Tag Archives: Fall 2021

Computer Graphic Design

WELCOME TO ADOBE INDESIGN 2021 – INTERFACE AND TOOLS

Welcome to our Adobe InDesign unit! Adobe InDesign is the industry-standard software for page layout. It’s what professionals use to produce all kinds of online and hardcopy publications. Today we will begin learning about the Adobe software suite, and the properties of the InDesign page layout software.  

Objective:

  • I can identify and effectively use the Toolbar, Control Panels and default Palettes in InDesign to produce and modify shapes and photo frames so I can place a picture into a photo frame using multiple techniques.

Vocabulary Words:

  • Default Settings
  • Toolbar
  • Control Panel
  • Palette
  • Shape Tool
  • Photo Frame Tool
  • Stroke
  • Fill
  • Place Command

Links:

Topics Discussed:

  • Adobe InDesign CC 2021

Assignment:

  1. Follow along with the in-class demonstration, or watch the attached videos under the Links header.
  2. Produce a new InDesign document featuring the following:
    1. At least (1) one picture of you
    2. Four (4) pictures of anything else (school appropriate!)
    3. Your name in 24pt type or larger
    4. One (1) text frame per picture, in 10pt type, explaining what the picture means to you (captions)
  3. Save the file as “Your Name – InDesign Day 1.indd”, upload the completed file to today’s assignment post in Google Classroom, and click the “Hand in” button to turn the document in by Wednesday, August 21st.

Assigned: August 18th, 2021
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 20th, 2021

Computer Graphic Design

ADOBE.COM ACCOUNTS AND THE ADOBE SUITE

Objective:

  • Successfully log into Adobe.com with your student.phoenixunion.org email address.
  • Test your Adobe.com Account by launching Adobe InDesign and logging in with your new account.

Student-Friendly Objective:

  • I can log into my new account on Adobe.com using my student.phoenixunion.org email address so that I can successfully access the Adobe Suite Apps throughout the school year.

Links:

Adobe.com: https://adobe.com

Topics Discussed:

  • Adobe.com
  • Adobe ID
  • Adobe Suite
  • Haydenmagnet.org

Assignment:

  • An Adobe account has been created with your student.phoenxiunion.org email address. This will grant you access to the entire Adobe Suite of apps, no matter what computer you sign into.
  • To test your access, click on your Launchpad (the little rocketship in the dock) and click on Adobe InDesign 2021
  • When the Adobe ID login window appears, enter your student.phoenixunion.org email address, and the password you created to log in.
  • You should now be able to access all of the Adobe apps installed on the computers in our department. We will be working with several of these apps throughout the school year, starting with Adobe InDesign on Monday.
  • If you have any questions, my email address is mi.marmolejo@haydenmagnet.org.

Assigned: August 16th, 2021
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 17th, 2021