Develop photo-editing skills for your future career and for personal use! This course gives you the foundation you need for Adobe Photoshop success. Middle through high school students welcome!

How to get the most out of Adobe Photoshop Elements with Margaret Morrow, Ph.D.:

• First, read the course materials below before watching the first class recording.

• Then have a notebook ready and available for class notes each live session.

• Read assignments before class meetings

• Watch that week’s recording.

• Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

• Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Special Notes: This course meets twice per week for 4 weeks.

Total Classes: 7

Duration: 50 minutes

Prerequisite: The ability to acquire the required software/applications (see Course Materials section). The student should have a general familiarity with computers – the ability to open applications, use menu-driven commands, and type using the keyboard – so that the emphasis of time can be placed on specific skills.

Suggested Grade Level: 7th to 12th grade

Suggested High School Credit: ½ semester Computer Skills or Photo Editing

Instructor: Margaret Morrow, Ph.D

Instructor Email: peggymorrow@protonmail.com

Course Description: Learn to use the most popular Photo Editing tools while making fun and creative projects.  The skills mastered in the course will help students to successfully produce materials for their other courses both in middle school, high school, and on into college.  Students will learn how to crop, layer, blend, touch-up, and filter images. This will also teach them to analyze images that they encounter, and question how they were created and manipulated.

Course Outline:

• Classes 1 and 2 – Introduction, Fixing and Enhancing Images

• Classes 3 and 4 – Adding Shapes and Text, Editing

• Classes 5 and 6 – Filters, Colors, Selections, Layers

• Classes 7– Final Composition.

Course Materials: Students will need to purchase Adobe Photoshop Premiere Elements, Student, and Teacher edition.  It comes bundled with Adobe Premiere Elements (video editing) for the same price as purchasing it alone and can be found here.

Staples   (still $79.99, but probably won't last)

Amazon  ($149.99)

 Adobe    ($149.99)

Homework:  Each day, students can expect to spend between 15 to 60 minutes 5 days per week working on their compositions.  Students will work each week towards creating a portfolio of pictures that demonstrate their touch-up skills.  They can expect to create approximately 8 compositions a week, culminating in a portfolio with 24 or more pieces of their work. A weekly schedule will be provided.

Grading: Grades will be categorized as follows:  learning experiences - 70%, assessments - 20%, participation – 10%.   The projects and exams that you complete will serve as part of your assessment grade, everything else will count as a learning experience.

Answer Key: An answer key  booklet is not included with this course.

Technical Help: If you have any technical trouble or questions about course content, please email us at homeschoolconnections@gmail.com.

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