Designing a blog head

Blog collaboration. Start 9/8- End 9/17

9/8 1.Link to client list .... You each have two clients.
They will be contacting you. Note when they contact you.
The first of your two clients that contact you gets preferential treatment.

read the following:
Where can you legally get images for your blog

best blog designs

After they contact you start a conversation about what they want from a blog

Use the questions in best blog designs for the jump off point with your Client
Also talk to them about color font, copy write free images etc.....

They are using word-press for their blog site.

the only themes that they can use are the following

clean home
black letter head
fruits hake
twenty ten
Twenty eleven

This is their assignment sheet. not yours..

 

HOMEWORK for 9/10
Talk to Client. Be prepared start work in class.
Lynda Videos and exercises 3,4,5 (2 hrs)

9/15 In Class
You will be making 3 distinct designs.

Send them to your Client by Tuesday at the latest

Homework for 9/15
Lynda video and excerises 6,7,8,9,10

W 9/15 in class
present 3 options of blog banners

talk about how you came to these ideas- maybe read the students 250 words.
continue to work in class.

Homework for W 9/17
send final to Journalism students.
Lynda video and exercises 11-13

9/17
Show Final in Class
prepare printouts for printshop

Here is an example

and another