Welcome to Graphic Arts

My name is Ms. Masihi pronounced masseehee

My Credentials

I have been teaching Computer related subjects since the year 2000

In 2011, I earned a Master of Arts degree specializing in Education Technology from CSUN

Some of the computer subjects I taught were; word processing, spreadsheets, databases, multimedia presentations, publications, Stick figure Animation Scratch programming and Google apps such as docs, sheets and sites

After teaching Photoshop I realized how much of my creativity had been suppressed for the sake of Math and Science and decided to enroll in a Design Fundamental’s course with UCLA and I am proud to share my learning with you in this course

What will I learn? In this course you will learn the

design fundamentals of Graphic Design and the history.

You will draw, take pictures, edit and manipulate images with Photoshop and convert raster images into vector with Illustrator.

After every few weeks of acquiring skills in Photoshop, we will create industry led Graphic Design projects such as a logo, a Movie Poster, a CD Album cover.

And lastly, you will create a master piece for the Final

To access and submit assignments?To access 100% of the Assignments and

90% of the digital Files you will use my website at www.karinmasihi.com/graphicdesign

To access digital files but to also save and submit projects for grading you will use the school server folder, the address of which will be provided on the board

How is the grading weighed?Assignments WeightTeacher Demonstrations 20%

Design Fundamentals 20%Graphic Design Projects 20%

Classroom Expectations & Rules

15%

Final Art 25%

Graphic Arts – course requirements Memorize the course website address –

www.karinmasihi.com/graphicdesign Personal Ear phones/head phones (a must)To begin with, a notebook or a section of a

notebook dedicated to Graphic Arts (a must) until the your personal folder is ready on the server

One flash drive (a must)

Graphic Arts Please Note This is a structured course requiring 100% focus

and dedication to stay to earn an ‘A’. it’s very easy to drop to a lower grade by

missing just a few projects and not respecting and following the class rules.

I hope you will stay and learn with me however, know that there is a deadline for switching if this is not the course for you.

Graphic Arts Do you have any questions?

Quiz time

What are the 5 categories of grading?What items should you bring to this

class?What is the course website address?What weight is given to classroom

expectations and rules?

Next -1. Use a pen/pencil to answer the

questions on the questionnaire.2. Swap the form with your

neighbor3. Your neighbor will stand up,

position themselves to face the entire class and introduce the person

Graphic Arts• Nice to meet you

all.• Next session, we

will learn the class expectations, procedures that will be repeated 3 times during this course