A Desktop Publishing Simulation

 Demonstrate proficiency in using desktop publishing software to produce a variety of business documents  Combine text, graphics, & a variety of design elements to produce creative, professional business-like documents  Interpret & apply desktop publishing document design & page layout instructions successfully

 Use basic, intermediate, & advanced features of desktop publishing software  Demonstrate proficiency in working with graphic images  Demonstrate proficiency in working with type including typefaces (fonts), type styles, & type sizes

 Organize data & information in a clear & concise manner to produce professional documents  Use & apply design elements and objects to enhance the appearance of business documents  Demonstrate ability to complete a real world publishing simulation

 Use technical writing as a tool to enhance readability of business documents  Apply advertising & marketing skills in business document production  Demonstrate creativity & critical-thinking skills to produce attractive, interesting professional documents  Demonstrate the abilities of planning & decision- making to produce professional business documents

 Document will be…  Attractive  Pleasing to look at & read  Well-organized  Self-explanatory  Text and images are carefully linked to each other  Design & content are appropriate for the target audience

 Have a paper plan  Know your audience  Use the right amount of white space  Use minimal typefaces (fonts)  Keep everything in proportion  Use page margins & spacing wisely

 Choose the right graphics  Establish a professional identity  Proofread for…  Spelling  Grammar  Design  REVISE, REVISE, REVISE

 Congratulations! You’ve started your own band!  For the last 2 years, you’ve been out in your parents’ garage playing, practicing, & writing songs.  But no one noticed…  Until now!  It’s time to come “out of the garage” and into the public eye.

 To do this, you will give your band a professional image to get it noticed.  By using your creativity & desktop publishing design skills, you’ll…  Be taking the stage  Performing a free concert to gain publicity  Receiving a recording contract  Taking your act on a national concert tour  Get ready to learn what it’s like to market and promote a real product  Your own band!

 Stonehenge is a band created specifically for this simulation  You may not copy any of their documents!  They are in the book to serve as examples only  Do not copy the design nor the content  Read pages 14-16

 What do you think of Stonehenge?  How can looking at Stonehenge’s documents help you design your own?  Why should you not copy the sample documents provided by Stonehenge?

 In your student drive, you should already have a folder called Desktop, Multimedia, and Web Technologies OR DMW  Open it  Create a folder called Concert Tour YourName  Save everything from this simulation in it  In addition, Drop a copy of every completed project into Mrs. Bullock’s Inbox  Be sure to name your projects correctly!

 Submit all completed work as they are completed!  You will be presenting your project on the day of the exam!  Dress appropriate for presentation  Be prepared to show and discuss each of your completed Projects  Be prepared to answer questions regarding your Projects

 What is your role in this simulation?  Why will it be important to know your target audience?  Will be required to write a good description  What types of design elements will help your band create a professional image?

 Instructions for Projects 1-18  Rubric Table for Grading  Grading Sheet