Tes Description
A complete half-year / semester creative media curriculum covering Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, and Final Cut Pro.
Designed for secondary Graphic Design, Digital Media, Creative Media, Visual Communication, and CTE courses, this resource teaches practical software skills through hands-on activities and substantial portfolio projects.
Students progress through four complete units:
Unit 1 — Photoshop Layers, selections, retouching, adjustment layers, colour correction, blend modes and professional export.
Capstone: Promotional Campaign
Unit 2 — Illustrator Vector graphics, Pen tool, Pathfinder, colour, gradients, typography, logos and scalable icon design.
Capstone: Brand Identity & Icon System
Unit 3 — InDesign Page layout, grids, parent pages, styles, typography, multi-page documents, prepress and export.
Capstone: Multi-Page Editorial Design
Unit 4 — Photography & Video Lightroom organisation and editing, Photoshop roundtrip workflow, Final Cut Pro editing, titles, audio and export.
Capstone: Photo & Video Promotional Campaign
The course is designed around real production work rather than software memorisation. Each unit moves from instruction and guided practice into a major finished Capstone project.
Included Complete instructional units Teacher materials Student activities and handouts Lesson presentations Quizzes and answer keys Four major Capstone projectsRubrics and teacher guidance Unit tests Standards alignment Pacing guides Course syllabus Teacher guide Assignment tracker Gradebook Midterm Exam + Answer Key Final Exam + Answer Key
Full-course pacing guide
The course contains a 46-day baseline for 55–65 minute lessons and approximately 68–83 days for 40–50 minute lessons, making it suitable for a semester/half-year timetable.
Students finish with four substantial portfolio pieces covering promotional design, branding, editorial design, photography and video production.
Requirements
Access to the relevant Adobe Creative Cloud applications is required. Unit 4 also uses Final Cut Pro and requires access to a camera; a smartphone camera is sufficient for the Capstone.
Please note: This is a half-year / semester course, not a full academic-year curriculum. Software is not included.
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