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The poster design studio: Layout maker
A student team designs a fictional library event poster. You play the layout maker and work through 9 short levels, about 14 minutes in all. Where you start: Aligned labels and consistent spacing help readers compare related details. The work connects to careers such as communication designer and graphic designer. It is free, and your reflection stays private.
Your path
Make the important information easy to find.
Private stars
A star marks a step you completed. Your answers and speed do not change it.
The poster design studio
- Easy startConsistency makes scanning easierStart this level
- Guided exampleWatch the approach
- Try a taskGroup related details
- Try a taskA cut-off line
- Try a taskPrepare an export
- Try a taskAn image description
- Bring it togetherA final correction
- Your reflectionPause and notice
- Look backWhat the work involved
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What does a layout maker do in this activity?
A student team designs a fictional library event poster.
Make the important information easy to find.
Where you start: Aligned labels and consistent spacing help readers compare related details.
A worked situation: Three session cards place the time in different corners.
- Use a common position for the same detail.
- Keep enough spacing between different groups.
What are the levels?
- Consistency makes scanning easier, easy start, under a minute
- Watch the approach, guided example, 1 minute
- Group related details, try a task, 2 minutes
- A cut-off line, try a task, 2 minutes
- Prepare an export, try a task, 2 minutes
- An image description, try a task, 2 minutes
- A final correction, bring it together, 3 minutes
- Pause and notice, your reflection, 1 minute
- What the work involved, look back, under a minute
Which careers is this work part of?
- Communication designer
Make information understandable through words, images and their arrangement.
- Graphic Designer
Use type, images and layout to make a message understandable.
The other role in this workplace: Design lead
About this activity
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