• MYP
  • Introduction
  • overview
  • design cycle
    • Introduction
    • investigate
    • design
    • plan
    • create
    • evaluate
  • AoI
  • assessment
  • descriptors
• curriculum
  • Grade 6
    • welcome
    • time is ticking
    • safety first
    • pet food
  • Grade 7
    • overview
    • logo
    • toy
    • animation
  • Grade 8
    • overview
    • T-shirt
    • Game Design
    • catapult
  • Grade 9
    • overview
    • poster
    • flash
  • Grade 10
    • overview
    • open project
    • reason
• resources
  • colour
  • design notes
    • elements
    • principles
    • brainstorming
    • the client
    • images
  • glossary
  • research
  • planning tips
    • Gantt chart
    • Basics
    • links
  • Grade
    • Grade 6
    • Grade 7
    • Grade 8
    • Grade 9
    • Grade 10
• software
  • Dreamweaver
  • flash
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Photoshop
  • Premier
  • ProDesktop
  • Reason
• gallery
  • Grade 6
  • Grade 7
  • Grade 8
  • Grade 9
  • Grade 10

Grade 9 Poster Design:

Developing a  a single, focused message based on your clients needs is essential for successful graphic design.

How can we respond to the needs of our school community? (Community & Service)

The community and service strand of the Areas of Interaction emphasizes the importance of all of us 'acting in response to the needs of the community'. Well our School community needs to advertise an up and coming school event. We will look at what makes a great design and explore various examples. Knowledge of your client's needs is essential for successful design. You also need to know your audience and we will explore the likes and dislikes of our fellow students, both boys and girls. You will work on your own and use the design cycle to create a poster.

The Problem / Challenge:
Your client is putting on a very important performance for the school. They need you to create the advertising for this event.

What follows are guiding tasks which we feel would be a useful way for you to complete your first Grade 9 / MYP Year 4 project. You should not include our written questions in your report. You do not need to answer all the questions. If you believe you can formulate your own logical steps to complete a successful project, then feel free! You will need to do this in Grade 10 anyway. However, you must try to provide your client with a successful product and should look at the MYP rubric and make sure you have done all you need to achieve a 7.

Investigation:

This is what the MYP says about Investigation

1. Work through the poster type activities here. Keep a record of what you have done, (use screen grabs to help).
2. Go to creative investigation and complete the tasks.
3. Make sure you document everything and keep it all in a project folder for printing at the end of the design stage..
4. Look at the MYP rubric here to check your progress. Also check the topic specific rubric below.
5. Evaluation of the Investigation Stage : Evaluate your progress so far, include:
   • The Process - (Approaches to learning)
   1. research skills (information literacy)
   2. organization skills.
   3. Attitude to work (this unit)
   4. suggest improvements.
   • The content of your work -
   1. what level do you think you have achieved in this section? Explain your answer.
   2. suggest ways to improve in the future.
6. Check the rubric below
   
   
   

1. 0	The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below
   1-2	The student states the design challenge and develops a design brief. The student investigates typography and existing posters, collecting information from sources. The student lists some design specifications.
   3-4	The student describes the design problem based on a client interview, mentioning its relevance to our school community. The student investigates typography, existing posters and principles of design. They select and analyse information from some - at least 2 types and at least 4 individual, acknowledged sources using the MLA format and footnotes where appropriate. The student describes a test to evaluate the final poster against the design specification.
   5-6	The student explains the needs of the client and develops a clear design brief, discussing its relevance to our school community. The student critically investigates typography, design principles, possible software applications and techniques, existing posters and the value of posters with respect to achieving the goal as described in their design brief. They evaluate information from a broad range - at least 3 types and at least 5 individual, appropriate and acknowledged sources using the MLA format and footnotes where appropriate. The student describes at least one detailed method for appropriate testing of their designs. They also create at least 2 tests for their final poster. All testing is done in order  to evaluate their designs against the design specification.

Design:

This is what the MYP says about Design

You should now have a clear idea of what you need to do. This will be in the form of a clear Design Specification. Now try and come up with different solutions. See below:

1. Go to creative design and complete the tasks. Remember you will have to Prepare yourself for the 'sell' to your peers: you will have to pitch your solution to your class and your client.
2. Look at the MYP rubric below to check your progress. Also check the topic specific rubric here
3. Evaluation of the Design Stage : Evaluate your progress so far, include:
   • The Process - (Approaches to learning)
   1. research skills (information literacy)
   2. organization skills.
   3. Attitude to work (this unit)
   4. suggest improvements.
   • The content of your work -
   1. what level do you think you have achieved in this section? Explain your answer.
   2. suggest ways to improve in the future.

