Concepts
Information Design Applications
Concept:
Learning Experience:
(Instructional Strategy: Project-Based Learning) - Students will apply critical and creative thinking to visually and / or verbally express and represent their creative ideas with effective digital graphics solutions. Students will design, develop, create, and evaluate effective information design applications.
(Instructional Strategy: Project-Based Learning) - Students will apply critical and creative thinking to visually and / or verbally express and represent their creative ideas with effective digital graphics solutions. Students will design, develop, create, and evaluate effective information design applications.
Performance Task:
(Instructional Strategy: Project-Based Learning) - Students will be challenged with complex digital graphics problems to solve, designing, developing, creating, and evaluating effective information designs. Based on the criteria and constraints, students will determine the best possible solutions to meet the needs and wants of the end-user(s). Students will design, develop, create, and evaluate their design solutions.
(Instructional Strategy: Project-Based Learning) - Students will be challenged with complex digital graphics problems to solve, designing, developing, creating, and evaluating effective information designs. Based on the criteria and constraints, students will determine the best possible solutions to meet the needs and wants of the end-user(s). Students will design, develop, create, and evaluate their design solutions.
Concept: Introduction to Information Design
Learning Experience:
(Instructional Strategy: Class Discussion) Students will examine various forms of information design. They will compare and contrast the information design applications and summarize how each form is different, how each form communicates messages, and how each form solves a different communications problem.
(Instructional Strategy: Class Discussion) Students will examine various forms of information design. They will compare and contrast the information design applications and summarize how each form is different, how each form communicates messages, and how each form solves a different communications problem.
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Concept: Information Design Process
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Learning Experience:
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Infographic) – Students will examine the information design process infographic posted on our class website. We will discuss the following key points
- Start: Why are we creating designs?
- Form Ideas
- Gather Information
- Layout and Design
- Grid Layout
- Experimentation
- Testing, Evaluating,and Presenting
(Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Students will form ideas, gather information, create or gather design elements, organize and arrange design elements, and convert their ideas into design solutions that solve information design problems.
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Infographic) – Students will examine the information design process infographic posted on our class website. We will discuss the following key points
- Start: Why are we creating designs?
- Form Ideas
- Gather Information
- Layout and Design
- Grid Layout
- Experimentation
- Testing, Evaluating,and Presenting
(Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Students will form ideas, gather information, create or gather design elements, organize and arrange design elements, and convert their ideas into design solutions that solve information design problems.
Additional Concepts:
Resources:
Information: The information design process is an approach for breaking down a large project into manageable chunks. Designers use the information design process to solve a variety of problems.
- Information Design Process
Information: The information design process is an approach for breaking down a large project into manageable chunks. Designers use the information design process to solve a variety of problems.
- Information Design Process
Concept: Information Design Applications Peer Review and Innovation
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Learning Experience:
(Instructional Strategy: Analysis of Student Work / Peer Review) – Students can learn an enormous amount about design by assessing how others have successfully solved the same problem. Any design problem can be solved in a great number of ways, but each design solution bears positive and negative consequences. Utilizing peer review questions, students will examine, evaluate, and peer review sample student produced and professionally produced design solutions. Students will examine how and why the designer arranged design elements, why the designer choose the design elements, does the design clearly communicate the intended message and does the design solution work. Students will use what they observe to brainstorm ideas, innovate, and begin to visually represent their own creative ideas.
(Instructional Strategy: Analysis of Student Work / Peer Review) – Students can learn an enormous amount about design by assessing how others have successfully solved the same problem. Any design problem can be solved in a great number of ways, but each design solution bears positive and negative consequences. Utilizing peer review questions, students will examine, evaluate, and peer review sample student produced and professionally produced design solutions. Students will examine how and why the designer arranged design elements, why the designer choose the design elements, does the design clearly communicate the intended message and does the design solution work. Students will use what they observe to brainstorm ideas, innovate, and begin to visually represent their own creative ideas.
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Concept: Information Design Applications Layout and Design
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Learning Experience:
(Instructional Strategy: Project-Based Learning) - Students will layout, design, develop, and create information design applications that involve making large amounts of information clear and accessible to the intended audience. Students will produce designs that clearly communicate, make information easily accessible, and enhance any type of information for the end-user’s understanding. Students will create and organize design elements such as type and visuals on a page. Students will establish an underlying structure that helps in maintaining clarity, legibility, balance, and unity when working with a multi-page format. Students will establish a flow or sense of visual consistency from one page to another. Students will use design to grab the reader’s attention, generate intrigue, attract readers to specific content, and communicate messages quickly and clearly. Students will design for graphic impact and readability.
(Instructional Strategy: Project-Based Learning) - Students will layout, design, develop, and create information design applications that involve making large amounts of information clear and accessible to the intended audience. Students will produce designs that clearly communicate, make information easily accessible, and enhance any type of information for the end-user’s understanding. Students will create and organize design elements such as type and visuals on a page. Students will establish an underlying structure that helps in maintaining clarity, legibility, balance, and unity when working with a multi-page format. Students will establish a flow or sense of visual consistency from one page to another. Students will use design to grab the reader’s attention, generate intrigue, attract readers to specific content, and communicate messages quickly and clearly. Students will design for graphic impact and readability.
