Documentation

Click on the link to visit the Year 11 Wiki for more information about the TVNZ project
http://y11dit.wikispaces.com/

You should now be working on creating your websites and all documentation should be complete. Any missing work must be done in your own time.

Gantt chart
You willl need to update these regularly, any changes must be justified (explain why).

Concept sketch (story board)
Please check page 5 of the US Answer book, this list what must be included. You will need to plan all of your pages (miniumum of 3) and annotate them.
Make sure you are keeping your project journal up-to-date explaining any changes you have made to your Gantt chart, describing any decisions you have made and explaining about any problems you have had.

Outcome of investigations
You should have a clear idea of your topic and be selecting the text and images for the website. You should have some design inspiration research in your clear files (can be from practice website if applicable), evidence of some thought and decisions into the choice of fonts and colours.

You should carry out your research and then add to your outcome of investigations, these should cover:

• Font
• Colour
• Layout
• Images to be used
• Text to be used

Brief
Briefs should be complete - make sure you have included the following in the specifications:
• Video
• Animation
• Downloadable file
• Table
• Pre addressed email

Web Design Project

Get a good start on this project, once you have decided on your idea - due Thursday 2nd July. You should aim to complete these 4 tasks by the beginning of term 3.

Task 1
Planning, you will need to create a Gantt chart

• Wk 1 to Wk 10 of term 3 (remember wk6 is exam week)
• Make sure that your tasks are written in full e.g. 'Research' should be explained, research into what? how?
• You need to add a column to list the resources you will need for each task
  

Task 2
Research, you have already done some research into good website design, you should add to this with your topic in mind.

Task 3
Site plan, you will need to draw a flow chart to show how your pages will link together

Task 4
Thumbnail sketches, you will need 3 ideas for the CSS design. Make sure they are annotated to show colour, effects, sound etc

TVNZ Multimedia challenge!

The Web Challenge site is now up and running. Read the website for full details.

http://www.tvnz6netguidemultimediachallenge.co.nz/Keypoints

All students must create a website for their Term 3 project.
PIT students can also work on the same website for their major project.
Entry to the competition is optional but encouraged.
Students can work in groups of 3 but documentation need to be submitted individually for each student.
Documentation for 18735 and AS1.4 must be complete by 11/9/09. Click here to look at the assessment criteria for the project http://y11pit.wikispaces.com/11DIT
Exam week is Week 6.
There is the option to take 15168 - "Enhancing webpages" during exam week.
Closing date for the Web Challenge is 25/9/2009. Time spend on the website during these 2 weeks will be at lunchtime/outside of school.

CSS

click on the link below and find some different styles, see how CSS can be used to transform a website!

http://www.csszengarden.co.uk/

Document Design

You should be building up a document which explains the different aspects of design listed below. You will need to access this in order to complete your leaflet evaluation next week.

• Images: Quality, size, file type, effects
• Colour: Colour scheme, CYMK or RGB, colour harmony, tone, colour associations, highlight
• Proximity: Layout, organisation, clutter, what should be grouped together
• Typography: Heading font, body font, font size, spacing, legibility, alignment, styles
• Contrast: Size, colour, weighting, contrast between items, stand out
• Balance: Asymmetrical or symmetrical, predictable, dynamic, hierarchy

Achieved, Merit or Excellent?

Ask yourself these questions?

Have you used a range of sources (Internet, booklets, surveys, interviews?)
Have you reworded your information (and kept evidence of this?)
Are you keeping your blog up to date?
Does your leaflet design consider the teenager audience in terms of style, content and layout?


If you can say yes to most of them you are working above Achieved standard.

Student assessment activity instructions

Research
Before you begin working on your own designs for your leaflet you should find examples of leaflets that all ready exist. Stick these into your visual diary and annotate them to highlight the good or bad design elements.

