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VISUAL ARTS
Module Title:
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Sequence Reference:
MDL1FVRT
M1
4
Number of Lessons:
Goal and Subgoal Emphasis:
Middle School Level
Content Focus:
 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
 2.3
 3.1
 Computer Graphics
Technique and Skill
History and Culture
Creativity, Composition and
Exhibition
Curriculum Objectives:
M2
M3
Content Detail:
At the end of this module, students will:
 connect the required hardware
 recognize programme and vocabulary relative to
graphic and commercial arts
 recognize the necessary relationship of mastering
basic fine arts skills in combination with graphic
skills
 scanning
- scanning images onto computer
- scanning programme, e.g. Adobe Photoshop
- scanning hardware, programme tools equipment
- tools to select, crop, size, smudge and brush, etc.
- magnifying images to use ‘bits’ for detail work
- visual texture and art style (e.g. pointalison, zig zag,
wind-blown, etc.)
- printing
 commercial art
 PageMaker programme
 redesigning consumer objects
 business cards and letterheads, etc.
Module Evaluation:
 portfolio of artwork
 two page written report
 quiz
Note: Assessment of student learning is to be detailed on individual lesson plans.
Prerequisite Skill Areas
Special Resources
(if any):
 familiarity with basic tools and equipment, e.g. ruler,
brush, pencil
 enthusiasm and imagination
(materials, equipment & community involvement):
computer and related hardware (drives, mouse, etc.)
and software and diskettes
scanner
paper
electrical outlets
printers
newspaper
advertising companies and departments
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GLOSSARY:
 alignment
 bitmap
 clipboard
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crop
disk drive
document
edit
font
highlight
icon
menu bar
shadow
zoom
the way text lines up on a page
a dot-by-dot representation of text character or graphic image
an area in the computer’s memory that works as a holding place for what you last cut or
copy
to select part of an image to keep
the device that holds a disk, retrieves information from it and saves information on it
whatever you create with an application programme
to eliminate, to correct, adapt or put together component parts
a collection of letters, numbers, punctuations and symbols with a consistent appearance
emphasizing data on a computer screen by changing color or light intensity
an image that graphically (in picture) represents an object, a concept or a message
the strip that contains the title of the menus available
the darkest part of an image, represented by the largest dots
to change the view of a window
REFERENCES - TEACHER:
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refer to Appendix
REFERENCES - STUDENT:
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