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CGD 218 Entire Course (2 set)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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
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CGD 218 Week 1 Assignment Why is Visual Literacy
Important (2 papers)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Why is Visual
Literacy Important   Watch Brian Kennedys
TedTalk Brian Kennedy Visual Literacy and Why
We Need It (http//www.youtube.com/watch?vOefLEp
ds5Is), and address the following questions
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CGD 218 Week 1 DQ 1 Using Visuals to
Communicate   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Using Visuals to Communicate 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.
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CGD 218 Week 1 Journal The Evolution of Media (2
set)   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
  The Evolution of Media   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,
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CGD 218 Week 2 Assignment Final Project - Step
Two (2 papers)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Final Project- Step
Two   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
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CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 1 Typography in Business   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Typograp
hy in Business 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?
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CGD 218 Week 2 DQ 2 Bauhaus Manifesto   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Bauhaus
Manifesto Your textbook describes design in light
of the Bauhaus manifesto.   According to the
Bauhaus Design History (http//designhistory.org/B
auhaus3.html), what was so new about the
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CGD 218 Week 3 Assignment Using Photographs from
the Web (2 papers)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Using Photographs
from the Web   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   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Photography and Composition 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.  
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CGD 218 Week 3 DQ 2 Motion Pictures   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Motion
Pictures Like photographs, motion pictures are a
significant medium for visual communication.   Wat
ch at least three of the documentary trailers,
below   Documentary Trailers
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CGD 218 Week 3 Journal Visual Communication Today
(2 set)   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Visual Communication Today   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
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CGD 218 Week 4 Assignment Final Project - Step
Three (2 papers)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Final Project- Step
Three   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.
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CGD 218 Week 4 DQ 1 Brand Identity   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Brand
Identity 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.
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CGD 218 Week 4 DQ 2 Advertising   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Advertising T
he 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 (2 papers)   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Final
Project Using Visuals to Communicate a
Message 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.
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CGD 218 Week 5 DQ 1 Social Media   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Social
Media 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? What are the cons, and
how do you think they can be avoided, to prevent
a communication disaster? Identify one example
that illustrates effective use of social media
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CGD 218 Week 5 DQ 2 Reflecting on Visual Literacy
in Business   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Reflecting on Visual Literacy in
Business Review the concepts weve covered in the
past few weeks of this course, and list five
take-aways. Explain why the five take-aways are
relevant to you. Then, describe at least one
concept that is either still unclear to you, or
one youd like to explore further.
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CGD 218 Week 5 Journal Packaging Visual
Communication (2 set)   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Packaging Visual
Communication Over 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.
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