Ten starter/plenaries you can use with your class Supplied in a PowerPoint presentation as well as PDF, not editable Designed for R094 in J834 specification but could be used with R082 as well

15 starter/plenaries you can use with your class Supplied in a PowerPoint presentation as well as PDF, not editable Designed for R094 in J834 specification but most could be used with R081 as well

Little activity that uses quite a few tools! Would be useful if students had some knowledge but not a requirement! It may be worth showing them the pen tool/pointing them to my YouTube channel if they find the sheet tricky! Includes supporting presentation with a starter actitivity (creating one quickly in Paint), quick explanation of bitmap and vector and then a preview of what they will make. Also includes the video which is available on YouTube. Created using version 21.

Second lesson in my series to help teach students how to use the basics of Adobe Illustrator (based on 2023 version) The focus of the lesson is to help students to learn how to use the basic shape tools as well as create their own If you use the complete set of lessons this will help to re-practice the skills - needed for student success. Lesson includes Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (including embedded videos); video files; starter activity; plenary questions (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy); student tasks with Microsoft Word task sheet which acts as a tick sheet and direction to help video. Suitable for Creative iMedia R094 as students could use Adobe Illustrator alongside Photoshop to design a logo. Please note: lesson created using 2023 version. Whilst almost all tools will be the same, there may be a few that are not present in earlier versions.

First lesson in my series to help teach students how to use the basics of Adobe Illustrator (based on 2023 version) The main focus of the lesson is to help students get used the workspace and perform basic operations such as open, place, align, distribute, group, colour swatches, save, export. If you use the complete set of lessons this will help to re-practice the skills - needed for student success. Lesson includes Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (including embedded videos); video files; starter task, interactive self-marking one; plenary questions (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy); student tasks with files if required, teacher answer files and Microsoft Word task sheet which acts as a tick sheet and direction to help video. Image included for one task. Suitable for Creative iMedia R094 as students could use Adobe Illustrator alongside Photoshop to design a logo. Please note: lesson created using 2023 version. Whilst almost all tools will be the same, there may be a few that are not present in earlier versions.

The aim of the resource is for students to learn how to comment upon a visual identity using the logo to help them. Then they could use these ideas when designing their own visual identity in the NEA As well as the PDF version which can be filled in with a PDF reader, an editable presentation is included so you can add other logos e.g. school one or blank ones for the students to do themselves.

The first sheet in my Adobe Audition series The PDF file is printable and helps students to understand the types of audio files that they could use in Adobe Audition then gives them some activities to complete to consolidate their knowledge.

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package The sheet has a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers how to set up a document and use guides

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package The sheet has a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers how to how add shapes, change their colour fill and use layer styles

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package All sheets, except this one have a small set of activities on the second sheet PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers some of the important menu areas students should know

A quick overview of the skills needed for Creative iMedia R082 and how these could be achieved using Adobe Photoshop CC and Photopea We don’t claim to be experts, it is based on our experience of both! You may find useful if students are self-isolating and using a mixture of the software

Part of a mini-range of visual aids to help students learn the graphics package This resouce contains two sheets (two different ways of achieving the same goal) with a small set of activities on the second sheet AND also a video of how to do Way 1 (AVI format, but also will be free on YouTube) PDF format so could be shared electronically or printed if you want students to tick the boxes Useful for Key Stage 3 (particuarly for differentiation) and/or Creative iMedia R082/R094 This sheet covers making a picture fill for text (clipping mask) Updated 03/01/22 as video missed Alt from the shortcut on the screen (not in the audio)

A lesson to help reinforce the planning documentation required in R094, emphasising the level of detail needed. The aim is to help provide more structure for lower ability students or those with SEN but could be useful for all students. The resource includes: crib sheet (A3 but can be printed A4); crib sheet with student task; blank tempates with no task teacher presentation to support the lesson (with some slide notes) example solution templates are PDF and Powerpoint (where they can draw on top of the template) Updated 01/11/22 to include example solution and peer mark scheme

Part of our Interactive Multimedia Product Practice Series being developed (which could be used at KS3 or to deliver Creative iMedia R087 practice) This lesson covers interpreting a Client Brief The lesson includes: Editable teacher presentation with embedded videos Editable lesson plan Student activities: Client Brief (for them to highlight) Client Brief (with more line spacing to allow for easier annotation) Client Brief Annotation (Electronic version to annotate with audio file to read out text) Scaffolded template for further expansion Plenary template Updated 10/10/22 - corrected YouTube link

Paper-based quiz to check knowledge of storyboards 39 questions with answers provided

A summary sheet which can be used when designing websites (particularly in RocketCake as it contains screenshots from Version 3.3) Please note: An image of this sheet is included in our RocketCake Lesson 3 - Templates & Forms so you do not need to purchase it unless you want the PDF file

Checklist for students to decide if their graphics work is suitable and they’ve been organised! Particularly useful when practising/preparing for an R082 assignment Useful when used with our Adobe PhotoShop CC tutorials, but the resource isn’t software specific

A practice skills sheet for Adobe Photoshop CC with column to tick/rate/assess We sell video tutorials available to support the checklist as well

Video tutorials that cover a range of ‘essential skills’ including: Changing the document colour Colour picker Guides History Opening a file Panels Open and place Saving Setting up the document Transform controls Smart objects Transforming images – flip