Context
Objectives
Prerequisites
Detailed content outline
Deliverables
Computing requirements
Communications

Project 1: Introduce yourself

Notes: Introducing visual design

Visual language
Visual vocabulary
Visual grammar
Visual design constructs
Visual design process

Deliverable: Introduce yourself

Project 2: Design a report cover

Notes: Graphic attributes

What are graphic attributes?
Size
Shape
Texture
Viewpoint
Depth
Dynamics
Style
Tutorial
Quiz
Readings

Notes: Color

What is color?
Color schemes
Color physiology
Color psychology
Computer color
Tutorial
Quiz
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Typography attribute

What is typography?
Typography anatomy
How to use typography
How to use web typography
Quiz
Exercise
Readings

Notes: About visual grammar guidelines
Notes: Contrast guideline

What is the contrast guideline?
How to use contrast
What to avoid when using contrast
Example: Page contrast
Example: Visuals contrast
Example: Tool palettes
Example: Contrasting websites
Example: Playing with contrast
Quiz
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Repetition guideline

What is the repetition guideline?
How to use repetition
What to avoid when using repetition
Example: Olympic symbols
Example: Apple icons
Example: Windows icons
Quiz
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Alignment guideline

What is the alignment guideline?
How to use alignment
What to avoid when using alignment
Example: Page layout and grids
Example: Web alignment
Example: Web alignment
Example: Web grid system
Example: Desktop grid system
Example: Desktop grid system
Example: Layout program
Quiz
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Proximity guideline

How to create proximity
Page layout proximity
Computer screen proximity
Things to avoid
Example: Using proximity well
Example: Using proximity poorly
Quiz
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Guideline tradeoff tutorial

Let's begin with a bad design
Identify the information elements
Proximity change
Alignment change
Contrast change
Alignment change
Contrast alternatives with the logo

Deliverable: Design a report cover

Project 3: Page layouts, tables, charts, simplified drawings

Notes: Page layouts

What are page layouts?
How to create page layouts
Determining the document type
Identify recurring page layouts
Develop a grid structure for recurring pages
One-column grid format
One-column grid format specifications
Two-column grid format
Two-column grid format specifications
Three-column grid format
Three-column grid format specifications
Develop a visual hierarchy for repeating pages
Develop a visual hierarchy for recurring page elements
Using paragraphs
Using titles and headings
Using bulleted lists
Using numbered lists
Using checkmark lists
Using glossary lists
Using indented lists
Using visuals
Using white space
Using color
Using line rules
Using shading
Quiz
Page layout tutorial #1
Page layout tutorial #2
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Tables

What are tables?
When to use tables
How to design tables
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Graphs and charts

What are graphs and charts?
When to use graphs
How to design graphs
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Simplified drawings

What are simplified drawings?
When to use simplified drawings
How to design simplified drawings
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Photographs

What are photographs?
When to use photographs
How to use photographs
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Deliverable: Design a page with table, chart and drawing

Project 4: Page layout with diagrams and icons

Notes: Diagrams

What is a diagram?
When to use diagrams
How to use diagrams
How to design diagrams
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Text procedures

What is a text procedure?
When to use a text procedure
How to create a text procedure
Tutorial
Readings

Notes: Icons and visual symbols

What are icons and visual symbols?
When to use icons and visual symbols
How to design icons and visual symbols
Tutorial
Exercise
Readings

Notes: Screen captures

What are screen captures?
When to use screen captures
How to use screen captures
Tutorial
Readings

Deliverable: Design a page with diagrams and icon

Appendix: Horton Document