Videoboard Design Course Syllabus
Mrs. Katie Gervais Year: .5 Credit
gervaisk@tracy.k12.mn.us Grade Level: 11-12
507-629-5505 Prerequisite: None
Course Description and Expected Learner Outcomes
Students will develop and use web design and graphic design skills to create professional, up-to-date graphics that are pleasing to the eye and easy to use. Students will be creating content to display on the Videoboard in the TAPS gym. Additionally, students will learn how businesses incorporate social media marketing. Media tools used within this course include, but are not limited to, the following: Google Sites, internet-based graphic creators, and social media (blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest).
Expectations and Goals
Students will understand that… A variety of tools can be used to create quality graphics. We will be using Gipper to create our content. Social media is an effective tool in marketing and business
Your success in this course will be in direct proportion to the time and effort you spend studying, practicing, and experimenting with the concepts and techniques presented. Your grade will be based on the accuracy of your performance in completing the tasks assigned.
For part of the course, you will work individually to create professional-looking graphics. Then, for the remainder of the course, you will work with a partner to create professional-looking graphics & social media tools. For these assignments you will be graded individually and as a partnership. There may be other daily assignments that will be graded.
Assignments are due on the date specified by the instructor. The final deadline for assignment submission is two days after the specified due date; a late penalty will be incurred as determined by the instructor.
Behavior Policies
Please be on time to class. You need to be in the classroom when the bell rings ready to start class. If you respect me, I will respect you. If you have a due date – get it done! This is great practice for the real world!
This course does not require much outside classwork – IF you work in class. Therefore, it is extremely important to keep up with the work on a daily basis and complete makeup work quickly. School policy provides 2 days of makeup time for each day you have an excused absence. Field trips are excused absences; however, you must ask for your work prior to the field trip and have it completed when you return. If you know you are going to be absent, please get the assignment and have it completed when you return. Getting behind will adversely affect your grade as you will be expected to keep up with the class when you return.
Materials Needed/Classroom Materials/Fees
There is no textbook related to this course. There is a Schoology site and you will be invited to the site the first week of the course. All materials needed for the year is on this site. You will need a pen/pencil occasionally for the class. Your assignments will be saved to folders on the server – I highly suggest you organize these folders as best you can. Save them to appropriately named folders.
Cell Phones
No cell phones. You will be allowed to use cameras if you need to take any pictures for your content.