop onto the sd card and put into the printer.
The MME machine: 3D Machine Settings for Cura can be found HERE
The Smart Design Lab Machine HERE.
with some instructions in VN HERE
10 Ways 3D printing will change the world- a short video
GrabCad collection of CAD files
3D printing projects and Coding projects, involving math and other K-12 subjects
https://www.instructables.com/member/EdgertonCenter/instructables/
Lithophane printing Images printed on 3d printer that display when light is shone behind.
See this website from Lithophane Makers for more
Is it safe to make coffee mugs from PLA?
T-Shirt Printing/ Heat Press
Power Heat Press Heat Manual instructions HERE
Thermal Copier has instructions HERE
Sublimation Printing
In order to print mugs you'll need to follow the instructions HERE
Data Sheet for temperatures and times
How to...print your design on a t-shirt using a transfer and the heat press.
Sublimation Printing
In order to print mugs you'll need to follow the instructions HERE
You will need to create an image that match the mug dimensions- these are 21x11.5cm or 23.8x9.8cm (Check)
The school has a pro Canva account (username: mainoffice@hisvietnam.com password
To prepare your image you can use CANVA (remember to set the size)
Save the image
Open the Sawgrass Creative Studio (you will need to sign up and login- use your school email, but a different password)
Create a new blank product - a 10oz mug
Upload the image from your Canva, move it into position.
Save- and you're ready to print!
Designers and Design Movements
This list from V Ryan has lot including the Bauhaus
Bauhaus architecture- The Dessau Bauhaus video
The Board Game resources page has lots of links to the Wiemar Republic
British Designers -see attached slide show D&T Heroes and Heroines
Women in Science- an article including posters and other resources.
Need a design problem to solve?
Technology Student have some example problems HERE
Young foresight had many projects
LIFT, DROP, SLIDE AND FLY? Paper Plane slide show- from Vistathink (instructions HERE)
Global Citizen has lots of resources
Safety
LSI https://www.labsafety.org/
ICASE icaseonline.net
SteAm Resources
A collection of hundreds of free K-12 STEM resources, from standalone models and simulations to short activities and week long sequences of curriculum materials. https://learn.concord.org/
36 Weeks of STEM resources HERE
Virtual Laboratries
Virtual labs / simulations:
Secondary Science Virtual Labs
6 Sites For Virtual Labs Your Students Will Love
Open Source v Commercial Software presentation
PROJECTS
https://sciencetoymaker.org/putt-putt-boat/make-a-putt-putt-boat/
Make a Putt Putt Boat like the one in the film 'Ponyo' from Sciencetoymaker (see image above)
Dyson Challenge Cards- a series of quick projects to work on.
Project inspirations Levels from Wired Magazine
Mini Bar Football fusal and Perfect Playground Design
FASTENERS
More HERE
Nuts!
Tools
(http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/equipex1.htm)
G-cramp (clamp)
This tutorial from V. Ryan explains how to use the G-clamp and also includes some safety tips.
Hacksaw
This video tutorial from V. Ryan explains how to use a hacksaw and file.
Hand drill
This tutorial from V. Ryan explains how to use the hand drill and also includes some safety tips.
Hand files
This tutorial, the first of 3, from V. Ryan explains how to use the hand files.
Hot Glue Gun
This tutorial from V. Ryan explains how to use a hot glue gun and also includes some safety tips
Soldering iron
This video tutorial from V.Ryan explains how to solder.
This VIDEO from DT Resources is how to solder led strips
How to solder - Youtube playlist
There are more articles about Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) and how they are created, on the V.Ryan webpage here
ERGONOMICS for schools- this website is a useful resource when considering furniture for the classroom
Blades- this company manufacters blades for knives
Vernier caliper
This tutorial from V. Ryan explains how to use the how to use the Vernier Caliper and calculate the measurement reading..
How-To-Solder-Beginners-Guide.pdf
Jude pullen video tutorials on how to join cardboard. YouTube channel HERE
Materials
For more on MATERIAL PROPERTIES, see the Ashby diagrams booklet HERE
Cardboard
We have a complete set of MAKE.DO tools for joining cardboard
See this article on Making Furniture from cardboard Furnigami
Lots of inspiration at the INSTRUCTABLES site
Jude Pullen has much on CARDBOARD modelling techniques among other materials. Why cardboard modelling is fantastic
Cardboard joint techniques from Banyule Nillumbik Tech School
DESIGN MODELLING TECHNIQUES from JUDE PULLEN including card, plastic, foam, electronics
Websites recommended by David Neat, 2017, Model-Making materials and methods, Crowood Press, ISBN 9781847970176
If send cardboard boxes to kids, think about this project for refugee toys..
Timber-
Timber-
Wood Guide.org has lots of guides to different types of wood.
Growth of Timber from civil engineering .
Lots of resources on WOOD and wooodworking on the OPEN MATERIALS WEBSITE
Dezeen Magazine has a feature on how wood/timber is being used in construction/ building https://www.dezeen.com/timber-revolution/
Wow! I made that! educational resources from the BWF
A glossary of wood joining techniques from the British Woodworking Federation (BWF)
Wow! I made that! educational resources from the BWF
Timber Trade Federation https://ttf.co.uk/
Plywood- what is it? From Open Desk.
See this tweet for how plywood is made
PolyAI
The TetraPak reformed eco-sheets we have in school are known as PolyAl (polyethelene and aluminium) see this article for more on the topic. Here is our supplier.
