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CGD 218 Entire Course For more classes
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Assignment Why is Visual Literacy Important CGD
218 Week 1 Journal The Evolution of Media CGD
218 Week 1 DQ 1 Using Visuals to Communicate
CGD 218 Week 2 Assignment Final Project - Step
Two CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 1 Typography in Business
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CGD 218 Week 1 Assignment Why is Visual Literacy
Important For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com Why is Visual Literacy Important Watch
Brian Kennedys TedTalk Brian Kennedy Visual
Literacy and Why We Need It (http//www.youtube.c
om/watch?vOefLEpds5Is), and address the
following questions Compare and contrast
Kennedys definition of visual literacy with the
textbooks definition. Explain how visual
literacy can be considered a universal language.
Examine how visual literacy can impact
communication and global understanding.
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CGD 218 Week 1 DQ 1 Using Visuals to
Communicate For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com Using Visuals to Communicate Regardless of
where you work or what your career is, learning
how to communicate effectively and professionally
is important if you want to succeed. Further,
learning how to successfully utilize visual media
in your communication can dramatically enhance
the effectiveness of your message.
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CGD 218 Week 1 Journal The Evolution of Media For
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Evolution of Media Over the past several
decades, communication media have evolved
significantly. In addition to communicating
messages through books, newspapers, and
magazines, we now have the ability to communicate
through blogs, websites, and social media like
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Now, more than
ever, the average person is capable of creating
and distributing professional-looking visual
communication.
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CGD 218 Week 2 Assignment Final Project - Step
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nal Project- Step Two Last week, you discussed
a possible message to communicate in your final
project. For this assignment, you will develop an
outline that clarifies your message and expands
upon it, filling in any gaps that either your
classmates identified in the discussion forum, or
you identified over the past week.
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CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 1 Typography in Business For
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in Business Oftentimes, we cant avoid using
words to communicate messages. And sometimes,
were even limited with the visuals we can
include. So, how can we make our messages as
clear and aesthetically pleasing as possible?
Incorporating typography can assist us in this
especially in the business setting. Take a look
at the following documents and examine how
strategic use of typography and white space has
affected the second document.
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CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 2 Bauhaus Manifesto For more
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Manifesto Your textbook describes design in light
of the Bauhaus manifesto. According to the
Bauhaus Design History (http//designhistory.org/B
auhaus3.html), what was so new about the Bauhaus
modern art school was its attempt to integrate
the artist and the craftsman, to bridge the gap
between art and industry. It goes on to explain
that mass production was the god, and the
machine aesthetic demanded
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CGD 218 Week 3 Assignment Using Photographs from
the Web For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m Using Photographs from the Web Today more
than ever, photographs and other visual media are
at our fingertips. Whether its through Google
Images or Flickr, we have endless visual media
available for us to use. Or, do we? Watch the
video Copyright Basics (http//youtu.be/Uiq42O6rh
W4). Then, in a 2- to 3-page paper, examine
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CGD 218 Week 3 DQ 1 Photography and
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considering magazines like National Geographic,
or social media like Pinterest, it becomes
evident that photography plays an instrumental
role in visual communication. However, creating
an impactful photograph is not always easy.
Your textbook explains the importance of design
and composition in successful photography. For
this discussion, locate a photograph (either on
the Web or in print) that strategically uses at
least three elements of design (e.g., balance,
color, asymmetry, etc.).
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CGD 218 Week 3 DQ 2 Motion Pictures For more
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Pictures Like photographs, motion pictures are a
significant medium for visual communication.
Watch at least three of the documentary
trailers, below Documentary Trailers Food,
Inc. (Trailer) (http//www.imdb.com/title/tt128653
7/) Inside Job (Trailer)
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CGD 218 Week 3 Journal Visual Communication
Today For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
Visual Communication Today Visual communication
is just about everywhere we look. Reflect on the
visuals youve seen in your daily life over the
past couple weeks, and the messages theyve
communicated (e.g., TV commercials, billboards,
magazine ads, web ads, websites, product
packaging, photographs, etc.). Do any stand out
in your mind? If so, why do you think they were
so effective in getting your attention? Are there
any trends you are noticing specifically in
todays media?
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CGD 218 Week 4 Assignment Final Project - Step
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Final Project- Step Three You should now have a
strong outline for the message you plan to
communicate in your final project, as well as a
good idea of how you want to incorporate visuals.
This week, locate at least five possible visuals
that you might utilize for your final project
(e.g., photographs, drawings, video clips,
screenshots, etc.), and add them to your existing
project draft. Be sure to reference any visuals
that you did not create.
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CGD 218 Week 4 DQ 1 Brand Identity For more
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Identity As stated in your textbook, branding is
equated with everything from creative strategy to
logotype design. It is said to exist through
sophisticated color palettes, product packaging
and service trademarks. Some marketers insist
that branding is corporate image. Others align it
with cohesive marketing communications,
positioning, slogans or taglines.
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CGD 218 Week 4 DQ 2 Advertising For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com Advertising The
textbook explains that, although
counterintuitive, advertising should not focus on
the product or service being sold, but should
rather focus on the needs and desires of its
target market. It quotes Michael Newman (2003)
stating Dont tell me about your manure, tell
me about my flowers
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CGD 218 Week 5 Assignment Final Project Using
Visuals to Communicate a Message For more classes
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Visuals to Communicate a Message Assignment
Instructions Visual media can have significant
impact on how effectively a message is
communicated. Appropriate and strategic visuals
can inspire the audience, lend clarity to a
message, and, in general, say things that words
alone cannot.
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CGD 218 Week 5 DQ 1 Social Media For more classes
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media can have a significant impact on a
companys success (both positive and negative).
What are the pros of social media, and how do you
think they can be harnessed to promote effective
communication? What are the cons, and how do you
think they can be avoided, to prevent a
communication disaster? Identify one example that
illustrates effective use of social media, and
one example that illustrates ineffective use of
social media.
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CGD 218 Week 5 DQ 2 Reflecting on Visual Literacy
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Business Review the concepts weve covered in the
past few weeks of this course, and list five
take-aways. Explain why the five take-aways are
relevant to you. Then, describe at least one
concept that is either still unclear to you, or
one youd like to explore further.
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CGD 218 Week 5 Journal Packaging Visual
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ial.com Packaging Visual Communication Over the
past few weeks, youve worked to put together a
communication piece through the use of visuals.
Describe the steps you took to get to your
finished communication product, and explain how
these steps were helpful. Finally, describe how
failing to put as much effort into the
preparation stage could be detrimental to the
ultimate communication of your message, and
describe how this concept can be applied to the
messages you communicate in your work
environment.
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