This workshop supports the journey to understanding information design for pages and screens. During the workshop, you will use the content you created for the Profile Design workshop and the design specifications from that same assignment to recreate your profile using Adobe InDesign.
Your work on this assignment will result in the completion of a professional profile document and a contribution to the dedicated Discussion forum for the workshop.
For the complete details about how to submit your work, see Submission Requirements.
This workshop highlights two essential professional strategies: reproducing familiar results while using a new design tool; and reflecting upon the process of achieving that first goal.
Communication problems frequently require designers to implement a variety of tools and technologies into the process of building solutions. Thus, this workshop offers you the opportunity to build knowledge of Adobe InDesign, which will continue to serve your needs throughout the semester and beyond. InDesign is recognized as a professional design tool capable of constructing complex documents, and is therefore valued across multiple industries.
Reflection allows us the opportunity to examine and critique the processes, strategies, tools, and more that we engage with. Through reflection, we can consider our level of success and the validity and effectiveness of the pathway that lead us to the conclusion of the process.
Tool knowledge and reflection are core qualities for professional designers.
During this workshop, you will complete the following tasks.
Recreate using Adobe InDesign the profile document that you designed using Microsoft Word during the Profile Design workshop. Draw on the same supporting content and design specifications, and use the same sample document as a model. The only difference between the two workshops is the tool you use to complete the design process.
Because of the tool evolution required here, you'll post 2 new versions of your profile document: the profile in the native work file format (i.e., INDD for InDesign); the PDF version of the profile (i.e., .PDF). To avoid confusion, use a new label format for this set of files:
If you did not earn 50/50 for the first workshop in this sequence, review my commentary about workshop scores (refer to Canvas Announcements), and refine your profile as you recreate it here.
Reflect upon the process. Craft a 200-word summary report directly in the Canvas Discussion forum for the workshop. Organize your report into two roughly equal sections.
Note that you'll attach the PDF version of this new profile document to your post. Check Submission Requirements and note other responsibilities described there as well.
Post your summary report to the forum dedicated to this workshop on Canvas Discussions. Attach the PDF of the InDesign version of the profile.
Follow the formula for naming the workshop files that is detailed in the description above.
In the Workshops folder on your shared class space on Dropbox, post the following documents: the profile in the native work file format (i.e., INDD for InDesign); the PDF version of the revised/refined profile (i.e., .PDF).
Note: Do not share the document files or Workshop folder with me. By placing your files in your shared class folder, you have already granted me access to this submission.
There are 50 possible points for this workshop. You will earn points according to this standard.
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