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CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 1 Assignment Why is Visual Literacy Important For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Why is Visual Literacy Important Watch Brian Kennedy’s TedTalk: Brian Kennedy: Visual Literacy and Why We Need It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefLEpds5Is), and address the following questions:
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 1 DQ 1 Using Visuals to Communicate For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Using Visuals to Communicate Regardless of where you work or what your career is, learning how to communicate effectively and professionally is important if you want to succeed. Further, learning how to successfully utilize visual media in your communication can dramatically enhance the effectiveness of your message.
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 1 Journal The Evolution of Media For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com The Evolution of Media Over the past several decades, communication media have evolved significantly. In addition to communicating messages through books, newspapers, and magazines, we now have the ability to communicate through blogs, websites, and social media like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 2 Assignment Final Project - Step Two For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Final Project- Step Two Last week, you discussed a possible message to communicate in your final project. For this assignment, you will develop an outline that clarifies your message and expands upon it, filling in any gaps that either your classmates identified in the discussion forum, or you identified over the past week.
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 1 Typography in Business For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Oftentimes, we can’t avoid using words to communicate messages. And sometimes, we’re even limited with the visuals we can include. So, how can we make our messages as clear and aesthetically pleasing as possible? Incorporating typography can assist us in this…
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 2 Bauhaus Manifesto For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Your textbook describes design in light of the Bauhaus manifesto. According to the Bauhaus Design History (http://designhistory.org/Bauhaus3.html), what was so new about the Bauhaus modern art school “was its attempt to integrate the artist and the craftsman, to bridge the gap between art and industry.”
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 3 Assignment Using Photographs from the Web For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Using Photographs from the Web Today more than ever, photographs and other visual media are at our fingertips. Whether it’s through Google Images or Flickr, we have endless visual media available for us to use. Or, do we?
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 3 DQ 1 Photography and Composition For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Photography and Composition When considering magazines like National Geographic, or social media like Pinterest, it becomes evident that photography plays an instrumental role in visual communication. However, creating an impactful photograph is not always easy.
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 3 DQ 2 Motion Pictures For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Motion Pictures Like photographs, motion pictures are a significant medium for visual communication. Watch at least three of the documentary trailers, below: Documentary Trailers
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 3 Journal Visual Communication Today For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Visual Communication Today Visual communication is just about everywhere we look. Reflect on the visuals you’ve seen in your daily life over the past couple weeks, and the messages they’ve communicated (e.g., TV commercials, billboards, magazine ads, web ads, websites, product packaging, photographs, etc.).
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 4 Assignment Final Project Step Three For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Final Project- Step Three You should now have a strong outline for the message you plan to communicate in your final project, as well as a good idea of how you want to incorporate visuals. This week, locate at least five possible visuals that you might utilize for your final project (e.g., photographs, drawings, video clips, screenshots, etc.),
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 4 DQ 1 Brand Identity For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Brand Identity As stated in your textbook, “branding is equated with everything from creative strategy to logotype design. It is said to exist through sophisticated color palettes, product packaging and service trademarks. Some marketers insist that branding is corporate image. Others align it with cohesive marketing communications, positioning, slogans or taglines.”
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 4 DQ 2 Advertising For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com The textbook explains that, although counterintuitive, advertising should not focus on the product or service being sold, but should rather focus on the needs and desires of its target market. It quotes Michael Newman (2003) stating:
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 5 Assignment Final Project Using Visuals to Communicate a Message For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Final Project: Using Visuals to Communicate a Message Assignment Instructions: Visual media can have significant impact on how effectively a message is communicated. Appropriate and strategic visuals can inspire the audience, lend clarity to a message, and, in general, say things that words alone cannot.
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 5 DQ 1 Social Media For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Social Media Social media can have a significant impact on a company’s success (both positive and negative). What are the pros of social media, and how do you think they can be harnessed to promote effective communication? What are the cons, and how do you think they can be avoided, to prevent a communication disaster?
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 5 DQ 2 Reflecting on Visual Literacy in Business For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Reflecting on Visual Literacy in Business Review the concepts we’ve covered in the past few weeks of this course, and list five take-away’s. Explain why the five take-away’s are relevant to you. Then, describe at least one concept that is either still unclear to you, or one you’d like to explore further.
CGD 218 PAPERS Inspiring Minds CGD 218 Week 5 Journal Packaging Visual Communication For more course tutorials visit www.cgd218papers.com Packaging Visual Communication Over the past few weeks, you’ve worked to put together a communication piece through the use of visuals. Describe the steps you took to get to your finished communication product, and explain how these steps were helpful.