Leduc Soft Tech

Week 1: Rules & Tools

Sept 3rd to 6th, 2019 Nov 6th to 8th

MONDAY

TUESDAY- First Day of the Term - SETTING THINGS UP!

• • CONGRATULATIONS! You found the Agenda!

    • SET UP your computer by SYNCing CHROME and Setting up Windows

    • BOOKMARK this page from your school account, and bookmark it at home as well

  • Systems Check - Computers - Computer Accounts - Google Accounts

  • What's the TIJ1O course about?

    • HardTech and SoftTech - 1st term v 2nd term (10 weeks each)

    • Learning how to learn with technology

  • RULES

    • What does RTM mean? How about AUP?

    • AUP Rules - Lab Rules

    • What's the payoff for following the rules?

    • What is the AUP, and why is it like a safety manual

    • Be sure to properly SHUT DOWN your computer after you're done - See you tomorrow!

WEDNESDAY

• • • AUP Rules - Lab Rules - why this is your safety manual

    • GoogleSites - You're making a website portfolio today!

    • Create a TIJ1O Portfolio Site before the end of this period: Do NOT customize it with alternate themes, colours or fonts - just follow the plan as written.

    • Be sure that you've shared your new portfolio with your instructor (Eric Leduc) as an OWNER

    • Be sure that you register your portfolio address using the form on the front page of your new portfolio. If it fails - look for a link on the Portfolio Gallery

    • Read "Controlling Pages" and complete all the tasks listed - Create and organize pages you think will be used in this course

    • Add appropriate bookmarks to Chrome for today's activities

• • DONE?

    • Create your own website. The first page should be an introduction of yourself. Things to include would/could be;

      • • • • Intro

            • Sports/Hobbies

            • Love of pets

            • Place of travel

            • Career in the future

THURSDAY

• • Finish Google site exercise

  • Assignment Audit - are you up to date? Did your portfolio get linked?

    • Take a look at web design principles

    • Add an original Portfolio Photo to the front of your new portfolio

      • Intro to Digital Photography

      • A good time to learn how to use HANDINS and HANDOUTS

      • Time to learn Photoshop Elements - Building a Banner

FRIDAY

• • • Assignment Audit

      • File Management

        • Read the File Management Rules FULLY and Complete the Exercise at the bottom of the page

    • Intro to Photography

      • Basics: BLT & F

      • Begin the Ultimate Selfie Assignment

Week 2: Photoshop

Sept 9th to 13th, 2019 Nov 11th to 15th

MONDAY

• • Photoshop - setting it up and orientation

    • • • Complete the Ultimate Selfie Assignment -

          • • Create a page on your site called selfie, include all 6 pictures on there (title for each)

TUESDAY

• • Photoshop - setting it up and orientation

  • Photoshop - Resizing and Cropping

  • Complete your Ultimate Selfie Portfolio Page in your portfolio

  • Start working on the Emoji Assignment

WEDNESDAY

• • Emoji Assignment

    • Complete the emoji and demonstration of various tools

THURSDAY

• • Portfolio Audit

    • Emoji Assignment

      • You need to create 6 different emoji. Each have to represent a different state/feeling/emotion. Following are the six emotions you will try to recreate

        • • • Happy

            • Angry

            • Hot

            • Cold

            • Energetic

            • and the last one should represent you (emoji selfie)

FRIDAY

• • Complete the Emoji assingment

    • 6 emojis

    • onto your portfolio

    • each named properly

Week 5: Sketchup / 3D Modelling

Sept 30th to October 4th, 2019 Dec 2nd to 6th

MONDAY

• • Modelling with Sketchup

    • Using photoshop and Sketchup to create a landscape environment

TUESDAY

• • Modelling with Sketchup

    • Using photoshop and Sketchup to create a landscape environment

WEDNESDAY

• • Assignment Audit and Progress reports

    • Making sure you're on target. Your Portfolio should include

      • Intro

      • Photoshop

        • selfie

        • emoji

      • Sketchup

        • dream house

        • dream basement

        • house landscape

  • Animation

    • Setting Up Flash

THURSDAY

• • Animation

    • Setting Up Flash

FRIDAY

• • Splashpage Animation Assignment

Week 6: Flash Animation

October 7th to 11th, 2019 Dec 9th to 13th

MONDAY

• • Follow the video instructions to develop your Splashpage Animation Assignment

    • Complete parts ONE, TWO and THREE this period

    • Note the EVALUATION RUBRIC at the bottom of the instruction page

TUESDAY

• • Review progress

  • Creating Animated GIFs and Embedding Animated GIFs

WEDNESDAY

• • • Portfolio Audit - who has a splashpage animation installed?

    • Portfolio Design Principles

      • Consistency

      • Completion

      • Organization

    • What looks GREAT! What could be refined?

• • Animation Boss Level techniquese

    • Easing, Action/Reaction

THURSDAY

• • Portfolio Updates

  • Digital Audio

FRIDAY

• • PD Day, no school

Week 7: Audio

October 14th to 18th, 2019 Dec 16th to 20th

MONDAY

• • • Holiday, No School

TUESDAY

• • Digital Audio: Countdown Exercise

WEDNESDAY

• • Portfolio & Assignment Audit

  • Digital Audio: Countdown Exercise

  • Embedding Audio in your portfolio

  • Audio Assignment - Morning Announcement or News Report?

THURSDAY

• • Audio Assets - SFX and Music

  • Audio Assignment Editing, Saving and Embedding - complete the assignment and add it to your portfolio!

FRIDAY

• • Audio Assignment Editing, Saving and Embedding

Week 8: Audio/Summative

October 21th to 25th, 2019 Jan 6th to 10th 2020

MONDAY

• • Complete and Post your Audio Morning Announcement Assignment . Hand in the WAV or MP3 to the Google Classroom

TUESDAY

• • Assignment Audit - Pre Summative checkup

WEDNESDAY

• • Portfolio & Assignment Audit

  • Soft Tech Summative Project Outline - you'll have only 5 classes to complete it!

THURSDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Production Day 1

FRIDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Production Day 2

Week 9: Summative

October 28th to November 1st, 2019 Jan 13th to 17, 2020

MONDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Production Day 3

TUESDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Production Day 4

WEDNESDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Production Day 5

THURSDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Production Day 6

FRIDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Production Day 7

Week 10: Portfolio

November 4th to 8th, 2019 Jan 20th to24th, 2020

MONDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Completion

TUESDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Completion

WEDNESDAY

• • Soft Tech Summative Project Completion

THURSDAY

• • • • Move into the Hard tech section of the course

FRIDAY