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Fri. April 26, 2019
2:00 - 3:15 PM 228 DeBartolo
Presented by Chris Clark
clark.96@nd.edu
Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
University of Notre Dame
What to bring
● MS Word file or Google Doc of a syllabus to make over
● Optional: Mac laptop if you're uncomfortable with Windows
Learning Goal
Create a visual syllabus that is efficient, easy to read, effective, and enjoyable.
Design
● Rule of thirds, empty space, contrast
● Limited emphasis, limited colors
● Layout Table
Images
● Picture Superiority
● Communicating with Images
● Creative Commons
Text
● Boldface, italics, all caps, centering
● Serif and Sans Serif
Color
● Too many colors can be confusing
● Color Scheme
Tools
● Google Docs or MS Word
● Document Makeover
http://tinyurl.com/jjwo7gz Sample syllabi, videos, and readings
Visual Syllabus Makeover - April 2019 Page 1 of 3
On the Kaneb Center website — http://tinyurl.com/jjwo7gz
Library White Space is Not Your Enemy , by Golombisky & Hagen (online access - ND only ) 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People, by Weinschenk (online access - ND only) Graphics for Learning, by Clark & Lyons (online access - ND only )
Online Hands-on
● Images - Pixabay | Flaticon
● Fonts & colors - Google Fonts | Adobe Color
● Color vision - VisCheck
● Templates - Google Drive folder
Examples from Notre Dame
● CDT 30423 - 2019 (Clark & Turner)
● ACMS 10145 - 2018 (Woodard)
● ARCH 53231 - 2016 (Zeiger)
● ROFR 30320 - 2015 (Haake)
More
● How to make a visually awesome handout
● Building a visual syllabus
● Three-minute Handout Makeover (video)
● Creative Approaches to the Syllabus (ProfHacker)
Visual Syllabus Makeover - April 2019 Page 2 of 3
Visual Syllabus Makeover - April 2019 Page 3 of 3
Word Tools for Your Syllabus
● Text - font, size, bold, italic, strikethrough, sub/super
● Borders & shading (for a table or paragraph) - make boxes or add a background color
● Table - an alternative to tabs (borders optional)
● Insert - Image, shape, text box, equation, chart, media
● Page - number, color, border
● Theme - predefined color palette and fonts
● Page - margins, columns, orientation, size
● Objects - align, arrange (front, back)
From the File menu
● New from Template - predefined page layout, fonts, margins, and styles
● Save as PDF - no worries about fonts, cross-platform issues, inadvertent editing
G.C. Clark — January 2017 — University of Notre Dame
Visual D
esign for Your Syllabus
Picture superiority Im
ages are m
ore likely to b
e remem
bered
than
word
s.
Efficient im
ages ad
d m
eanin
g rath
er than
decorate.
Rule of th
irds Ph
otos and
other visu
als do n
ot need
to be sym
metrical.
Thin
k of a p
age as h
aving
three colu
mn
s, rather th
an on
e.
Limited em
phasis
Noth
ing
stand
s out w
hen
too mu
ch is h
igh
ligh
ted in
bold
/color/italics.
Tw
o fonts
As a g
eneral ru
le, use tw
o fonts —
one serif, on
e sans serif. A
void scrip
t.
Decorative fon
ts (legib
le ones) are ok
ay for large titles.
Mixed case
Avoid
usin
g all u
pp
ercase letters.
Justification
Do n
ot center p
aragrap
hs or lists. It’s ok
ay for head
ing
s and
titles.
Italics Italicize rath
er than
un
derlin
ing
— u
nd
erlined
items are seen
as link
s.
Color schem
e S
tick to a p
alette of 3-5
colors. Too man
y can con
fuse read
ers.
Con
trast is your frien
d!
Empty space
Min
imize d
ensity an
d clu
tter — cu
t out an
ythin
g you
don
’t need
.
G.C
. Clark —
April 2019 — U
niversity of Notre D
ame
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