ICT Department

Nile Egyptian International Schools – Assiut

Block (1) Project

Create a logo and a business card
Unit Title Introduction to graphics Cross-curricular Art
Total Marks 25 Marks Duration 2 Weeks

SUMMARY
Learners will design and create a logo for a company such as a tourism company, a sportswear company …etc. Then
learners will create a business card for the employees of this company. To get ideas learners can search the internet for
examples and then they will draw sketches of their designs first. Then they will create the style sheet for their designs
stating the used colours, gradients, patterns, fonts and more. During the project, they may ask art teachers for
feedback. Finally, learners create their designs using a vector graphics software.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1 Identify and make appropriate use of objects
2 Search for images to use for a purpose, using the internet, picture libraries, scanning, and creating.
3 Explain how images are represented as vectors or a series of pixels, including bitmap graphics
4 Explain image editing vocabulary, including tool, toolbox, canvas, palette, pixel, stroke, fill, opacity, crop, zoom
in, zoom out
5 Design and create a logo, business card, flyer
6 Store, back up and import files
7 Organise files into useful groups (folders) so that they can be retrieved efficiently
8 Search for a specific type and form of information
9 Use style sheets to apply consistent formatting over a range of types of output
10 Use a combination of spell checking, grammar checking and proof reading to ensure that output is fit for purpose
11 Model more than one solution for a given problem

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SUGGESTED APPLICATIONS REQUESTED ITEMS
A Word processor A Stylesheet document
B Inkscape B Vector graphics file for the logo.
C Logo file (.png)
D Vector graphics file for the business card.
E Business card file (.png)

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SUCCESS CRITERIA
Planning and preparation 7 Marks
 1 Mark for stating the name of the company and its products.
 5 Marks for creating a style sheet for their designs as follows:
o 1 Mark for stating the used colours for text.
o 1 Mark for stating the names of the used fonts.
o 1 Mark for stating the font sizes for titles and sub-titles.
o 1 Mark for stating the background colours.
 1 Mark for creating sketches for the logo and the business card.
Logo 8 Marks
 1 Mark for using proper document size for the logo.
 1 Mark for using shapes.
 1 Mark for adding text.
 1 Mark for a text free of spelling and grammar mistakes.
 1 Mark for using suitable font type and size according to the style sheet.
 1 Mark for using colours according to the prepared style sheet.
 1 Mark for saving the file with a proper name.
 1 Mark for exporting the file as (.PNG) with a proper name.

Business card 10 Marks

 1 Mark for using the standard document size for the business card.
 1 Mark for using shapes.
 1 Mark for adding the company’s logo.
 1 Mark for adding the company’s name.
 1 Mark for adding contact information for the company such as telephone, address …etc
 1 Mark for a text free of spelling and grammar mistakes.
 1 Mark for using suitable font type and size according to the style sheet.
 1 Mark for using colours according to the prepared style sheet.
 1 Mark for saving the file with a proper name.
 1 Mark for exporting the file as (.PNG) with a proper name.
Total Marks 25 Marks

Note:

Students will make this project at school on Tuesday 18TH of October.

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