SPRING 2008: WEEK 5 – LESSON PLAN – CS3 InDESIGN INTERFACE BASICS

Class, Good Afternoon

The topics for this evening are:

1:00 p.m.
• First Call of the Roll

• Announcements

• Blogsites reviews and critiques (Mid-terms are coming up and your grades will reflect if you are posting comments or not!! Please see your first assignment about blogs and I should be seeing your comments every week and your first photoshop final image assignment posted, tonight post your logos)

• Feedback on Project 03 (Logos)

• Check Points toward Mid-Term Assessment

1:15-3:00 Finish up all illustrator files and get them ready for presentation.

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. Second call of the Roll and any other announcements.

3:30 p.m. Presentations Project 03:Logo Design in CS3 Illustrator


4:00 p.m. In Design Interface Basics
• Lecture and Tutorials.
• Typography: Working with Text
• Working with Images
• Production Sequence: Page Layout- Printing
• Tutorial 1: DVD
• Tutorial 2: Text Frame
• Tutorial 3: Document Set-Up

4:30 p.m. Studio Time-Getting Started with Project 04- The Cover of a Magazine.

4:45 p.m.
• Mid-Term Exam Review
• Time to update your Blogs, DropOff Folder and Flash Drives.
• Due next class:
• Mid-Term Exam and Assessments
• Presentation Project 04- The Cover of a Magazine in CS3 InDesign.

5:00 P.M. Class resumes until next Friday.

5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M.If you wish to have extra-time with the instructor to address any specific questions regarding class tutorials and/or projects, Ragan will be available until 6:00 p.m.