PLAN:

Created a logical plan.

1. What are the Deliverables? (Things you have to Do / Hand In)

Write a todo list showing down what you need to do hand in / minimum requirements for the project. This should include:

• completing final A3 presentation
• laminating A3 presentation
• completing process journal
• evaluating the create stage. How? see here
• evaluating final product

There may be other tasks that you can think of!

2. What are the Steps to create these Deliverables?

List out the steps to create each deliverable. It's a question of putting the steps in a logical order.

These are the steps needed to make a traditional english breakfast:

1. Assemble crockery and utensils, assemble ingredients, prepare equipment, make toast, fry sausages and eggs, grill bacon and tomatoes, lay table, warm plates, serve.
2. This is easy to see as a table.
   

3. Estimate the Duration (Time) for each Step

Better estimating can be carried out by looking at best case and worst case. If you think your best case estimate is 3 lessons to complete a task and the best case is 1 lesson. You can take the average of 2 lessons and feel fairly comfortable that you can achieve your goal in that time.

4. What resources are needed at each step?

5. What are the deadlines?

How long do you have?

6. What time do you have available?

Most projects come in late - that's just the way it is! - so don't plan a timescale that is over-ambitious. Working out time available can become much more reliable if you sit down with your student planner and work out upcoming commitments. This will help you be more realistic in your planning, and result in fewer surprises. Dont forget holidays and homework!

Look at the estimated time needed. You may need to rethink the plan. Do you have enough time?

Also build in time for the unknown. Time may need to be set aside for unknown events. (fire drills, illness etc)

Make a Table?

7. What are the risks / possible problems?- Have a clear project monitoring and reviewing process

Think about :

1. How will you review progress?
2. what could go wrong?

When we come up with a risk, we need to look at:

• Impact. What impact will it have on our project. (High, Medium or Low)
• Probability. How likely is it to happen (High, Medium or Low)

You need to complete a detailed risk analysis before you start

Again a table is useful at this stage

Risk	impact / probability	Action

8. What modifications if any do you think you will need to make to your design?

• Things are bound to change. The schedule is not just something you file away and forget. As the weeks pass, constantly review the schedule. Enter the actual time you spend. Adjust the time estimates if you find they have changed.You may need to go back to your design and make some changes. Perhaps

9. Create your final time plan using a Gantt chart. See here for help

REMEMBER for a 5 or 6: "A proper plan should act as an instructions’ sheet with detailed steps to an extent that will enable a second person to create the product just by following this plan." IBO, 2006

Create

This is what the MYP says about Create

This is when you finally start to make your poster. You should work from the dummy that you created in the Design stage. Keep looking at the design specification. Any changes to your dummy must be fully explained. Keep a record of everything you do. See below:

1. Make your poster!
2. Include a detailed DATED process journal - you need lots of screen grabs and / or photographs and a dated account of what you have done.
3. Minimum of one paragraph of writing and one photograph/screen grab for EACH LESSON during the create stage.
4. Follow your design and justify any changes that you make.
5. Look at the MYP rubric below to check your progress. Also check the topic specific rubric here
6. Evaluation of the Create Stage : Evaluate your progress so far, include:
   • The Process - (Approaches to learning)
   1. research skills (information literacy)
   2. organization skills.
   3. Attitude to work (this unit)
   4. suggest improvements.
   • The content of your work -
   1. what level do you think you have achieved in this section? Explain your answer.
   2. suggest ways to improve in the future.

Evaluate

This is what the MYP says about Evaluate

You will have already been doing some evaluating as you completed each stage of the design cycle. This will be pasted into the evaluation below (see task 5 )

1. Test your poster as described during the Investigation stage
   
2. Assess the aesthetic qualities of your poster
3. Suggest ways of improving the the poster
4. Assess the efficiency of the process (including time) and suggest ways of improving it.
5. The enduring understanding of this unit was "Developing a  a single, focused message based on your clients needs is essential for successful graphic design.." Was your design successful and did it achieve what your client wanted? How do you know?
6. Copy your evaluations from each previous stage of the design cycle and group them together under separate sub-headings so that your reflections are easy to follow.
7. Look at the MYP rubric below to check your progress. Also check the topic specific rubric here

This is what the MYP says about Attitudes in Technology

Dont forget Criterion F - Criterion F: attitudes in technology back to top

Maximum 6

This criterion refers to your attitudes when working in technology. It focuses on an overall assessment of two aspects:

• personal engagement (motivation, independence, general positive attitude)

• attitudes towards safety, cooperation and respect for others.

Look at the MYP rubric below.