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• CGD 218 Entire Course

• CGD 218 Week 1 Assignment Why is Visual Literacy
  Important

• CGD 218 Week 1 Assignment Why is Visual Literacy
  Important
• CGD 218 Week 1 Journal The Evolution of Media
• CGD 218 Week 1 DQ 1 Using Visuals to Communicate
• CGD 218 Week 2 Assignment Final Project - Step Two

• Compare and contrast Kennedys definition of
  visual literacy with the textbooks definition.
  Explain how visual literacy can be considered a
  universal language. Examine how visual literacy
  can impact communication and global understanding.

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• CGD 218 Week 1 DQ 1 Using Visuals to Communicate

• CGD 218 Week 1 Journal The Evolution of
  MediaClick

• Regardless of where you work or what your career
  is, learning how to communicate effectively and
  professionally is important if you want to
  succeed. Further, learning how to successfully
  utilize visual media in your communication can
  dramatically enhance the effectiveness of your
  message.

• Over the past several decades, communication
  media have evolved significantly. In addition to
  communicating messages through books, newspapers,
  and magazines, we now have the ability to
  communicate through blogs, websites, and social
  media like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

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• CGD 218 Week 2 Assignment Final Project - Step Two

• CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 1 Typography in Business

• Last week, you discussed a possible message to
  communicate in your final project. For this
  assignment, you will develop an outline that
  clarifies your message and expands upon it,
  filling in any gaps that either your classmates
  identified in the discussion forum, or you
  identified over the past week.

• Oftentimes, we cant avoid using words to
  communicate messages. And sometimes, were even
  limited with the visuals we can include. So, how
  can we make our messages as clear and
  aesthetically pleasing as possible? Incorporating
  typography can assist us in this especially in
  the business setting.

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• CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 2 Bauhaus Manifesto

• CGD 218 Week 3 Assignment Using Photographs from
  the Web

• Keeping this in mind, explain the concept of
  design in your own words. Compare and contrast it
  with art, and explain how cluttering a design
  with unnecessary elements can have a potentially
  negative impact on the message it bears.

• Today more than ever, photographs and other
  visual media are at our fingertips. Whether its
  through Google Images or Flickr, we have endless
  visual media available for us to use. Or, do we?

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• CGD 218 Week 3 DQ 1 Photography and Composition

• CGD 218 Week 3 DQ 2 Motion Pictures

• When considering magazines like National
  Geographic, or social media like Pinterest, it
  becomes evident that photography plays an
  instrumental role in visual communication.
  However, creating an impactful photograph is not
  always easy.

• Like photographs, motion pictures are a
  significant medium for visual communication.Watch
  at least three of the documentary trailers,
  below

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• CGD 218 Week 3 Journal Visual Communication Today

• CGD 218 Week 4 Assignment Final Project Step Three

• Visual communication is just about everywhere we
  look. Reflect on the visuals youve seen in your
  daily life over the past couple weeks, and the
  messages theyve communicated (e.g., TV
  commercials, billboards, magazine ads, web ads,
  websites, product packaging, photographs, etc.).

• You should now have a strong outline for the
  message you plan to communicate in your final
  project, as well as a good idea of how you want
  to incorporate visuals. This week, locate at
  least five possible visuals that you might
  utilize for your final

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• CGD 218 Week 4 DQ 1 Brand Identity

• CGD 218 Week 4 DQ 2 Advertising

• As stated in your textbook, branding is equated
  with everything from creative strategy to
  logotype design. It is said to exist through
  sophisticated color palettes, product packaging
  and service trademarks. Some marketers insist
  that branding is corporate image. Others align it
  with cohesive marketing communications,
  positioning, slogans or taglines.

• The textbook explains that, although
  counterintuitive, advertising should not focus on
  the product or service being sold, but should
  rather focus on the needs and desires of its
  target market. It quotes Michael Newman (2003)
  stating

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• CGD 218 Week 5 Assignment Final Project Using
  Visuals to Communicate a Message

• CGD 218 Week 5 DQ 1 Social Media

• Assignment Instructions Visual media can have
  significant impact on how effectively a message
  is communicated. Appropriate and strategic
  visuals can inspire the audience, lend clarity to
  a message, and, in general, say things that words
  alone cannot

• Social media can have a significant impact on a
  companys success (both positive and negative).
  What are the pros of social media, and how do you
  think they can be harnessed to promote effective
  communication?

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• CGD 218 Week 5 DQ 2 Reflecting on Visual Literacy
  in Business

• CGD 218 Week 5 Journal Packaging Visual
  Communication

• Social media can have a significant impact on a
  companys success (both positive and negative).
  What are the pros of social media, and how do you
  think they can be harnessed to promote effective
  communication?

• Packaging Visual CommunicationOver the past few
  weeks, youve worked to put together a
  communication piece through the use of visuals.
  Describe the steps you took to get to your
  finished communication product, and explain how
  these steps were helpful. Finally, describe how
  failing to put as much effort into the
  preparation stage could be detrimental to the
  ultimate

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