Flash Assignments:

• "Digital Me"- Flash Capstone Project.
• "The Choices Movie": Buttons, Actions and Scenes in Flash.
• "The Music Video": Sound in Flash.
• "The Spaceship": Motion Guides in Flash.
• "A Walk in the Park": Movie Clips in Flash.
• "The Moral of the Story": Layers and Imported Images in Flash.
• "The Circle": Shape and Motion Tweening in Flash. (Modified version of The Circle is here.)
• "The Painting": Frame-by-frame animation in Flash.

Sony Vegas Assignments::

• "Video Me"
• "Your Little Project"
• "The Interview"
• Product Commercial Video
• "The Close-up" Story
• "The How-to Video"
• Atmospheric Video
• Themed Scene
• The Joke: Introduction to Video Editing.
• Visual Guide to Camera Shots

Dreamweaver Assignments:

• "The Art Museum": Hotspot Links and Photo Albums in Dreamweaver.
• "Updating Nooberville": Flash Menus in Dreamweaver.
• "The Nooberville Website:" Using Templates in Dreamweaver.
• "The Highland High School Website": Tables in Dreamweaver.
• "The Favorite Links Page": Basic Links in Dreamweaver.

Fireworks Assignments:

• "The Song Painting": Final Project in Fireworks.
• "The Monkey Wrench Project": Special Effects in Fireworks.
• "Creating the Impossible": Photomanipulation in Fireworks.
• "Product Parody": Basic Image Manipulation in Fireworks.
• "Changing Signs": Text Manipulation in Fireworks.
• "The Deck of Playing Cards": Masking in Fireworks.
• "The Webpage Emulation": Vector Graphics in Fireworks.
• The Football Helmet Assignment: Basic Shape Emulation in Fireworks.
• The Bumper Sticker Assignment: Basic Strokes and Fills in Fireworks.

AUTOCAD Assignments:

• "The Dream House": Final Project in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 11: Architectural Drawing in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 10: The "Impossible AutoCAD" Assignment.
• Assignment 9: Dimensioning Isometrics in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 8: Basic Isometric Drawing in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 7: COPY, MOVE, ROTATE, OFFSET commands in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 6: POLAR ARRAY command in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 5: CIRCLES, ARCs, MIRROR in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 4: Basic Dimensioning in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 3: LINES, CIRCLES, TRIM Review.
• Assignment 2: LINES, CIRCLES, TRIM in AutoCAD.
• Assignment 1: LINES in AutoCAD.

General Technology Assignment:

• "The Hot Technology of the Day": History of Technology.

Graphic Design Process Assignments:

• Graphic Design Process FOUR: The Commercial/ Magazine Ad.
• Graphic Design Process THREE: Designing the Company Website.
• Graphic Design Process TWO: The Business Card.
• Graphic Design Process ONE: The Company Logo- 2012-2013

History of Graphic Design Assignments:

• "The Object Poster"
• "The Fruit and Vegetable Crate Label": Chromolithography in advertising.
• "The Broadside": Text manipulation in advertising.
• "The Woodblock Problem"
• "The Themed Alphabet" Development of Fonts.
• "Highland Pictograph Problem": Communication using pictographs.

Visual Communication Assignments:

• "Typography Triathalon"
• "Typography Triathalon 2013"
• "The MAP Problem"
• "The Sound Problem"
• "Designing with Type": Visual communication using letters.
• Personality Nametags
• Typography: Sentence Portrait
• Typography: Letter Portrait.
• The Typography Ad
• Circle, Square, Triangle Problem
• The Black Square Problem 

General Creativity Assignments:

• "The Photogami Project": Creating artwork with a simple shape.
• "Changing Tides": Literary Magazine Cover Project.
• "Power of the Pen": Literary Magazine Cover Project.
• "Green Tree Nature Roots" Literary Magazine Cover Project
• "Lost in Time" Literary Magazine Cover Project.
• A Lyrical Life Literary Magazine Cover Project (2014)
• 2013 Student Handbook Cover Assignment
• The Broken Problem.
• The UPC Problem
• Low Tech Image Manipulation, after Guiseppe Archimboldo.

Photoshop Assignments:

• Simple Animation in Photoshop
• "My Masterpiece x3"
• Abstract Emulation Project.
• Butterfly Tutorial
• Mastering Your Own Tutorial
• Mastering A Tutorial (2010-2011)
• Moving Animals Assignment 
• The Changing Colors Assignment
• Adjusting Image Contrast Assignment
• High Tech Self Portrait
• Juicy Guts Tutorial
• Flaming Text Tutorial
• Exploding Planet Tutorial-  "driedmud.jpg" 
• "The Emotion Painting Tutorial" 

Illustrator Assignments:

• The 2010-2011 Typography Letter Portrait
• The 2012-2013 Typography Letter Portrait
• The Fire Evacuation Map

Practical Design Application Projects:

• The Book Cover Design Project.
• The Cultural Celebration Postage Stamp Block
• The Typography Song Project
• The Movie Poster
• The CD Cover Project
• "The Kitchen of Meaning" Final Project

Graphic Design Principles Assignments:

• The Unity/Emphasis Advertisements.
• The BALANCE Sheets Assignment.

Real World Graphic Design Problems:

• The Ault Area Historical Society Logo Project (2010-2011).
• The Northern Plains Public Library Logo Project, Part ONE, Rough Drafts (2009-2010).
• The Northern Plains Public Library Logo Project, Part TWO, Final Portfolio (2009-2010).
• Drama Poster: LOTTO DATE (2013)
• Art Extravaganza Poster (2014)

Other Assignments:

• The Professional Email Assignment

Civil Government Assignments

UNIT ONE (Birth of Democracy):

• Forms of Government Assignment.
• The FREEDONIA Project
• The Compromises of the Constitution Project.
• The Constitutionality/Checks and Balances Worksheet.
• Unit ONE TEST Review Sheet.
• The Amendments Project.

UNIT TWO (Political Parties):

• Political Party Functions Poster.
• Political Spectrum Online Quiz.
• Contemporary Issues Paper and Debate.
• Political Parties Scrapbook Assignment

UNIT THREE (Congress):

• "Bill to Law" Project

UNIT FOUR (Executive Branch)

• "Presidential Hats" Assignment
• The Executive Powers NOTES Assignment.
• The Expansion of Wartime Powers Project
• Executive Powers Worksheet
• "So you want to be a Bureaucrat" Project.
• "Cabinet Press Secretary" Project.
• Discovering Colorado Government Assignment (required links are below).
  • Governor John Hickenlooper's Webpage.
  • State Representative Stephen Humphrey's Website
  • State Senator Greg Brophy's Website
  • State of Colorado Organizational Chart
  • Bill to Law Process: State of Colorado
  • Bill to Law Process: National Legislatures
• Capital Visit Make-up assignment.
• Campaign Advertising Research Paper.

UNIT FIVE (Judicial Branch, Bill of Rights)

• Yearbook Page Emulation Project.
• Yearbook Survey Assignment.
• Find the Coverage People Assignment
• THE "Next Year's Theme" Assignment.

Media Productions Assignments

Units Assignments:

• Spring Final Project
• Reviews Unit Assignment
• Comic Life Unit Assignment
• Digital Photography Unit Assignment
• Independent Film Unit Assignment
• Sound Editing Unit Assignment
• Newsmagazine Unit Assignment

Sony Vegas Assignments::

• "Video Me"
• "Your Little Project"
• "The Interview"
• Product Commercial Video
• "The Close-up" Story
• "The How-to Video"
• Atmospheric Video
• Themed Scene
• Visual Guide to Camera Shots