Google Slides

A digital portfolio can be created using Google Slides, which we will call Google Slides Portfolio for the sake of the course. The Slides portfolio will come to represent all the work you created throughout the year. Your portfolio will include projects you created throughout the course. All projects are graded from the students’ Google Portfolio; it is how work is handed in throughout the course of the year. All students are required to be able to optimize images from Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and other applications (converting an Adobe image to a .jpg, .png, or an .ai, etc.) using the File menu item, Save for Web. This is referred to as File>Save for Web. Here are a few different samples of Google Portfolios for Foundations In Media, Computer Graphics, and Animation.

Learning Targets

I can understand the expectations of the class, review projects, and access project tutorials and rubrics by visiting mrfatta.com, reviewing the syllabus, and getting familiar with the site.
I can create a slide show document and share it with my teacher by creating a Google Slides document in my district assigned Google Drive and sharing the Slides document with Mr. Fatta’s school email address.
I can begin to create artwork on the computer by going to Mr. Fatta’s online painting tools site page and using the links to free open source digital software available online.
I can feature my completed studio artwork on a digital portfolio by taking a picture of the artwork and inserting it on a new slide on the Google Slides portfolio document I shared with Mr. Fatta’s email address.
I can create a unique and spontaneous graphic by exploring the various settings and options within the Flamepainter and similar applications.
I can create a JPG from the Flamepainter images I made by taking a screen capture by holding the CTRL and ALT keys and tapping the Print Scr key on PC to copy, and pasting it down to a new document in another software application like Pixlr and saving as a JPG.
I can create a multi-layered graphic image by using PIXLR or Sumopaint to combine my various designs and blending them together to create a new graphic image.
I can assess and refine, and evaluate my work based on the established criteria listed in the project rubric.
I can feature my digital art graphics on slides in my digital portfolio by Inserting the JPG image onto a slide on my Google Portfolio.
I can submit my assignments in Google Classroom by clicking + Add or create, attaching your Google Slides portfolio document, and clicking Mark as done.

Tutorial | Creating a Google Portfolio

Direction: Use the following tutorial to help you create a Google Slides portfolio document in your district assigned Google Drive account, put artwork on it, and share it with Mr. Fatta’s school email lfatta@ercsd.org

Tutorial | Save As… JPEG

Directions: Use the tutorial below to help you save your Photoshop, PIXLR, Sumopaint, or Flame Painter images in JPG format onto your computer hard drive and insert the JPG image onto a new slide in your Google Slides portfolio.

Sample Portfolio

Sample Computer Graphics Portfolio
Presentation style, a highlight
of student works from
Computer Graphics 2013-2014

PIxel Villan Chase Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to chase the viral hackers infecting the intershpere.

Project Rubric

Learn More | The National Core Arts Standards

Creating VA:Cr1.1.HSI Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors. VA:Cr1.2.HSI Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design. VA:Cr2.1.HSI Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan. VA:Cr3.1.HSI Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress. Presenting VA:Pr.4.1.HSI Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation. VA:Pr5.1.HSI Analyze and evaluate the reasons and ways an exhibition is presented. Responding VA:Re7.1.HSI Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences. VA:Re7.2.HSI Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery. VA:Re9.1.HSI Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works. Connecting VA:Cn10.1.HSI Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas. VA:Cn11.1.HSI Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.

National Core Arts Standards Visual Arts include the traditional fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture; media arts including film, graphic communications, animation, and emerging technologies; architectural, environmental, and industrial arts such as urban, interior, product, and landscape design; folk arts; and works of art such as ceramics, fibers, jewelry, works in wood, paper, and other materials.