graphic design

Class Monday, May 21, 2018

 Today’s Goal:

  • Create 2 graphics (choices below) for the school website and/or Medford’s social media (Facebook and Twitter)

 Today’s featured website:

 Create a graphic

  • Your choice- you are going to create 2 graphics that will be posted online (Medford Public Schools/City of Medford social media):
    1. Memorial Day
    2. Last Day of School June 20
    3. Graduation, Class of 2018
    4. Fourth of July
    5. Do your summer reading/summer reading reminder
    6. Happy Summer Vacation
    7. First Day of School August 28
    8. Medford Farmers Market (June 7 – October 25; Thursdays 3 – 7 pm; Condon Shell on Route 16, Medford)
    9. Go Mustangs! (something to run for our school sports during any season)
    10. Something you decide- MUST be school or Medford-related (please run it by me first)
  • To create these: you can use Pixlr.com (Editor or Express), Microsoft Paint, or Canva (new; you will need a free account)
  • Get your images from: Medford’s Facebook page, Pexels, Unsplash, or Bing.com (do image search, then filter to free to share and use).
  • When you finish: Let me review it BEFORE you email it to me (agoldsberry@medford.k12.ma.us).

 Checklist for Success

  • Make sure you do the following to end up in the “wildly successful”, A-range category.
  • Wildly successful (A-range):
    1. You would be very proud to have this posted online representing Medford!
    2. 2 completed graphics
    3. Images came from sources listed above
    4. Strong, obvious attempt to create an appealing visual theme (colors, text, images)
    5. Images chosen carefully to go along with visual theme and to be as visually appealing as possible
    6. Text is easy to read
  • Moderately successful (B/C-range):
    1. You would let me post it but wouldn’t want anyone to know you created it
    2. 2 completed graphics
    3. Images came from sources listed above
    4. Images somewhat appealing; evidence of some attempt made to create visual theme.
    5. Text is somewhat hard to read
  • Not so successful (C or lower-range):
    1. You definitely wouldn’t want me to post this
    2. Incomplete graphic(s)
    3. Little effort put into creating visual theme
    4. Images from sources other than those listed
    5. Minimal text that provides little information
    6. Text is hard to read