Congratulations!

If you are reading this blog you are the Emerson/ DaVinci yearbook staff, congratulations!  Yearbook is a great experience where you will improve your communication, team work, and responsibility skills while creating a book that everyone will love at the end of the year.  Shannon and I have created this blog to make your first deadline as pain free as possible.  Follow these and you will do well.  Good luck and we can't wait to see your final product!

Editing

When you are making corrections to your page:

• correct at the obvious spelling and grammar stakes
• make the changes to incorrect formats
• change awkward spacing, pictures, etc.
• make everything pop and more visually interesting
• fix the font and color problems
• except the constructive criticism
• ask the editor if you have any questions about corrections

Special Effects!

When your page needs a little something extra try these got to the format tab and then select effects at the top to create:

• COB-cut out background
• Colorize-making the picture all one color
• Selective Color- highlight certain colors
• Black and white/ Sepia

Examples of Special Effects:

This is example of selective color.

This is an example of a COB but you can also eliminate the whole sky too.

This is an example of colorizing and you can do any color.

This is an example of black and white.

This is an example of sepia.

Headlines

When coming up with a headline:

• use rhymezone.com!
• make it verbally and visually interesting
• keep it connected to the theme
• place the headline at the top of the page

Examples of headlines:

A headline for the Letter from the Editors and it ties in with the theme.

This is a headline for the DaVinci Page and it is visually interesting.

This headline is for a mock page and it is verbally interesting.

This headline is for the baby pictures page and it is visually interesting and connected to the theme.

This headline is for the Peer Helping page and its connected to the theme.

Layouts

When picking a layout think about:

• what do you need- quotes space, photo space, etc.
• what fits the theme
• what is the best use of space
• what is the most visually interesting
• what layout your page partner is using

Step by Step of Starting Your Page:

Start by opening your page then find your layout under the the design tab.  To get you layout on the page just click and drag onto the page.

To add pictures click on the photo tab where you can search by event or name.

Just like the design just click and drag with the picture.

To add text and color click on the format tab.  To add special effects click on the effects button up at the top so you can COB, colorize, or make text glow.

Advertising

5 Easy Ways to Advertise the yearbook:

1. Posters!  Go poster crazy, hang them everywhere, add glitter, and make them colorful.
2. The Daily Bulletin!  Just go to the office and ask for a bulletin announcement slip.  Create your announcement and smack on a signature and bam, the next couple days everyone at school will hear it over the inner com.
3. Flyers!  Cover the campus with flyers- bathroom stalls, on teachers' boards, in the enclosed bulletin boards- everywhere!
4. Be a bug!  Bug your friends, bug everyone to buy their yearbook.  Keep them updated on the prices, give them order forms, and just keep talking about it!
5. Make an Announcement!  Go into homeroom classes to remind everyone to buy their yearbook and some teachers will even let you write it under homework.

What should a poster/flyer look like?

• NEAT, if it is not easily read people will not give the effort
• Simple, don't try to cram a whole paragraph in your poster a simple "Buy Your Yearbook" with basic price/deadline/place to buy information below is fine!
• Colorful! No one wants to look at a boring piece of paper.

A handy play on words flyer!

Two posters of why you should buy your yearbook!

A flyer drawn by our excellent Bianca in the enclosed bulletin board at the front of the school!

This poster literally took up a whole wall catching everyone's eye.

Writing

Writing:

• keep your writing short (1-2 sentences)
• start with an eye-catching sentence 
• finish off your writing with a good conclusion
• use survey results to add facts to your writing 
• talk about what your page is going to feature

Examples of Writing: