August 28-Sept 1

• Introduction to Classroom Policies & Procedures

• Unit 1 - Careers in the History of Digital Design

  • begin Objective 1.01 (career innovations)

  • Individual research timeline on a specific career in digital design

  • Group Project Presentation: Careers with Production, Graphics, Animation, & Gaming

Sept 5-8

• Finish Timelines by Wednesday, Sept 7

• begin Objective 1.02 (software/hardware)

• Group Presentations under the 4 pathways: Friday, Sept 9

Sept 11-15

• guided notes with ppt on software/hardware

• What's your creativity discussion write-up

• Understanding Copyright/intellectual property

• Unit 2 - Introduction into Adobe Photoshop

  • Comics (scripts)

  • Tools and using them

Sept 18-22

• Working on Eye Project in Photoshop

  • layer masks

  • hue/saturation changes

  • Groups/Layers

  • PNG, JPG, PDFs

• Working on Hybrid Animals in Photoshop

  • clone tools

  • selection tools

  • blending modes

• Copyright Discussion on Canvas

• Making an animated GIF in Photoshop 

  • How to make a frame animation (of a little monster)

Sept 25-29

• Working on a building a character in Ps with special tutorial/ guest Mr. Joel Campbell of Hoggard's DDA class

• Raster/Bitmap Versus Vector 2D graphics

  • notes/quizizz review

• Guided Practice: "Garden" in Adobe Illustrator

  • creating shapes

  • using tools

  • shortcuts

  • exporting and saving

  • transparent PNGs

• Apple Logo (independent practice with Video tutorial help)

Oct 2-6

• Unit 3 - the Principles and Elements of Design

  • Color Theory

  • Composition

  • the Production Cycle and Production Pipeline

• Working Adobe Illustrator: Vector Surfer Van / Getting Skilled in Tools & the Interface

Oct9-13

• More with Illustrator: making Isometric Designs (2D graphics that seem 3D)

• Prepping for the MID-TERM check-in Review Test for DDA 1

Oct 16-20

• The History, Background, and Traditions of Animation

• 2D Animations

• Begin to Animate in After Effects

Oct 23-27

• Typographic Animation / Motion Graphics

• Writing code expression in Adobe After Effects

• Telling a story through animation

• Creating a Game Scene / using Audio in your scenes

Oct 30 - Nov 3

• Using Adobe Animate to draw and animate

• Comparing and contrasting Ae & An

Nov 6-10

• 12 Principles of Animation

• Creating a dynamic animated character

Nov 13-17

• Using Live Action along with Animation

• Full audio with animation

Nov 20-24

THANKFUL FOR ANIMATION AND DIGITAL DESIGNS!

Nov 27- Dec 1

• 3-D interface; learning 3D Max by Autodesk

• Creating a Coffee Mug

• Creating a Pencil

Dec 4-8

• Independent Practice in creating several 3D objects