CTE Graphic Design Basics is a one-year, Career Technical Education
course that introduces and emphasizes the development of professional
design skills in visual communications, graphic design, and layout. The
course incorporates project-based learning and is constructed so that
each unit builds and prepares student skills to be applied in subsequent
units. A rigorous framework of reading, writing, class discussions, and
design exercises enable each student to master a foundation of
techniques and skills they apply to assigned projects using page-layout
or image-editing software. They acquire an awareness and appreciation
for contemporary design in today’s global environment, and learn to
value the nuances of graphic communication. The course objective is to
enable unique and effective, critical and creative problem solving
skills to organize students for an entry-level career or for more advanced studies in graphic communications that concentrate on topics merely introduced in this course.
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Graphic design II is a course that provides advanced study in communications design, with strong emphasis on electronic publishing. The course follows the industry's leading technologies in creating online interactive multimedia applications, which are supported by PCs and remote devices. The course is open to continuing Graphic Design students.
The software we use is InDesign, which is the industry standard long document publisher. It provides the tools for creating interactive content that can be converted to Acrobat and several other electronic publishing formats, including Acrobat, iPad, and Android.
During the term, students will have the opportunity to produce a variety of publications from artwork and literary material produced by MVHS students. These may be printed or uploaded to various websites as interactive Acrobat applications.