M4-5+Tec-tacular+Create

= ** Create Stage ** = toc

Use this plan to work from while making your article, which should be around 600-700 words.

Word || 2 lessons || Thesaurus || 1 lesson || Excel || ½ lesson – 1 lesson || [] [] Magazines Library || ½ lesson || InDesign tutorials [] [] || 1½ lessons || Photos || ½ lesson || [] || ½ lesson || Article || ½ lesson || PDF maker || ½ lesson ||
 * __ Plan for Article __**
 * Task || Detail || Resources || Time ||
 * Write draft || Write first draft of article bringing in detail and evidence from notes. || Research notes
 * Edit draft || Re-read draft article and edit for spelling, grammar and clarity. Adjust vocabulary to be appropriate for an educated audience. || Dictionary
 * Find photo examples || Use creative commons search to find 3-4 example pictures that support the article, to make it more attractive and give visual examples of unfamiliar objects/ equipment/ techniques etc. Download them and save in my folder. Ensure they are high quality. Create any graphs from data that support the article. || Creative commons search
 * Research background examples || Look for examples of InDesign backgrounds that look professional and serious, suitable for my chosen article but interesting and modern. || []
 * Design InDesign article || Open a new InDesign document. Save it with an appropriate file name. Create the background design using complementary colours selected from dhtmlgoodies.com. Select the organisation of colours using Visibone. || InDesign
 * Add photos to the article || Add the photos to the article, corresponding with the chosen design style. Resize where necessary. Try a few layouts to see the most effective design. || InDesign
 * Find fonts || Use 1001 fonts or dafont to find examples of fonts that may be suitable for my article. Find examples for heading, sub-headings, quotes, captions and body. Download them. || []
 * Add text to article || Add the text to the article. Adjust the font, layout and size to ensure it fits on the page. Edit the text if necessary. || InDesign
 * Add captions and quotes || Add captions that explain the photo or diagram, giving the source where appropriate. Add quotes that grab the reader’s attention, make them stand out though an opaque layer or font choice. || InDesign || ½ lesson ||
 * Finish and test || Finish the article, making final design adjustments to maximise impact and effect. Carry out the tests described in the design specification with appropriate testers. Make any adjustments necessary based on feedback. Ask for final feedback to confirm the changes are appropriate. || InDesign || 1 lesson – 1½ lessons ||
 * Final proof read || Print a black and white copy and check carefully for spelling, grammar and other mistakes or omissions. Correct. Convert to pdf, check the conversion carefully and give to Mrs Ahmed. || InDesign

** Help **
If you need help then please ask Mrs Ahmed.

** Design Principles **
Here are the design principles.

= ** Colour Research ** = Here are some links to websites that can help you to pick colours and choose colour schemes:
 * Visibone here you can choose colours and look at them in different orders
 * dhtmlgoodies chose a colour and find colour schemes for it
 * Colour schemer upload your own photo and get the 6-digit hex code for it

= ** In Design Research ** = Here are some links to websites that can help you with InDesign
 * wikihow you can see simple instructions to make a background
 * InDesign templates a set of commercially available template that might provide ideas
 * Magazine layouts 20 examples of magazine layouts that could be adapted

** Search **
If you need images from the internet, please make sure that you are legally able to use them - they should be creative commons, which means people have given permission for others to use them and adapt them, perhaps requiring attribution (saying the owner of the work). You can use this site to search for images.

** Recording the process **
For our criteria D we need to keep a thorough record of how we made our product (magazine article). As you work, your homework for each lesson will be to keep a short record of what you did during each day's lesson. Record this on your weebly as a blog or as a word document. Each day you can add a screen shot or photo and a short paragraph or recorded comments to describe for example:
 * what you did
 * how the project is going
 * what problems you are having
 * what solutions you are thinking of
 * what you will do next
 * any changes you will have to make
 * how the project is meeting or not meeting the specification

Here is Mrs Ahmed's blog and here is the video of how to create a weebly blog and link it to your wiki page:

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** Plan modifications **
For the final part of Criteria D, you need to explain if and how you have changed from your plan. Also explain why you have made each change.

** Assessment Criteria **
Here are the assessment criteria for D. You need to **__FOLLOW THE PLAN__**, you CAN change it, BUT you need to __**JUSTIFY WHY**__ - keep a list of any changes to the plan, with reasons so you fulfill the criteria for 6 marks.