is the
standard dummy text used in the publishing
industry. The idea behind this
"dummy draft" is to pre-design the document. Doing a mock up or dummy draft allows you to:
- choose a topic to write about
- analyze the topic to determine what divisions (sections) your paper must contain
- demonstrate your understanding of three document design principles: visual space, visual progression, visual differentiation
- select and use a piece of software for designing and writing your final project
An example from a communications class is attached.
We hope that this
conference will help you communicate ideas/concepts more effectively,
particularly for your final project. To help you practice this, take a
concept that you would like to share with the public and present it
using the new literacy techniques you learned about this week. To do
this, be creative:
- Review the SPD
techniques:
- visual space (white space)
- visual
progression (lists, tables, indentions)
- visual
differentiation (size, color and shape).
- Review Info
Mapping:
- chunking
(grouping related items of information into their own unit)
- labeling
(giving each unit a label that identifies what is in the unit
- Review
Graphs
(expressing information visually instead of words)
Now
use your preferred page design software, to produce a mock-up of your
Final Project that contains only dummy copy. Your focus should be
entirely
on the appearance of your page. No real content is required.
When
it comes to images, you can also use a placeholder photo or a
blank frame. Same for tables, graphs, lists or any other element that
you want in your paper: Simply put in dummy copy, dummy photo, dummy
facts and numbers.
Unless you are using WebTycho's text editor or html, please
submit your work as an
attachment in order to maintain all formatting.
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