Digital Design is a year-long curriculum guide that develops ICT skills in web design and production using Adobe web tools. You can use Digital Design in career and technical education courses as well as general web design classes.
Digital Design develops key digital-communication skills: design, communication, project management, and web technology. These skills are developed in a spiral as each project adds more challenging skills to foundation proficiencies.
Digital Design aligns to 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 include instructor unit and activity guidelines, reproducible student materials, presentations, and some media assets. Download the entire curriculum or individual units.
- Full curriculum (49.9 MB)
- Full curriculum (British English version) (49.9 MB)
Unit 1: Graphic design with Adobe Fireworks CS4
In this unit, students learn to create, modify, and optimize a variety of digital images. This unit contains student materials and presentations. This unit does not contain media assets.
- Instructor materials
- Instructor materials (British English version)
- Presentations
- Presentations (British English version)
- Student materials
- Student materials (A4 paper size)
Unit 2: Web portfolios using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
In this unit, students create the elements of a web portfolio with Dreamweaver and Fireworks. This unit contains student materials and media assets. This unit does not contain presentations.
- Instructor materials
- Instructor materials (British English version)
- Student materials
- Student materials (A4 paper size)
- Media assets
Unit 3: Building a basic client website
In this unit, student teams build a website for a client. This unit contains student materials, presentations, and media assets.
- Instructor materials
- Instructor materials (British English version)
- Presentations
- Presentations (British English version)
- Student materials
- Student materials (A4 paper size)
- Media assets
Unit 4: Review workshop
In this unit students learn a collaborative process for reviewing a website they have created. This unit contains student materials. This unit does not contain presentations or media assets.
- Instructor materials
- Instructor materials (British English version)
- Student materials
- Student materials (A4 paper size)
Unit 5: Enhancing the user experience with Adobe Flash CS4
In this unit, students begin using Flash to enhance user experience on the web. This unit contains student materials, a presentation, and media assets.
- Instructor materials
- Instructor materials (British English version)
- Presentation
- Presentation (British English version)
- Student materials
- Student materials (A4 paper size)
- Media assets
Unit 6: Digital narratives using Adobe Flash CS4
In this unit, students use Flash to create digital narratives. This unit contains student materials, a presentation, and media assets.
- Instructor materials
- Instructor materials (British English version)
- Presentation
- Presentation (British English version)
- Student materials
- Student materials (A4 paper size)
- Media assets
Unit 7: Designing a client website
In this unit, student teams design a website for a client. Students write a design document to help them communicate clearly with the client. This unit contains student materials and media assets. This unit does not contain presentations.
- Instructor materials
- Instructor materials (British English version)
- Student materials
- Student materials (A4 paper size)
- Media assets
Unit 8: Web portfolio workshop
In this unit, students consider the contents of their web portfolios from the viewpoint of work after this course. This unit does not contain any student materials, presentations, or media assets.
Florida educators:
Now that Digital Design has been adopted by the state of Florida for 6–12 Computer/Business Education courses, it’s easier than ever to teach web design in your classroom. Please visit Florida Digital Design to learn more or to purchase.
