How to pick a theme
Brainstorm different theme ideas
Express your ideas to the class about the theme
Narrow down the best theme ideas
Create pros and cons of each theme
Theme:
Brainstorm theme ideas individually
Talk to a small group about your favorite ideas
As a class, talk about your favorite theme ideas that you and your group really liked
Vote as a class of your top 3 or 5 theme ideas
Then from there debate which theme idea should be the overall theme for the yearbook
Once that is decided, work on ways you could incorporate this theme into pages.
Tip
When picking a theme keep in mind that it needs to be present throughout the entire book
Deciding on a cover:
Everyone design a cover on a piece of paper or on their laptop that shows the theme of the yearbook
Put them around the room and have each person pick their top 3 favorite designs
Tally all the votes, and pick the top 5 most voted for out of that.
As a class, discuss what you like and didn’t of the top 5 covers
Each person give their input and how they think the design could be better.
Add changes accordingly to make the cover exactly how the class wants.
Taking Photos:
When you are taking photos, try and get learners who are not in the yearbook a lot
Take action shots of the event as well as some ones with friends.
Tips
Don’t procrastinate when trying to gather photos for your page
Make sure you know the dates of when you have to take photos ahead of time, so if you can’t make the event you can notify others.
How to login:
Login to Yearbook avenue Jostens
Tip
Remember the job number, have it written down somewhere
To access your page:
Hover over the tab “Create”
Press the option “Page Designer”
Click the tab pages on the right
Click on your page number you should have been given (If you don’t remember, you can locate your page number by looking at the page ladder located in classroom)
How to layout the page:
Click on the tab designs
Click on the drop down box located below the search bar on the right
On the drop down box click Templates
Choose from the given templates
Drag the template you chose to your page
Click the drop down box again
Click either Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, or purple module
Decide whichever module given suits your page best and idea. (You should have done some brainstorming before this.)
Drag the module to the same color. Ex.) If you have a Green module on your page then click “Green module” and choose from the modules given and drag that module to the green area.
How to add images to your page:
You should add images to anywhere it says “Drag Image Here”
Click on the tab “Images”
Find the image you would like to use
Drag the image to wherever you would like the image to be place (Tip: If the “Drag image here” Box turns red then it means the image does not fit.)
Also remember every image you put into your page to tag peoples faces
Tips:
If you resize the box before adding the picture it may not fit.
When finding picture use pictures of front or side rather than back.
How to tag photos:
Go to the image library
Click on a photo
Click on people’s faces
Then type the person’s name
Make sure everyones face is tagged, if you do not know someone, ASK
Tip
Remember to tag photos when you first upload them
How to stroke a module:
Press the format tab
Click the drop down box next to stroke
Click the amount of stroke you want. Clicking higher the “pt” the thicker the border is.
How to fill a module:
Press the format tab
Click on a module
Click the drop down color pallet located beside “Fill”
Choose a color that is from the list given to you by editors.
How to arrange a module:
Press the format tab
Click on the module that you want to rearrange
Either click on Send to the back, Send backward, Send to the front, or Send forward which are the boxes near “Arrangement”
How to edit a page:
Look at the page, and have a color marker or pen with you.
Write your name on the back of the page.
Read all the text twice and mark any misspelled names, words, or anything else you believe is wrong.
Look at all the pictures to see if they look formatted correctly.
Look to see if the fonts and coloring are correct.
Once you are done, hand it to someone else to look at.
Interviews:
Before you interview someone, make sure they have not been interviewed before.
If they have been interviewed, do not interview them.
If they have NOT been interviewed, contact them so you can interview them.
Have questions ready and a place to write down their answers.
Also, have a camera with you so you can take a picture of them.
If your interview pictures have a certain object in them, be prepared and have that object with you.
Take multiple photos of the interviewee and make sure that the background isn’t distracting or their face isn’t cut off
It is okay to ask the interview questions through email to save time, but you must make sure to take a picture of the person for your page.
Coverage report:
Coverage report tells you who has been in the yearbook how many times
1. Login to yearbook avenue
2. Hover over Create tab
3. Click coverage report
4. People are listed by their Name, Grade, and number of times in book
5. To look at where they are in the book press the symbol shown above
Spellcheck
-select the icon that looks like this (in the middle):
-It will go through each word that the dictionary thinks is spelled incorrectly.
-If it is spelled correctly within the content, “ignore.”
-There will sometimes be more than one spelling to choose from, choose which one makes sense.
-Make sure your words are spelled correctly! When everything is spelled right, you should get this message:
