Adobe Visual Design 2

What are we working on in AVD2? Week-at-a-Glance Calendar 

 ◎ January 30 - March 24  (3rd Quarter)





Week of Feb. 20:  
Module 4 - Composition & Layout

•  Monday =  Teacher Workday, no school for students
•  Video: 6 Golden Rules Of Layout Design
•  Vector Project (Ai)
•  Slam Jam Logo (Ai), due Thursday or Friday
•  MSi InDesign Chapter 3, due Friday


Week of Feb. 27:  
Module 5 - Measurement, Resolution & Color Mode

•  Video: New Doc Set Up Presets & Preferences
•  Slam Jam Logo (Ai), due Monday
•  1.00 Design Principles Questions, due Tuesday
•  Intro to PS, units of measurement, resolution, color mode
•  Color Emphasis Collage (PS), due Wednesday
•  Measurement, Resolution & Color Mode Definition Activity, due Thurs.
      •  Robot Activity (PS), due Friday


Week of March 6:  
Module 6 - Intro to Publishing (1.04b) & InDesign (2.01)

•  Intro to Publishing Key Terms
•  Robot Activity (PS), due Monday
•  ACT Testing TUESDAY (work on MSI ID Chapter. 4, due Friday)
•  Videos: Intro to ID Workspace
•  MicroWorld Activity (PS), due Friday
•  ID Workspace & Tools Cheatsheet, due Friday


Week of March 13:  
Module 7 - ID Doc Set Up for Publishing

•  Anatomy of a Magazine
•  ID Workspace & Tools Cheatsheet,  Quiz Tuesday, open notes
•  ID New Doc Set Up,  Simple Layout Demo
•  ID One-Page Layout, due Wednesday
•  Top 12 Gallery (ID), due Friday


Week of March 20:  
Module 8 - ID Working with Assets

•  Placing Images in Frames in ID (Various Methods)
•  Top 12 Gallery Project (ID), due Tuesday
•  4.01- 4.03 Core Tools Sketch Notes
•  Coffee Table Book Project (ID), due Thursday or Friday
•  MSi ID Chapter 5, due Monday, 3/27
•  All missing Q3 work due Monday, 3/27

 ◎ March 27 - April 28  (4th Quarter)


Week of March 20:  
Module TBD

•  TBD


Week of April 3:  
Module 10 - Organizing Content in ID

•  InDesign Align Content
•  ID Menu Project (Group or Solo), due Thursday
•  InDesign Layers Panel
•  InDesign View Menu - Grids, Guides & Rulers


Week of April 17:
Module 11 -  ID Super Important Panels

•  Brain Buffet -  Projects 1 & 2
•  ID Techniques - Pages Panel & Master Pages
•  TBD - more to come

 ◉ May 22 - 26 (Current Week-at-a-Glance)

Module 13 - Special Features of ID

•  PS/ ID Combo Spread Project, due Wednesday
•  ID Techniques - Round trip editing,  Text Formatting, Placeholder Text
•  Text Wrapping
•  Certification Review

Our Canvas link for 3rd Block AVD2

Canvas contains modules for daily videos, lessons, class notes and assignments.
Our Canvas page is password protected - parents / guardians can email me for assistance in being added as an "Observer" for your student if needed: maria.hamilton@nhcs.net