Adobe Illustrator for Beginners

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FREE for Members

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$4 / On-demand Workshop for Non-Members
*The links to purchase individual workshops are available under the workshop descriptions.

Categories: Project-Based Learning | Beginning Teachers | 2 hours (for total workshop) || 60 min/workshop

About the Workshop Series:

Are you new to teaching Adobe Illustrator? Join Kim Munoz for a series of two collaborative, hands-on workshops that will introduce you to the basic features of Adobe Illustrator. You will learn strategies for teaching students how to use these tools, as well as best practices for introducing color theory and principles of design. You will also have an opportunity to create your own graphics and walk away with resources that you can use in your lesson plans for the upcoming school year. 

By the end of this workshop series, you will be able to: 

  • Explain how to navigate the drawing interface by using shortcuts to pan the screen and zoom in and out. 

  • Describe how to use the pathfinder tool panel to manipulate various shapes.

  • Create a geometric design using the shapes tool that incorporates various strokes, color fills, and gradients. 

  • Explain how to navigate the shapebuilder tool to create custom shapes. 

  • Discover how to use the pen tool to design illustrations and how it can be edited with the direct selection tool. 

  • Explore how to use the brush tool panel to create free-form paths that can have a hand-drawn feel.  

Series Workshop Descriptions

This is session one of two for the workshop series titled “Adobe Illustrator for Beginners.” 

NOTE: While we recommend that you attend all sessions of the workshop series to meet the learning objectives, each workshop can be attended as a standalone. Full members will also have access to view the recordings on-demand and earn up to six continuing education credits.

Now Available On-Demand:

Workshop Description:

If you are new to Adobe Illustrator, this workshop will introduce you to the tools you need to create some fun graphics, starting with basic shapes. Join Kim Munoz as she shares how to navigate the drawing interface by zooming in and out of your designs, use the properties panel to add color, and use the pathfinder panel to combine shapes in a variety of ways. Participants will also have an opportunity to create their own designs that will assist them in teaching their students how to effectively use Adobe Illustrator. 

 

Learning Objectives: 

  • Explain how to navigate the drawing interface by using shortcuts to pan the screen and zoom in and out. 
  • Describe how to use the pathfinder tool panel to manipulate various shapes.  
  • Create a geometric design using the shapes tool that incorporates various strokes, color fills, and gradients. 

 

Special Technology Instructions:  

Participants will need access to a computer or laptop, a non-school, personal Google account, and Adobe Illustrator Software (they offer a free trial for 7 days). SimpleK12’s Google Classroom will be utilized for the interactive and hands-on components of this workshop.

Assessment:  

Participants will complete an exit ticket to demonstrate their understanding of the workshop objectives and reflect on their learning 

This is session two of two for the workshop series titled “Adobe Illustrator for Beginners.”

NOTE: While we recommend that you attend all sessions of the workshop series to meet the learning objectives, each workshop can be attended as a standalone. Full members will also have access to view the recordings on-demand and earn up to two continuing education credits.

Now Available On-Demand:

Workshop Description:
 

If you are new to Adobe Illustrator, this workshop will introduce you to the tools you need to create amazing graphics, starting with using and making brushes. Join Kim Munoz as she shares how to create custom shapes with the pen and shapebuilder tool, apply new drawing tools, and incorporate text in a variety of ways. Participants will also have an opportunity to create their own designs that will assist them in teaching their students how to effectively use Adobe Illustrator. 

 

Learning Objectives: 

  • Explain how to navigate the shapebuilder tool to create custom shapes. 
  • Discover how to use the pen tool to design illustrations and how it can be edited with the direct selection tool. 
  • Explore how to use the brush tool panel to create free-form paths that can have a hand-drawn feel.  
  • Create text in two forms, regular and on a custom, so the text flows along the edge of the path.  

 

Special Technology Instructions:  

Participants will need access to a computer or laptop, a non-school, personal Google account, and Adobe Illustrator Software (they offer a free trial for 7 days). SimpleK12’s Google Classroom will be utilized for the interactive and hands-on components of this workshop.

Assessment:  

Participants will complete an exit ticket to demonstrate their understanding of the workshop objectives and reflect on their learning 

Who Should Attend?

Secondary Educators (6-8), Secondary Educators (9-12)

Meet the Presenter

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Kimberly Munoz is a Career and Technology teacher at College Station High School in College Station (Texas), a former Instructional Technologist for Franklin ISD, and a former Bryan ISD middle school technology teacher. She is a Google Certified Trainer, whose past experience also includes being a TAP Mentor Teacher, as well as serving as a member of the Bryan ISD iSupport Team, which aids teachers and students in their use of technology. Kimberly is also a seasoned presenter and has conducted well over 50 unique webinars for SimpleK12. She also enjoys sharing her favorite tools, ideas and resources on her blog at techmunoz.edublogs.org. Kimberly loves to spend time with her 3 beautiful girls and wonderful husband.

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Collaborative opportunities to learn new skills and strategies that can be applied right away.

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Things to Know

Live Attendance

In order to receive credit for attendance and CEUs for each individual workshop, you must be a member and be in attendance and participating throughout the whole 60-minutes. Members who are in attendance and complete all required aspects of the workshop will see their completion status reflected on their Certificate of Attendance and CEUs applied to their profile on their Teacher Learning Community profile, typically within 48 hours of completion.

On-Demand

  • Members can access any workshops they may have missed on-demand. