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Enhancing Instructional Value with Graphics Applying Visual Learning Principles to Your Classroom Presentations. Dr. Corey Lee, Assistant Professor Dr. Joe Winslow, Associate Professor & Department Chair Dr. Jeremy Dickerson, Associate Professor. CRAP Principles in Visual Design.
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Enhancing Instructional Value with Graphics • Applying Visual Learning Principles to Your Classroom Presentations • Dr. Corey Lee, Assistant Professor Dr. Joe Winslow, Associate Professor & Department Chair Dr. Jeremy Dickerson, Associate Professor
Alignment • Key idea: Nothing should be placed on the page arbitrarily. Every item should have a visual connection with something else on the page. • Strong alignment helps guide the user's eye, making the page easier to browse and drawing the eye to the most important parts of the page. • According to Williams: • center alignment tends to look formal and can sometimes look dull or "mushy" • strong left or strong right alignment looks more professional and clean
Contrast Contrast makes a page more interesting and readable Key idea: • If two items are not exactly the same, make them different, really different. • Shape, font face, size, weight, texture, line, spacing, color, etc.
Contrast Example Less effective More effective
Contrast Example LESS effective MORE effective
Proximity • Key idea: Group related items together. • Proximity helps the user identify which items go together • Close proximity implies a relationship • Use placement, size, and color to group items that go together • Don’t be afraid of empty space! – Less is MORE
Repetition • Key idea: REPEAT some aspect of the design throughout the entire piece. • Repetition of visual elements throughout the design unifies and strengthens it by tying together otherwise separate parts.
Instructional Visuals • more interesting • more engaging • enhancing learners’ comprehension of instructional materials.
Presenting Numerical Facts Number of Scouts Protecting Maasai Wilderness
Presenting Numerical Facts Percentage of Groups Using the Internet
Making Comparison Average Hours of Sleep by Adults in the US