Curriculum ~ Coverage

Everything you need to know to represent every student in your book!

How to decide what to cover in your yearbook.

Survey your readers!• Have them evaluate last year’s book to uncover

their likes & dislikes• Discover reader interests in & outside of school• Ask what they want & need to see in this year’s

book to be satisfied customers• Encourage them to contribute ideas as well as

content (quotes, image share w/RePlayIt, etc.)

Curriculum ~ Evaluating Coverage

Get out there!

• Become a Yearbook Ambassador and get to know the students in your school.–Make sure your assigned list of students appears in

the book three times, knows how to buy a book, and knows they have an insider on the staff who is committed to representing them in the yearbook!

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Getting Coverage

Get out there!

Embrace your inner STALKER!• Get used to people noticing you noticing them!• Make yearbook staff t-shirts or buttons and wear

them proudly.• Linger where things are happening; be in the right

place at the right time.• Carry your camera with you everywhere you go, and

always have a small notepad to jot down names, quotes, or ideas for coverage.

REMEMBER: If students and staff see you around all the time, it won’t be weird anymore (for them OR for you!)

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Getting Coverage

Covered 3X!• This is a book for ALL students in ALL

grades – not just seniors/8th graders• Endeavor to represent EVERY student in

the book 3 times! (Portrait + 2)• Set up systems to ensure complete coverage–Highlight students on a big list on the

wall who aren’t already involved in other activities–RePlayIt! Image Share–Coverage report

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Getting Coverage

Planning your coverage

Plan the number of section pages (sports, student life, academics, etc.) you will need in order to cover

ALL students.

•Coverage “formula”–Add up the numbers of theme (opening/closing

etc.), advertising and index pages and subtract this total from the total number of pages in your book; this equals your “working number” of pages – this is how many pages within which you must capture the entire student body!

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Planning, cont.

Use the “working number” of pages and divide it into the following sections:

Student Life – 25%People (Portraits) – 25%Sports – 15%Organizations/Clubs – 15%Academics – 15%

(That leaves 5% to be used where needed)

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Planning, cont.

• Reminder: Portraits or “mug shots” in the People section only show the “person” – the rest of your coverage should show the “personality” of the student body.

• What do they like best about school?

• Who do they hang out with?

• What is their personal style? Fashion, Media, etc.

• What activities are they involved with inside and outside of school?

• Which activities define their experience? (Work, dating, sports, AP classes, culture, family, unique skills, etc.)

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Inclusive CoverageInclusive Coverage ~

Design for Inclusive Coverage; plan spreads, stories and content modules in each section which feature different social groups and personalities.

• Devote pages to school sports, rallies, popular classes and clubs, as well as student jobs, unique traditions, summer travel, artists, extreme sports, fashion, etc.•Brainstorm how to include the voices and images of students who are not directly involved in the activity: -“Voices from the Crowd” interview people who only watched the game, not just the players and coaches. -“Stay-cations” tell the less glamorous stories of spring break, not just the fancy trips to Mexico, etc.

• Design spreads which make room for

–More photo boxes

–Photo strips

–Folio faces

–Specialty coverage

–Creative portraits

–Photos in scoreboards

–Photos in informational graphics

Make the most of each page!Curriculum ~

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Add a photo strip to increase coverage

Inclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

Add coverage to any spread with photo strips at the top or bottom of the page. Photo strips may include room for captions, simple id’s or candids (no caption).

Photo Strip Example

Photo strips may be incorporated into any design aesthetic; they can run vertically or horizontally, use different size and shape photo boxes, use cut-out background shots, or be placed on color bars, to name a few options.

Photo Strips: Just Do It!Inclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

A good example of a photo strip that runs in the middle of the spread (instead of bottom or top) and provides extra visual interest by using varying sizes of pics.

Creative Photo StripsInclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

Photo strips needn’t be blocky or boring, as the one above proves using circular pics and a ribbon graphic.

Cut-Out backgrounds (COB’s) may allow room for more students in a photo strip.

Folio FacesInclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

Folio’s that state the page number, book section and spread title should run consistently throughout your book; since they are on every page, adding mini-pics (with or without id captions) is a great way to add coverage to each spread.

“Folio faces” are a good way to incorporate more pics on each page

Inclusive Coverage ~ Folio Faces

Specialty Coverage provides a great place to feature students who are less

involved in traditional school activities.

Inclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

Specialty coverage could be included

under Student Life in a traditional

yearbook organization, as a

part of the season in which the special

event took place for a chronologically

organized book, as a separate content

mod in a modular design, or as a

creative side bar built into your

portraits section or index.

Division pages may provide extra space for Specialty Coverage

Inclusive Coverage ~ Specialty Coverage

This spring divider is the perfect place for a profile on the special

skill of a student who might be underrepresented in the rest of the book. People Profiles are a great way to get to know your

quieter students.

Add more coverage with Creative Portrait sections!

Inclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

School picture sections should be designed to accommodate specialty coverage modules or extra candids.

Inclusive Coverage ~ Creative Portraits

Creative Portrait Sections: design for more than “mug shots.”

Inclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

3 in 1: Creative Portrait Sections add a lot of coverage.

These students are already covered 3

times with this creative senior

section design; each student has a

uniform portrait, creative candid, and hand-written names

for ultimate coverage.

Creative Portrait Section IdeaInclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

Inclusive Coverage ~ Get Creative

Add interest (and COVERAGE) to your scoreboards with small photos.

Scoreboard PhotosInclusive Coverage ~ Get Creative

Jazz up your Informational Graphics!

Inclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

Graphs, statistics and polls are more likely to be read (and just plain look cooler!) if designed with

small photo boxes.

Make information relevant and more fun to look at by adding photos

Inclusive Coverage ~ Photos in Informational

Graphics

The pics on the graph add interest to the reader by showing WHO are some of the faces behind the stats, and increase coverage by allowing more students to be pictured in the book.

Don’t just tell; SHOW!Inclusive Coverage ~

Photos in Informational Graphics

This info-graphic “Tells” about current fashion trends, and the pics “SHOW” what they look like while making space for 34 students to be covered.

Don’t just tell; SHOW!Inclusive Coverage ~

Photos in Informational Graphics

Shoot to have room for a minimum of 20 photo boxes per page

Inclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

20+ photos per spread: You Can Do It!!

Inclusive Coverage ~ Add more photos

Big Idea Sheet

The Big Idea Sheet helps plan and organize inclusive coverage that flows with your book’s visual and verbal themes

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