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Foundations of Design: Graphic Design

Grades: 9 - 12

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Inspire your high school students to explore visual creativity with Foundations of Design: Graphic Design. This course introduces students to the essential tools and techniques of graphic design, including photo editing, vector illustration, desktop publishing, and multi-page layouts. Through hands-on projects and real-world applications, students gain the practical skills needed to produce professional-quality designs for both digital and print media.

Program Details

Foundations is an innovative series of titles designed for high school students, each covering a specific area of the digital world. These key features of every Foundations program bring skills to life: 
  • Clear instruction and active learning: Students thrive in their learning when presented with well-defined goals, clear instruction, relevant examples, hands-on activities, and project-based learning.
  • Timely and relevant coverage: Content aligns with the latest industry practices, preparing students for future careers.
  • Complete teacher support: Educators prepare efficiently with a print teacher’s edition, lesson plans, lesson guides, and pre-built assessments.
  • Flexible delivery: Students benefit from a hardbound textbook or use the digital resources complete with an eBook, an adaptive SmartBook®, assessment, videos, and more. 
Students using Foundations of Design: Graphic Design will:
  • Build design skills through photo editing, vector-based illustration, and layout development for digital and print formats.
  • Learn to use professional tools like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, and Adobe InDesign.
  • Create and manipulate images, design scalable graphics, and produce polished single- and multi-page layouts.
  • Apply industry-relevant design techniques to complete hands-on projects that support creative expression and real-world relevance.
  • Prepare for creative careers in graphic design and media production through a structured, skill-building curriculum.