DISCLAIMER: This is the 18-19 school year curriculum. I did not have time this summer to update the curriculum for the 19-20 school year. Those updates will occur periodically throughout the year on a separate set of pages.
The project folders, Youtube videos, and various digital resources for the class are below.
After the class completes the group activities listed below and in the google drive folders, students will have their roles assigned and be allowed to pursue each track at their own pace.
Each specialty unit is designed to give the student the necessary skills to be a better designer, photographer, business person, and writer. The content is also meant to be accessed out of order, should the need arise, by subject. For example the P5 projects are all in order of priority, but can be accessed by anyone at any time.
This material is adapted from Jostens digital classroom.
Group projects
G1 First day yearbook G2 Staff Roles and application process G3 First photos G4 Handing in photos youtube.com/watch?v=c5nFxn4r7hA youtube.com/watch?v=LFJWwAV3wkg G5 Calendars, Gantt, and Lists G6 Ladder timeline G7 Spread assignments G8 Color, layout, theme G9 YBA Intro youtube.com/watch?v=hvaq6UmRFaQ G10 Section spread cycles G11 Parliamentary ProcedureBusiness track
B1 Business team B2 Establishing our Identity B3 Marketing our Identity B4 Marketable coverage B5 Social media B6 Targeting students B7 Targeting parents B8 Ad sales B9 Personal letter B10 Follow up B11 Distribution eventDesign track
D1 Designing the yearbook D2 Theme planning a spread D3.1 YBA basics youtube.com/watch?v=hvaq6UmRFaQ D3.2 Templates, in YBA youtube.com/watch?v=QKhm_cWcISM D3.3 Color and Shapes in YBA youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-TdeMUrfE D3.4 Fonts in YBA youtube.com/watch?v=iIJljc24aLI D3.5 Uploading Images in YBA youtube.com/watch?v=c5nFxn4r7hA D3.6 Image placing in YBA youtube.com/watch?v=NTn6BYUG9Rk D3.7 The effects panel in YBA youtube.com/watch?v=umFIpz1UCIo D4 Alternative glyphs resources D5 Portrait panels in YBA D6 Finding free images to use D7 Colophon, TOC, Index D8 Submitting pages D99 Learning InDesign OPTIONALPhoto track
P1 Photo basics P2 Photo composition P3 Photographic storytelling P4 Photo selection P5.1 Lightroom basics youtube.com/watch?v=wcnQpmyia7g P5.2 Intro Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=FZnDhtV5ku0 youtube.com/watch?v=JuSP62ToBiw P5.3 Photo upload in YBA review youtube.com/watch?v=c5nFxn4r7hA P5.4 Aperture, DOF, and Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=yS1IZjPAEX4 P5.5 Blurry photos in Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=8IvMWJJxLLI P5.6 Color in photos P5.7 Color balance Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=CuldBwQGCUU P5.8 Selective color in Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=VlQ3q0txqa0 P5.9 Basic portrait fixes in Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=CzqX9S8gir8 P5.10 Portraits and Interviewing P5.11 Cutout background in Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=YQ4xAxTW3D4 P5.12 Group photo shoots P5.13 Hockney Photomontage Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=zxuyv8uKBRI P5.14 Images in text Ps and YBA youtube.com/watch?v=7-SijOZI3FA youtube.com/watch?v=NTn6BYUG9Rk P5.15 Dark photos Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=DPivyUvavi0 P5.16 Low light shoots P5.17 Backlit fix in Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=YCyzBUCohpE P5.18 Actions in Photoshop youtube.com/watch?v=OQYgsXAAlu8 P6 Photo contest P7 Replay it docs JostensSections and writing
S1 Ethics for writing and coverage S2 Connecting theme to writing S3 Writing headlines S4 Caption writing S5 Interviews S6 Polls and surveys S7 Creating quick reads S8.1 Coverage basics S8.2 Coverage- Academics S8.3 Coverage- Class specific S8.4 Coverage- Clubs S8.5 Coverage- Sports S8.6 Coverage- Student life, Misc. S9 How to Proofread and edit