Today’s goal: Create an infographic, interactive image, or collage to promote a special menu offered on Friday, May 17 in recognition of Haitian Flag Day (May 18).

 Key skills you’ll practice: graphic/visual design, use of digital media creation tools

Haitian Flag Day digital media promotion

• You’re going to create images for the school webpage and social media to promote a special menu offered in recognition of Haitian Flag Day
• Important: only use photos from the sources below and make sure you’re creating something you are proud to have on the school site and in your portfolio!
• Where your stuff will go: school webpage, school/city Facebook, school/city Twitter
• This month we’re not offering a Harvest of the Month-based menu and are instead recognizing Haitian Flag Day with a special menu on May 17. Today school nutritionist Retta Smith will do a presentation and we’ll sample some Haitian food.
• Working in teams of 2, choose 1 medium to work with today:
  • infographic (sign up for free account)
  • interactive image (sign up for free account)
  • collage (no account needed)
  • Google (Doc, Slide, Drawing)
  • Canva
• Get images:
  • https://unsplash.com/
  • https://www.pexels.com/
  • Bing.com (do image search, then search for free to share and use)
• Facts to include in your graphics:
  • Date of special menu (Friday, May 17)
  • Reason for special menu (Haitian Flag Day)
  • Details from Ms. Smith’s presentation

 Checklist for Success

• Make sure you do the following to end up in the “wildly successful”, A-range category.
• Wildly successful (A-range):
  1. Completed collage, infographic, or interactive image
  2. Images came from sources listed above
  3. Strong, obvious attempt to create an appealing visual theme
  4. Images chosen carefully to go along with visual theme and to be as visually appealing as possible
  5. Text information included is helpful and descriptive, and includes facts listed above.
  6. Text is easy to read
• Moderately successful (B/C-range):
  1. Completed collage, infographic, or interactive image
  2. Images came from sources listed above
  3. Images somewhat appealing; evidence of some attempt made to create visual theme.
  4. Text information included is helpful and descriptive, but doesn’t include everything listed in the wildly successful model.
  5. Text is somewhat hard to read
• Not so successful (C or lower-range):
  1. Incomplete graphic
  2. Little effort put into creating visual theme
  3. Images from sources other than those listed
  4. Minimal text that provides little information
  5. Text is hard to read