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Camera Vocabulary: Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO
Students learn aperture, shutter speed and ISO in plain language, choose settings for scenes, and calculate how settings change the light.
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Color Wheel and Mood: Choosing a Palette
Students learn color wheel vocabulary, match palettes to moods and businesses, and draw a six-part color wheel.
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Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity: Critique the Flyer
Students learn four core design principles, diagnose problems in written descriptions of flawed flyers, and sketch a fixed layout.
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Logo Concepts: Six Types and a Page of Thumbnails
Students learn six logo types and what makes a good logo, then sketch six thumbnail ideas for a fictional tutoring business.
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Logo Lab: Design a Mark for an Imaginary Business
Students learn six logo types and design principles, brainstorm for an imaginary business, sketch thumbnails, finish one logo and critique it with a rubric.
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Photo Composition on Paper: Thirds, Framing and Leading Lines
Students learn five composition techniques, identify them in written scene descriptions, and practice them by sketching on a grid.
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Poster Layout Plan: Thumbnails, Hierarchy and Design Careers
Students learn layout basics, do margin and thirds math, match design careers, and plan an event poster with thumbnail sketches.
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Typography Vocabulary: Serif, Leading, Kerning and More
Students learn typography vocabulary with a word bank, sort type styles by category, and calculate type sizes and line spacing in points.