5 page PDF.
Age 16-19
Overview:
In this 3-hour lesson, students will explore the key themes of the Black Mirror episode “Nosedive,” which critically examines the impact of social media, technology, and societal pressures on personal identity, relationships, and self-worth. Students will analyse the episode through the lenses of digital publishing, media influence, and contemporary social issues.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will:
Understand the central themes of the Black Mirror episode “Nosedive.”
Analyse how social media, ratings, and digital culture shape individual behavior and society.
Discuss the ethical implications of a society driven by digital feedback.
Connect the episode’s themes to real-world issues in media and digital publishing.
Complete a short test assessing their understanding of the episode’s content.
7 page PDF.
Age 16-19
Overview:
This lesson introduces students to the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in creative media, particularly in image manipulation, social media, and the generation of fake images and videos. The lesson will also explore the ethical implications of AI-generated content in the digital world.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will:
Understand the basic concepts of AI and its role in creative media.
Learn how AI can be used in image manipulation and generation.
Explore how AI is impacting social media, especially in creating fake images and videos.
Discuss the ethical concerns related to AI-generated content, including misinformation and deepfakes.
Take a short test to assess their understanding.
This is a presentation on the codes and conventions of magazine covers,
covering both mainstream and independent magazines. Ideal for magazine designing. This resource includes an editable Powerpoint tutorial and PDF of tutorial. Designed originally for a Creative Media Digital Publishing class focusing on image manipulation for Unit 14 Digital Magazine Production.
Tips and tricks for using Adobe Illustrator to design logos.
This tutorial was originally designed for an AS Level class in Graphics.
The double-sided worksheet provides clear tutorials for learners using Adobe Illustrator to be able to master the basics for logo designing. Learn how to trace a pencil sketch, draw curves with the Pen Tool and much more.
This easy step-by-step tutorial is great for anybody wishing to improve their Illustrator skills.
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assets.sbnation
A blank flatplan template for 20 inner pages and 4 cover pages of a magazine.
Flatplans are used by designers and editors to plan out the layout of publications, especially magazines.
A3 in size, PDF format.
Originally designed for BTEC Creative Media (Digital Publishing) class - 16-19 year olds.
A presentation PDF with screenshots and annotations to provide 10 tips to help students use Adobe InDesign to create editorial layouts.
Created and used originally with BTEC Level 3 Creative Media students (16-19).
Resource includes slides on:
New document
Document anatomy
Create guides
Rectangle frame tool
Fitting frame proportionally
Text columns
Text wrap
Gradient feather
Adding Stroke to images
Presentation mode
PDF file only.
This is a presentation on how to create more style and impact in page layout designs using design principles. Ideal for magazine designing. This resource includes an editable Powerpoint tutorial and PDF of tutorial. Designed originally for a Creative Media Digital Publishing class focusing on image manipulation for Unit 28 Image Manipulation Techniques.
This is a presentation on the opportunities and limitations of print and digital formats. Ideal for magazine designing. This resource includes an editable Powerpoint tutorial and PDF of tutorial. Designed originally for a Creative Media Digital Publishing class focusing on image manipulation for Unit 14 Digital Magazine Production.
This is a tutorial resource created to instruct learners on how to create airbrushed skin effects and liquid-like alterations in Adobe Photoshop. This resource includes an editable Powerpoint tutorial and PDF of tutorial. Designed originally for a Creative Media Digital Publishing class focusing on image manipulation for Unit 28 Image Manipulation Techniques.
A PowerPoint resource for teaching how to conduct a product analysis of a magazine using the ACCESSFM model.
Created originally for teaching on the L3 BTEC Creative Media Digital Publishing course.
This is a presentation on how magazines make money and spend money. Ideal for understanding magazine making processes. This resource includes an editable Powerpoint tutorial and PDF of tutorial. Designed originally for a Creative Media Digital Publishing class focusing on image manipulation for Unit 14 Digital Magazine Production.
Step-by-step tutorial for altering colours in photographs using Colour Overlays in Photoshop.
This tutorial was originally designed for an AS Level class in Graphics.
The one-sided worksheet provides a clear tutorial for learners in using Adobe Photoshop to change colours in photographs. An example of jam jars was used to explain the technique, to illustrate that the original red hue of strawberry jam can be altered in Photoshop to depict differences in flavours, eg. apricot, blueberry, etc.
This easy step-by-step tutorial is great for anybody wishing to improve their Photoshop skills.
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carllegge
Step-by-step tutorial which demonstrates how easy it is to add effects to your logo designs using Brushes and Layer Styles in Photoshop.
This tutorial was originally designed for a BTEC Creative Digital Media group..
The one-sided worksheet provides a clear tutorial for learners in using Adobe Photoshop to add grungy and 3D effects to logo designs. An example of mock Channel 4 logo designs were used to explain the techniques. Play around with colours, shadows, 3D effects, outlines and much more in this tutorial.
This easy step-by-step tutorial is great for anybody wishing to improve their Photoshop skills.
Step-by-step tutorial for adding colour to outlines of fineliner drawings in Photoshop.
This tutorial was originally designed for an AS Level class in Graphics.
The one-sided worksheet provides a clear tutorial for learners in using Adobe Photoshop to apply colour to their line drawings. Learn also how to colour inside a line drawing using brushes.
This easy step-by-step tutorial is great for anybody wishing to improve their Photoshop skills.
Step-by-step tutorials for a variety of InDesign page layout techniques. Ideal for magazine designing.
This resource was originally designed for a BTEC L3 class in Creative Media Production (Digital Publishing).
This Powerpoint provides a clear tutorial to learners for using InDesign techniques such as wrapping text around images, getting rid of hyphenated text, drawing columns and threading text between columns so that text flows continuously through the document.
This easy step-by-step tutorial is great for anybody wishing to improve their InDesign skills.
Step-by-step tutorial for combining text and image in Photoshop.
This resource was originally designed for a BTEC L2 class in Creative Digital Media.
The two-sided worksheet provides a clear tutorial to learners for using Clipping Masks in Adobe Photoshop to apply their drawings / photographs to a variety of shapes and text. The tutorial focuses on the idea of urban style and uses examples of architecture and graffiti.
This easy step-by-step tutorial is great for anybody wishing to improve their Photoshop skills.
Step-by-step tutorial for making use of Layers in Photoshop to design fun, vibrant doodled images in the style of Illustrator Hattie Stewart. Ideal for designing fashion magazine covers.
This resource was originally designed for a BTEC L3 class in Creative Media Production (Digital Publishing).
The worksheet provides a clear tutorial to learners for using Brushes and Layers in Adobe Photoshop to build up wild and colourful doodled-over photographs. The tutorial focuses on the idea of fashion and uses examples of fashion-related imagery. The image of the model is also supplied.
This easy step-by-step tutorial is great for anybody wishing to improve their Photoshop skills.
This is a presentation on using colour for print and on screen. Ideal for magazine designing. This resource includes a PDF of tutorial. Designed originally for a Creative Media Digital Publishing class focusing on image manipulation for Unit 14 Digital Magazine Production.