Unit 6-2 Graphics

After completing this unit, you will be able to:

• Create a new screen in a multimedia application.
• Insert clip art onto the screen.
• Insert an image file onto the screen.
• Resize graphics.
• Position graphics anywhere on the screen.
• Find additional clip art online.
• Use WordArt to create special graphics effects in text.
• Draw on screen while showing a presentation.

Reading

Read chapter 21 of the Multimedia Literacy textbook to study the concepts covered by this unit.

Online Activities

At the Multilit Web site you will find links to online clip art libraries, specialized graphics search engines, and animation online. In addition, the following movies on the Multilit CD provide assistance in areas where some students have needed extra help; to watch one or more of these movies, open the file index.htm on the Multilit CD, go to chapter 21, and follow these instructions:

• A basic editing skill is being able to create a new screen and add it to your presentation. To see a demonstration that shows how to do this, watch the movie entitled "Creating a New Screen."
• There is a lot of clip art you can insert into your presentation. The movie entitled "Inserting Clip Art" teaches you how to insert clip art in PowerPoint.
• Remember when you learned how to size and reposition text? You can also size and reposition graphics. To see how, watch the movie entitled "Sizing and Positioning Graphics."
• Clip art only gets you so far. Eventually you will want to learn how to insert image files that can contain beautiful photographic images. The move entitled "Inserting an Image File" shows you how.
• In addition to inserting images, there is a library of shapes called AutoShapes that can really come in handy when creating a multimedia screen. Watch the movie entitled "AutoShapes" to learn how to insert AutoShapes on a PowerPoint screen.
• WordArt lets you twist and turn and bend words into practically any shape you can imagine. To learn how to create WordArt, watch the movie entitled "WordArt," and then let your imagination run wild on your multimedia screen.

Assignment

This unit is part of the hands-on tutorial in which you learn how to create a multimedia application and publish it to the Web. There is no specific assignment for you to hand in right now, but if you have not already told your instructor what your project will be about, remember that you need to answer the following assignment:

• The largest part of your grade in this course is determined by the multimedia application that you will create. Your application must have at least seven screens if you are taking this course for undergraduate credit, or at least fourteen screens for graduate credit. Before you develop the application, you need to have your topic approved. Please tell what your application is going to be about. Say why you have chosen this topic, and tell how you plan to design it. Describe your intended audience, tell how they will use your application, and indicate how developing this app will help you achieve the goals you had for taking this course.