Planning
Before you begin to create your leaflet you are required to do some planning. In your visual diary, blog or similar:

• Identify the purpose of your leaflet, i.e. where and how it is to be used and who the target audience is.
• Identify all the requirements of the brief as specified by the stakeholder.
• Draw some thumbnail sketches illustrating how you will layout the pages of the leaflet. The sketches should show relative positions and sizes of both the text and graphics, identify the fonts, font sizes, text formatting and show the enhancements that will be used.

Creating
Once you have finished your planning begin creating your leaflet. The final leaflet must be saved, along wit all linked graphics, into a separate and appropriately named folder. All files must be saved with appropriate names and correct file extensions, e.g. .tiff for graphics.

Evaluating and printing
When you have finished, print proof read and evaluate an initial draft copy. In proofing and evaluating your draft ensure that:

• All specifications have been met
• All the supplied text and at least two of the graphics have been used.
• All spelling and grammar is correct (use a spell checker and get someone else to proof read it)
• All text is legible and reader friendly
• You have used at least two different enhancements (e.g. texture, borders, emboss)
• The leaflet displays balance, proportion, harmony and sequence
  

If as a result of your proofing and evaluation, you identify any chances that need to be made to the leaflet, make them. Then save and print a final copy to present to the stakeholder. You should also give your teacher the initial draft copy with proof annotations.

Brief

Please complete the template “the brief – blank” found in computing on the I drive.

Specification

• Wide range of information
• 3 fold leaflet (A4)
• At least 2 images
• Professional use of design principles
• Fonts used are legible
• At least 2 enhancements
• At least 150dpi

Over the holidays...

Make sure that your visual diary is up to date

• Research leaflet design, look at layout, colours used, fonts used, think about the target audience and subject matter.
• Thumbnail sketches of at least 2 different leaflet designs, remember to do the front and the back pages of both designs.
• Concept sketches for final design - this should be annotated both to describe the document and to say what tools and techniques you plan to use to create it.

Research and content
You should be gathering and creating the content for your leaflet, remember you need to show the original text and your version. Think carefully about the angle of your dangers of alcohol leaflet and the message you want to put across.

• What text do you need?
• How much text do you need?
• Is it relevant to the target audience?
• Think of your text layout - paragraphs? quotes? introduction?

You must record every source you use in your bibliography

Research in your visual diary

1) Keep your eyes open when you are out and about, pick up any leaflets - especially those that are examples of either very good or very bad design. Stick these into your visual diary and evaluate them.
2) Find some examples of leaflets / brochures / flyers on line and create one page of good and bad design ideas.
3) You should have at least 2 concept ideas for your leaflet on the dangers of alcohol. These should be well thought out and be annotated to show design concepts as well as the tools and effects to be used.

Make sure this is not you!

copy the link into a new window and read the 13 signs of a bad designer!
http://justcreativedesign.com/2007/12/06/bad-graphic-design/

If you go to the home page of this site you will find links to other interesting articles and design websites.

Examples of leaflet design

leaflet number 1 is a little boring as its mainly just text. They have tried to liven it up with a cartoon dog and some fun paw prints.











leaflet number 2 has used text boxes to have smaller chunks of text. Dividing up text into manageable sections is a great technique to use for teenagers. The text boxes can have solid backgrounds (see ones on left) or be slightly transparent (see one on right)











Leaflet number 3 uses a simple colour scheme throughout - Purple, green and yellow. Its bright and attractive so appeals to a younger audience. The border around the edge adds a little more interest and makes it look fun.











Leaflet number 4 has an excellent centre page. Bright colours immediately grab your attention. The page is clearly split in half but not with your traditional line. Word wrap has been used on the left to align the text with the squiggle. I will show you how to do this technique. The text contrast well on both backgrounds. Again the information is split into smaller chunks with the use of sub-headings in small frames. Extra depth has been added to the background by including footprints.

Achievement Standar 90032

Achieve - Demonstrate information processing from at least two sources from the list from either section.
Attempt has been made to reword some of the information and it is suitable for the purpose and audience. Sources have briefly been acknowledged.