Additional Concepts:
Resources:
- Project Planning Notes
- Cover Design Layout
- Restaurant Menu Layout
- Infographic Layout
- Brochure Layout
- Magazine Layout
- Magazine Cover Layout
- Magazine Article Layout
- Magazine Page Layout
- Magazine Advertisement Layout
- Magazine Photo Collage Layout
- Magazine Product Review Layout
- Magazine Survey Results Layout
- Project Planning Notes
- Cover Design Layout
- Restaurant Menu Layout
- Infographic Layout
- Brochure Layout
- Magazine Layout
- Magazine Cover Layout
- Magazine Article Layout
- Magazine Page Layout
- Magazine Advertisement Layout
- Magazine Photo Collage Layout
- Magazine Product Review Layout
- Magazine Survey Results Layout
Concept: Applying Information Design Knowledge and Technical Skills
Learning Experience:
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Infographic) - Students will examine the infographic posted on our class website.
(Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Students will model, practice, and apply information design knowledge, selection tools, marquee tools, lasso tools, cropping tools, photo editing tools, eraser tools, painting tools, color tools, brush tools, pen tools, type tools, shape tools, magnification tools, image tools, layer tools, effect tools, filter tools, and / or blending options to design, develop, and create custom information design applications.
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Infographic) - Students will examine the infographic posted on our class website.
(Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Students will model, practice, and apply information design knowledge, selection tools, marquee tools, lasso tools, cropping tools, photo editing tools, eraser tools, painting tools, color tools, brush tools, pen tools, type tools, shape tools, magnification tools, image tools, layer tools, effect tools, filter tools, and / or blending options to design, develop, and create custom information design applications.
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Concept: Applying Design Principles to Information Design
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Learning Experience:
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Infographic) - Students will examine the design principles infographics posted on our class website. We will discuss the following key points. (Balance, Visual Hierarchy, Focal Point, Contrast, Unity, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity, Spatial Depth, Illusion, Grid, and Template)
(Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Students will model, practice, and apply fundamental elements of design, balance, visual hierarchy, focal point, contrast, unity, repetition, alignment, proximity, spatial depth, illusion, grid, and template to design, develop, and create effective information design applications.
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Infographic) - Students will examine the design principles infographics posted on our class website. We will discuss the following key points. (Balance, Visual Hierarchy, Focal Point, Contrast, Unity, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity, Spatial Depth, Illusion, Grid, and Template)
(Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Students will model, practice, and apply fundamental elements of design, balance, visual hierarchy, focal point, contrast, unity, repetition, alignment, proximity, spatial depth, illusion, grid, and template to design, develop, and create effective information design applications.
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Concept: Experimentation and Information Design Application Development
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Learning Experience:
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Infographic) - Students will examine the development process and experimentation infographics posted on our class website. We will discuss the development process key points. (Identify the Problem, Form Ideas, Gather Information, Design, Develop, Create, Experiment, Test, Evaluate, Refine, and Present) We will discuss experimentation key points. (Experimentation Notes, Design Principles, Tools and Technical Skills, Fundamental Elements, Expressing Creative Ideas, Custom Fonts, Colors, and Visual Effects)
(Hands-on Learning / Problem Solving) - Students will experiment with design principles, experiment with tools and technical skills, experiment with fundamental elements of design, experiment with expressing their creative ideas, experiment with custom fonts, experiment with color, and experiment with visual effects to design, develop, and create information design solutions.
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Infographic) - Students will examine the development process and experimentation infographics posted on our class website. We will discuss the development process key points. (Identify the Problem, Form Ideas, Gather Information, Design, Develop, Create, Experiment, Test, Evaluate, Refine, and Present) We will discuss experimentation key points. (Experimentation Notes, Design Principles, Tools and Technical Skills, Fundamental Elements, Expressing Creative Ideas, Custom Fonts, Colors, and Visual Effects)
(Hands-on Learning / Problem Solving) - Students will experiment with design principles, experiment with tools and technical skills, experiment with fundamental elements of design, experiment with expressing their creative ideas, experiment with custom fonts, experiment with color, and experiment with visual effects to design, develop, and create information design solutions.
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Concept: Testing, Evaluating, and Refining Information Design Applications
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Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Student Self-Assessment) - Using a pre-determined checklist of quality and completeness indicators, students will assess their own work and use the information to revise their performance task solutions or to plan future learning experiences.
(Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Design is not measured in terms of right or wrong, but rather by the degree of success demonstrated in problem solving. Students will examine, test, evaluate, and refine their design solutions to ensure they work, are neat, clean, accurate, and functional, communicate the intended message, and meet the needs and wants of the end-user. Students will utilize self-evaluation tools and questions to examine and evaluate their design solutions.
Activation: (Instructional Strategy: Student Self-Assessment) - Using a pre-determined checklist of quality and completeness indicators, students will assess their own work and use the information to revise their performance task solutions or to plan future learning experiences.
(Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Design is not measured in terms of right or wrong, but rather by the degree of success demonstrated in problem solving. Students will examine, test, evaluate, and refine their design solutions to ensure they work, are neat, clean, accurate, and functional, communicate the intended message, and meet the needs and wants of the end-user. Students will utilize self-evaluation tools and questions to examine and evaluate their design solutions.
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Concept: Finalizing and Presenting Information Design Applications
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Learning Experience:
Learning Experience: (Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Students will finalize and digitally present functional, aesthetically pleasing, thought provoking, and expressive designs that solve communication problems. Students will convert raw projects and / or files into a format that can be view by any person on any computer.
Learning Experience: (Instructional Strategy: Independent Practice) - Students will finalize and digitally present functional, aesthetically pleasing, thought provoking, and expressive designs that solve communication problems. Students will convert raw projects and / or files into a format that can be view by any person on any computer.
Additional Concepts:
Resources:
- Assess Your Work
- Cover Design Mock-Up
- Restaurant Menu Mock-Up
- Brochure Mock-Up
- Magazine Mock-Up
- Assess Your Work
- Cover Design Mock-Up
- Restaurant Menu Mock-Up
- Brochure Mock-Up
- Magazine Mock-Up