Edtech 506 - Week 4 Project
First Day of Kindergarten Supplies
The intended audience of this graphic is the parents of kindergarten children. The users will all be adults with at least a basic knowledge of computer skills. The users may or may not have had children in kindergarten in the past, but none of the users have had any children in my kindergarten class.
The concept of CARP is to consider contrast, alignment, repetition, and proximity in your graphics.
Contrast “establishing differences between elements in a visual” (Lohr, 2008 p.201)
I considered contrast when I used a darker background when
compared with the light backgrounds of the pieces of text.
Alignment “when you line things up
along an edge or some type of imaginary line or path” (Lohr, 2008 p.201)
I used the principle of alignment my aligning all of my text left
aligned. Also, I lined up each set of text along two vertical lines. I tried to
also align the elements horizontally, but it did not look as good. The elements
seemed too close together and cluttered.
Repetition “you take some element of
a visual and use it again” (Lohr, 2008 p.203)
I thought about repetition when I used the same font throughout
the graphic. Also each text box is tattered and lined. I also used yellow to
highlight each of the topics headings.
Proximity “moving visual elements close together or far apart” (Lohr, 2008 p.203)
When thinking of proximity, I grouped the items by type and put
the text directly next to, or touching, the items. I also made sure there was
enough space between groups that the groups did not overflow into each other.
I
had my wife look at this graphic also. She said she first noticed the kid in
the middle and the title. She picked up that the highlighted texts were the
most important. She also said she liked how well organized the graphic looked
overall and how things were spaced out.
Her
observations were my intention. I will keep the graphic as is.