Merit - Demonstrate information processing from at least two sources from the list, one must be from section 2. Information has been reworded and made suitable for intended audience and audience. All sources have been fully acknowledged.

Excellent - Demonstrate information processing from at least three sources from the list one must be from section 2. Extensive rewording to produce high-quality readible text for intended audience and purpose. All sources have been fully acknowledged.

the Dangers of Alcahol - Leaflet

Year 11
Unit standard 2788 version 5
Achievement Standard 90032
Deadline: End of Week 3 Term 2

Overview
Tawa College Counselling service would like a leaflet designed to alert
teenagers to the danagers of drinking excessive alcohol.
The counsellors feel it will appeal to teenagers if a modern, funky style is used, several images and quotes, data or stories from teenagers


Key Points
* Create an a 3 fold booklet containing information about the dangers of alcohol.
* Use a wide variety of suitable information sources:
Section 1 - books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, internet, CDs, databases
Section 2 - survey, interview, questionnaire, email, cell phone texting, telephone query.
* Reword the original information to appeal to teenagers (2.1)
* Use images and other effects to appeal to teenagers (2.2/2.3)


Tasks
A. Planning
Create a Gantt chart for the whole project. You will need to break your project up into tasks and work out how much time you will need to spend on each section and the order you will complete them. (1.1)
Sketch or stick examples of design inspirations into your Visual Diary
Write a brief on your blog. Your brief is a statement of use and should include the purpose and requirements of the documents. You should also plan for your use of resources e.g. information sources etc. (1.2/1.3)
Create thumbnail designs of your 3 Fold leaflet using blank pieces of A4 folded into 3. You should explore different layouts so shuld use several pieces of paper.

B. Acknowledge All Sources (90032)
Use your blog to keep track of all the sources you use. You can use one post and add to it each each lesson. Sufficient detail requires giving sufficient information for others to access the source, and generally will include:
• for a book source – author, title, date of publication and page number
• or a magazine or newspaper – name and date of publication
• for a website – full URL and date (updated and/or sourced)
• for email – the full email address and date of contact
• for a CD – title, year produced, name of article, search words if used
• for other sources – the relevant time/date/contact telephone number/email address – where appropriate

C. Creation of documents
Your documenets must be origional as far as possible (e.g. backgrounds) and any other images (e.g. from web) used should be referenced in your blog. (2.2)
Document demonstrates page layout and design principles (2.4)
Your work should look professional in its layout and the design and information should be appealing to the intended target market. (90032)

D. Evaluation
Proofing: Print out black and white copies of your documents and annotate them. You should be looking for; spellings, grammar, readability, layout and design. (3.2)Evaluate your designs against your brief: do your designs meet what you set out to achieve? What is good about it? Why? What could be improved? How? Were there any unexpected developments? Is the client happy with the result? (3.3)

Visual Diary
Your visual diary should include; brainstorms, thumbnail sketches, concept design, research into effects, tools and techniques and design. Your sketches should be annotated to describe different elements of your design for example font, colour, layout as well as justifying (saying why) you have made these decisions. Click on the examples to enlarge the image.

Gantt chart
Gantt charts are used to plan and organise our time for the length of a project. Using your brief you should decide the order of tasks and when you plan to carry them out. Here is an example of one:

Designer Profile

Deadline: end of week 5

Visual diary

• Research e.g. what designs do you like? What effects have you found?
• Ideas e.g. this could be a spider chart, thumbnails, colour / texture swatches
• Concept design e.g. layout, annotate justification, different options

Blog

• Design brief and specification
• Same as your visual diary but with words
• Ideas and developments

Produce solution

• Take a photograph of your designer
• Use Photoshop to create or work with different elements of your designer profile e.g. photo, background, heading

Bring together all the elements of your designer profile

• Use InDesign to put everything together
• Add text e.g. about your designer, where they are from, hobbies, their influences, style and their experience with design - what software do they like.
• Add effects to finish your designer profile