MDF- a description from Kitronik
Pewter is made of 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper
Recycling phone elements infographic article
The Vietnam Institute of Materials Science IMS http://ims.ac.vn/gioi-thieu-nhanh
OPEN MATERIALS- this website make innovative materials available to all
Calculating material SURFACE AREA and VOLUME
Electronics
Electronic components from D&T online
A Guide to Multimetres from espares
Resistors
DIGI-Key has lots on electronics https://www.digikey.com/en/edu
Explanation of resistors on Twitter X
FIX ANYTHING with IFixit guides
This is a tool which will help you set up a cut list with minimum waste.
Other school websites
Universal Design webpage from Brycen Davies et al
UNIS and the Beta version which is now here as https://sites.google.com/view/designcycle
Branksome Asia Design like you give a Damn G10 , you'll nit
Emirates International School Meadows - The ICT Club
The ICT Club resource page here- lots of sample work
Whitby- What is the MYP Design Cycle Anyway?
EiderSuso has lots of MYP Design Resources
RMIT OER Library Resources site Media studies, Communication, Design & Visual Art
BHS Home Learning- lots of tutorials from Stuart Lowe for teachers and here for students
Ashton Simmonds has some units Ashton Simmonds Here
An overview of MYP Design https://www.vistathink.com/myp-design-basics-one-perspective/
Design Technology Resources
DT Worksheets from the Institute of Engineering and Technology (theIET.org) New skills worksheets for D&T learning
DP Design Technology
From Discovery College HK https://sites.google.com/a/dc.edu.hk/diploma-design-technology/home
A IBDP subject guide (SL) is attached below
DP Design Site https://www.ruthtrumpold.id.au/destech/
BOOKS
Testing- an online textbook
GRASP the idea originally came from Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins
Design Courses
IDEA online tutorials you can gain badges with.
Here is a 2018 leaflet from iDEA.orrg.uk explaining their badges.
Open Culture has a list of free courses
People-Centred Design- A short course from the OU
MIT Open Course Ware
OU Design in a Nutshell Videos of different Design movements
Chicago School of Architecture- DiscoverDesign website
Design courses available on Ed-ex
Curriki has lots of Design courses
MOOCS are Massive Open Online Courses
DS106 Digital Storytelling (Skills) 106 is one of the first MOOCs and still on of the best
Here is a selection https://www.mooc-list.com/
IVY League courses here
2,500+ online courses from top institutions https://www.edx.org/
The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
MATHS and Geometry from Bootstrap
MYP Training courses from the IB
Videos
The Genius of Design from the BBC
STEM Engineering website
The Way to Design webpage has -A good intro video to Design What is Design?
Netflix have made some of their documentary videos available on YouTube including the sensational ABSTRACT: THE ART OF DESIGN (see below)
RESEARCH
Primary Research
You could use the Mentimeter to collect primary data
HIS School Library
Find all the books in the DESIGN LIBRARY here https://tinyurl.com/Time4Design
All the resources from the school library can be found at the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) HERE. We use a software package called Follet Destiny. To log in you need your HIS username- this is the same as your email WITHOUT the @hisvietnam.com
You should remember your password. If this is the first time you have logged in to the library your password is set as 'hislib'.
If you don't know or have forgotten your password, click 'forgot password', you will then be prompted to enter your username and barcode number, (this is 'P space and your full number').
You can now create your own password.
SORA- get yourself an ebook or an audio book.
This message from Ms Deb:
I am excited to announce that HIS now has access to a large collection of ebooks and digital audiobooks through a consortium of international schools in Vietnam. We can read and listen to books that have been chosen by all the schools, and in addition we can add the books that we want, for the use of all or only for the use of our students.
The easiest way to access your collection is with Sora. The Sora app is available through the Google Play and Apple App stores, and can also be accessed on any device/browser at https://soraapp.com/library/vnschools. Use your Google credentials to sign in to Sora.
Coming soon https://www.springshare.com/libguides/
Find a book not just by genre, but also by vibe with VIBERARY PIZZA
Chrome App World Atlas will help find some stats
Also available:
Other statistics sites
The World Counts- a statistics generator site
OurWorldinData.org
Fast Fashion- there are links to this on the Waste Resources page HERE
Anthropometrics
Design data website- Open Lab from Penn State Uni has lots of data sets and other design tools to help get the right fit for your client https://www.openlab.psu.edu/
Podcast about Measure of Man and Woman
DT IA
Product ideas from Yanko Design
Clastify - a student recommended site with past examples of IAs.
Arbor- Discover your impact.
The Global Oneness Project site has many beautiful videos on Human Lives VR https://www.globalonenessproject.org/
Is the Green eco product you are buying SUSTAINABLE. Amazon have this pledge
Make a donation/loan to a worthy cause: https://www.kiva.org/
Teacher tools
Wheel of names- good for choosing a random winner or groups.
Namelix - An AI tool to generate a company name and logo
TECH TOOLS- Web 2.0 An extensive list of online digital tools
How the internet works infographic
Here is another diagram of the Design Cycle with tasks
Design vocabulary from Quizlet
Tape measure developing ideas Product Development Folder
Zipplist has gone the same way as Makerbook- CLOSED DOWN! Here is an alternative list https://logobly.com/blog/freebie-sites-for-founders-makers/
Graphic Design Resources
Heather Dowd - a lot on Design.
Canva FONT, Colour and Images pdf presentationCanva Design Tutorials
Logo Resources- resources on this site.
The Noun Project- icons you can use (may need to be cited and referenced- see creative commons(cc) licence)
CLIP ART
Clippix and ClipArt from Florida's Educational Clearing House has lots of images for classroom use
50 Graphic Design terms from Canva
A list of Graphic design tutorials on YouTube
Crello is an alternative to Canva.
MYP VISUAL ARTS & DESIGN ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES of DESIGN (& ART! )from Tamagawa Academy
Sustainable Design Book Resources
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