Peter Ward

So you’re teaching Peter Ward’s custom classes…

Peter Ward teaches multiple Experience Design & Management (formerly known as Recreation Management) classes, and is a super chill, awesome guy.  He has asked Software Training to instruct 13 classes for his social media/marketing class.  He felt it was extremely beneficial last year, so this is the second year that Software Training will teach these for him, and hopefully for several years to come.  He is familiar with Photoshop but is learning many of the things you teach along with his students.

This isn’t your regular custom class.  You get to know Peter, his students, and their progression over the course of the semester.  Get to know all their names.  Make a positive impression.  You are basically a TA for the class, and Peter may even give you Learning Suite access.  You also create homework assignments for each class, so it will take more than your average amount of prep time.  You will teach the entire Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign curricula. You can decide how to split it with your co-teacher.  That takes 12 days, and then the last day will be a work day.

The class files are all in the Google Drive in Class Files>Custom Classes>Peter Ward Custom , or at this link.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B54hicivTmYweDkwLVlaMEZIQ00?usp=sharing

Homework assignments are in there as well, but they will need to be revamped (details mentioned below).

Email: peter_ward@byu.edu

Peter Ward, Ben, and Sylvia met during Fall 2017 to discuss what adjustments he wants to make.  Here are some notes from that meeting that future trainers should be aware of:

  • Refer them to Lynda access/tutorials so they can brush up outside of class
  • Longer/more difficult homework assignments (should take students 45 min-1 hr)
  • Extra resources (color.adobe.com, copyright free image websites, Peter loved little gems like that!)
  • Teach design principles, not just tools
    • Font pairings, color matching
  • More advanced stuff. Skip posters in Photoshop, since they will learn how to do that in Illustrator/Indesign. Rather, go even deeper into editing in Photoshop for day 4.
  • InDesign is taught last—students should learn how to incorporate their projects from Ps and Ai into a compiled ID project.
    • Packaging in InDesign
  • Printing options – HFAC Print Lab (Peter said his students always have a bad experience there. If you know how the Print Lab works, instruct them on that. If not, give them other options, like the Science/Engineering desk at the second floor, for large format printing)
    • Optimal printing settings and how to change them– CMYK, 300 ppi, etc.
  • Peter wants there to be a final class that is just a work day, where the students work on a poster project where they combine their Ps, Ai, Id knowledge. Rather than teaching, trainers would just be there to assist and answer questions/give suggestions