1. Welcome to Graphic Design

2. My name is Ms. Masihi pronounced mass-ee-hee
My Credentials
I have been teaching Computer related subjects since the year 2000
In 2011, I earned a Master of Arts degree specializing in Education Technology, from CSUN
Some of the computer subjects I taught were; word processing, spreadsheets, databases, multimedia presentations, publications, Stick figure Animation Scratch programming and Google apps such as docs, sheets and sites
After teaching Photoshop I realized how much of my creativity had been suppressed for the sake of core subjects and decided to enroll in a Design Fundamental’s course with UCLA and I am proud to share my learning with you.

3. What will I learn?
In this course you will learn the fundamentals of Graphic Design and its’ history.
You will think like a designer by communicating ideas with images and the process that designers go through to make constant improvements.
You will draw, take pictures, edit and manipulate images with Photoshop and convert raster image types into vector, with Illustrator.
After every few weeks of acquiring skills in Photoshop, we will create industry led Graphic Design projects such as a logo, reproduction of a flyer, an Illusion, a Movie Poster and a CD Album cover.
And lastly, you will create a master piece as your Final.

4. How to access and submit projects?
The following is the course website –
To access all the digital files and to save and submit projects for grading you will be given a username and password to G104 server the address of which will be displayed on the board.

5. How is the grading weighed?
Categories
Weight (%)
Teacher Demos
10%
Design Fundamentals
15%
Photoshop Projects
20%
Review Qs
Graphic Design Projects
Classroom Expectations & Conduct
Final Art

6. course requirements
Memorize the course website address –
Know your Schoology username and password as you will take test on it (a must)
Personal Ear phones/head phones (a must)
A notebook or a section of a notebook dedicated to Graphic Design (a must)
One flash drive (a must)(at least 2 GB)

7. Graphic Design
Please Note
This is a combination of informal processes & structured progression requiring 100% focus and dedication to earn an ‘A’.
it’s easy to drop to a lower grade by missing just a few projects and not respecting and following the class conduct.

8. Do you have any questions?

9. What are the 7 categories of grading?
Quiz time
What are the 7 categories of grading?
What items should you bring to this class?
What is the course website address?
What weight is given to classroom expectations, procedures & conduct?

10. Next, we will get to know one another.
The following session, we will learn the class expectations and procedures which will be repeated a couple of times during the semester, as necessary.

11. Thank you for your reading
Thank you for your reading and I look forward to helping you learn about Graphic design