Today’s Plan:
- Next Friday: Introduction to InDesign
- Reviewing Mini-Project 1
- Introducing Mini-Project 2
- Homework
Next Friday: Introduction to InDesign
I’ll ask you to attend next Friday (September 17th’s) class: we will work in InDesign, doing selections from the InDesign Classroom in a book tutorials on Getting to Know InDesign and Setting Up a Document. I’ll also be making sure you have access to the Lesson files. After next week, I’ll assign chapters from the book that you can work on in the lab during class time or on your own outside of class (virtually any UNC lab computer has InDesign on it).
If you haven’t already bought the InDesign Classroom in a Book, then you should.
Reviewing Mini-Project 1
Y’all are awesome.
Introducing Mini-Project 2
For our second mini-project, you will design a sleek, engaging resume in Canva. If you would prefer, then you may design your resume in InDesign or Photoshop. I select Canva this week because, as I’ve said before, it is a useful and accessible technology. It is (mostly) free. Given that this is a quick mini-assignment, I will leave it to you whether to select a template or design your resume from scratch (I will award bonus points for the latter).
First of all: a disclaimer. You should probably not design your resume in Canva. At the very least you need to have two resumes based on the method of delivery: a clean, minimalist Word document for ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) resume-bot software, and a polished, more visually engaging resume to give/send to a human.This is less an exercise in developing a usable resume and more an exercise in getting you to practice your design skills.
Perhaps the best way to think about this project is turning yourself and your resume into an infographic.
Let’s talk inspiration:
Homework
For Friday’s class, you should make sure you have the content you will need for your resume. I have a resume template from my ENG 301 class that you can use to develop/revise your content. I know many of you have already completed that assignment and/or already have a resume lying around; use this as an opportunity to tidy that up.
You will have Friday’s class to work on your resume.
The final version of your visual resume template is due before Monday’s class.
