Digital Design is a year-long curriculum that develops skills in web design and production using Adobe web tools. You can use the curriculum in career and technical education courses as well as general web design classes.
Digital Design develops key digital communication skills such as design, project management, and web technology. Each project builds on lessons learned previously.
Digital Design aligns with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students (2007) as well as the new Adobe Certified Associate Web Communication and Rich Media Communication objectives to prepare students for certification.
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Digital Design curriculum
The Digital Design curriculum includes instructor unit and activity guidelines, reproducible student materials, and some media assets. Use the entire curriculum or any of the eight individual units.
Download the introduction and the first project to get an idea of the format for the lessons.
Unit 1: Graphic design using Adobe Fireworks CS4
In this unit, students learn to create, modify, and optimize a variety of digital images using Adobe® Fireworks® CS4.
- Instructor materials
- Instructor materials (British English version)
- Presentations
- Presentations (British English version)
- Student materials
- Student materials (A4 paper size)
Create an Adobe account or sign in to download the full Digital Design curriculum, which includes the following additional units:
- Web portfolios using Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4
- Building a basic client website
- Review workshop
- Enhancing the user experience with Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional
- Digital narratives using Flash CS4 Professional
- Designing a client website
- Web portfolio workshop
