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Project 1: Hall Pass

Digital Media & Production A

Project 1: Hall Pass

Problem:  At Eaton Rapids High School, all students must have a pass when accessing the hallways during class time. Students in Digital Media must have their own personalized hall pass that they will use if they must leave class.

Objective: Using your previous Photoshop skills, students will create a Studio 143 Hall Pass that can be printed, laminated, and used throughout the trimester.

Project Requirements:

1. Have your photo taken on the first day of class (this will then be uploaded to the M:drive for your class period)

2. Your Hall pass must include the following:

            a. Your photo as taken on the first day of class (you are responsible for cropping and editing the photo)

            b. Your name and class period

            c. The Studio 143 Logo (provided on the M:drive)

            d. Something that represents you (unique background, image, etc.)

3. A rough design (paper and pencil drawing approved by E.Smith)

4. Open Photoshop and open a new document sized 3 x 5 and 300 ppi.

5. Create your Hall Pass, save as a .jpg and email to esmith@erpsk12.org using your gmail account.

6. Post project to your blog

Grading Criteria (10 points)

1. Rough Design Approved – 2 points

2. Pass is the correct size and saved as a .jpg – 2 points

3. Pass includes name and class period – 2 points

4. Pass includes Studio 143 logo and something that represents you – 2 points

5. Emailed to esmith@erpsk12.org and posted to your blog – 2 points

Lab 1: Blogger

Digital Media & Production A

Lab 1: Blogger

Problem:  In order for students to submit their work in Digital Media A, they must create a blog for Mr. Smith to check their assignments.

Objective: Using their personal Google ID, students will create, personalize, and share with Mr. Smith a blog using www.blogger.com.

Project Requirements:

1. Sign in to Google using your Google ID (If you do not have one, create one…It is free)

2. Go to www.blogger.com (you can access this through the options on the Google menu)

3. Create a blog following the steps provided on the website.

4. Give your blog a unique URL (example: studio143andmore.blogspot.com) and share this URL on the given link on Mr. Smith’s website.

5. Personalize your blog any way you like.

6. Make your first post to your blog – Have you ever used a blog before and what did you use before (1 full paragraph)

            *Note to students: When I say “Paragraph” I mean you must have a topic sentence plus at least 3 supporting sentences. This is a MUST!*

Grading Criteria (10 points)

1. You have a Google ID – 2 points

2. Create your own blog using www.blogger.com – 2 points

3. Post your name and blog address to Mr. Smith’s Google Form – 2 points

4. Personalize your blog with your own settings – 2 points

5. Make your first post to your blog in a complete paragraph – 2 points

Digital Media Questionnaire

Click HERE for the survey

Week 4: Make Belief Comix

This week, you will create a digital comic strip re-telling your favorite story from childhood (or now if you didn't like any stories as a child).

To complete this project, you will use the following link:  Make Belief Comix

This is a free service that allows you to be creative, have fun, and share ideas with friends.

Requirements:

1. Choose a story to retell (must be approved by me)
2. Cut your story down enough so it can fit on 12 comic panels.
3. Go to Make Belief Comix, following the link above.
4. Choose either the three or four panel template at the bottom right of the screen.
5. Create your comic strip panel by panel.
6. When you complete one set of panels, take a screen shot and paste it into photoshop (You will be combining all of your panels to make the final project.
7. Repeat the steps until you have 12 panels that tell the story you chose.

8. Your final project MUST have a title at the top left of the photoshop document and your name at the top right (just above the first set of panels. It MUST include 12 panels.

9. Save it as a jpg and post to your blog.
10. Have fun.

Lab 4: Embedding videos on your blog

Your blog can be used for more than sharing your thoughts, views, or your projects. You can also embed videos to play on demand on your blog very easily. This lab will consist of you creating an Elf Yourself video and then embedding (not simply posting a link) to your blog.  Below is an example of a properly embedded video.

Requirements for this project:
1. Choose how many people you want in your video and secure pictures of them.
2. Go to http://host-d.oddcast.com/elfyourself2012/home.php
3. Choose Upload Photo (since we do not have webcams on these computers and you can't create your movie live).
4. Fit the faces of your people as best as possible and make sure you add them all before creating the video. 5. Once you have created your video you must embed it in your blog.
6. On the Elf Yourself website, click the purple link next to Share for Free (this gives you the code necessary to place the video on your blog). Hit OK to copy.
7. Log into blogger, make a new post, and make sure you click on the HTML tab at the top of the post.
8. Paste the link onto your blog.
9. Publish your post.

2nd Tri Lab 3: Subway Art in Publisher

We are going to step away from Photoshop in this project and have you explore around in Microsoft Publisher. We are going to create Subway Art like the project shown above.

The example shows a Subway Art collage for the Fall. Yours can focus on one of two subjects: Winter or Digital Media class (this class for those of you that don't know where you are).

Requirements:

1. Choose your topic and brainstorm a list of 15 - 20 words that describe your topic. (check with me before moving on)
2. Open Microsoft Publisher
3. Open a blank publication
4. Create a text box for your first  word (click INSERT, Text box) -- Make the text box the size you want.
5. Choose a font, size, and color (Format, Colors)
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the rest of your words (You must use a different font for each word)

**You may want to use dafont.com to find better fonts than offered by your computer.**

7. Save as a jpg and post to your blog.