Technical Publishing/Multi-Media






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Bomber Ad Order Form Order by March 1st.
Bomber Yearbook Senior Ad Order Form Order by March 1st.

Each student will be responsible for completing each assignment given and will be graded according to the check list given for each assignment. All students and parents must sign the contract, in order to be in the Technical Publishing Class.

Begin learning about Censorship and Copyright laws pertaining to publications and public schools by reading and answering the questions in the Jostens Taking Issue - A Student Guide to Publication Law. Answer the questions at the end of each chapter and save them as your (student’s) name on the Yearbook Server. A good site to investigate the CopyRight Law is the Student Press Law Center. Another resource for information is Copyright Kids. Copyright Basics is another good information site.
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LEARNING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY: Students will study the techniques about Photography Composition Rules at this site and practice taking a picture using these various techniques. The Assignment is for the students to turn in 10 pictures using each of the techniques listed at the Composition website using students and school subjects in their pictures. Students will receive 10 points for each picture they turn in for a grade. Students may use their phone cameras and e-mail them to me for a grade.

DIGITAL CAMERA: Students will take snapshot pictures and then down load pictures and save them in the appropriate folders. Students will sign-out a camera for one day at a time. Check List You must complete a Check List each time you use the digital camera and the grade will be recorded as an Extra help grade - Picture Composition
Students will need to take 10 pictures each depicting one of the 10 Photo Composition techniques.
After learning techniques students will learn about the camera at SLR Camera Explained. Be sure to read the information below the video or simulator.
Students will then practice taking a picture on the Camera Simulator. Be sure to read the information below the video or simulator.

LEARNING PHOTOSHOP: First students will read, study and practice each of the 8 Lessons (this means complete each of the exercises, homework, assignments, and reviews) at the
Adobe Photoshop Basics website.

Students will review and complete the PhotoShop Tutorials and send them to me in an e-mail to be graded.
Beginning Photoshop
How to Sharpen and Image
Using Masks To Improve Landscape Images
How to use the displace filter
How to Extract
How to Fix Over Exposed images
How to Resize an Image without losing quality
How to Wrap text abound an object)
How to work with Shadows.

**Multi/Media-Yearbook 2nd year complete the following Photoshop Tutorials

Interface Tutorial
Pixelated Shadows
Converting to Black & White
Soft Desaturated Colors
Chrome Buttons
Chrome Bug
Cartoon Eyes
Bubble Gum Text

Then students will complete each of the following and e-mail them to Ms. Cassidy for a grade.

To take the Quizzes below online rather than using a document form;
go to Edmodo.com;
Click I am a Student; Use the code I have sent to your e-mail account; and take the online quizzes.
You will only have 120 minutes to complete the test - this is plenty of time to look up the answers at
Adobe Photoshop Basics website.
If students score less that 80% they will be required to do the word document tests below a second time for a better grade. Do your BEST - if you read the information you will have plenty of time!


PhotoShop Basics Quiz 1 - Lessons 1 & 2
PhotoShop Basics Quiz 2 - Lessons 3 & 4
PhotoShop Basics Quiz 3 - Lessons 5 & 6
PhotoShop Basics Quiz 4 - Lessons 7 & 8


SENIOR SPORTS COLLAGE assignment - students will create a Senior Sports Collage in PhotoShop for a senior player using the action photos taken at the sporting events. These collage are 11 inches by 17 inches at 300 Resolution - CMYK. Students must save these collages in the Senior Sports Collage folder on the yearbook server at the student's name and sport.

Begin planning the yearbook go to www.yearbookavenue.com login (your login is your first initial and your last name - no spaces or caps - the job number is 17388 - the year 2011. Study the help tutorials and learn the program. There have been many changes since last year.
Next begin planning the ladder (the order you think the pages should be in the yearbook). A signature is 16 consecutive pages; Example 1-16 is one signature; 17-32 is a signature; but 10-26 is NOT a signature.
Begin thinking about a theme for the book. Decide on the fonts you want to use in the book.
Plan the cover (anyone may begin designing a cover and we can vote if there are more than one).

ELEMENTARY PAGES:On the Elementary Class pages you go to PhotoShop - Select Open - then open the FES Yearbook Template. Then you go to the Individual picture folder- go to the grade you are assigned and then the teachers folder - open the student pictures. The list with the student names and pictures are on my desk. Select the cropping tool set it to 2.5 inches by 2.5 inches 300 resolution (select from the middle of the chest to just over the head - select all the picture - then select the move tool from the photoshop tool bar and move the picture onto the FES Yearbook Template - type the name of the student under their picture - repeat this until all pictures and names are used. Save the file in the Teachers folder as FES (grade - teachers name) 10-11.psd

For the Elementary collage pages you build the page just like the Senior Sports Collage except the size of the page is 8 inches by 10.5 inches at 300 resolution. Select the pictures for the corresponding folder arrange them in a graphically appeasing style (do NOT Distort any of the pictures - ALWAYS use the shift and grab a corner when reducing the picture in the collage). Save the finished collage in the corresponding folder.

BOMBER YEARBOOK PAGES: Students will be assigned pages online - yearbookavenue.com. To see their individual assignments only students must select their name in selection box on the left side of the screen and click apply. Students will receive a zero if their pages are not completed on the assigned dates.
If for some reason there are pictures and information (such as ADS to fill the page) that are not available at the time of the due date, pages should be completed to the best of the student’s ability (the ten pictures should be placed on the side of the page) and turned in to be checked on the date the page is due.
Students’ are responsible for having all needed pictures for their pages. Example: if a student is missing on the class page the student assigned this page is responsible for taking a digital picture and placing on the page; or if a picture is needed for an AD students are responsible for getting that picture themselves or to make arrangements with another student in the class to get the picture and I will count this as an Extra help grade for the student helping. If for some reason a student is never at school then allowances will be made BUT the student must make every effort to get the picture themselves. DO NOT EXPECT THE TEACHER TO GET ALL PICTURES. THIS IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY. Anyone with a driver’s license is responsible for taking needed Ad pictures (helping younger students get the Ad pictures they need for their pages will count as extra work.)
Students will receive 2 grades for each page assigned (one for correctness/creativity of the page and one for timeliness (pages with NO errors turned in at least one week early will receive + points)
Each page must be meet the requirements as documented in the Rubric - grades will be given according to standards set on the Rubric.

Design a cover or a page for the first page of the book, design a schedule for the Quaterback Club, or design a picture for the Quaterback Club Member plaque.

LEARNING PAGEMAKER: Students will review the tutorial about using PageMaker. View each of the Tutorials about Adobe PageMaker. Have questions ready for me to answer.


GOALS EACH STUDENT SHOULD REACH BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR:
Take pictures in a professional manner using a 35mm, digital or video camera.
Scan pictures and save as a .jpg or .tiff.
Learn to take pictures in a professional manner (lighting, alignament, etc.)
Edit pictures in PhotoShop.
Build 8 pages to be published in the yearbook.
Work as an individual or as a group.
Be a responsible student/worker and capable of making decisions. Color Test
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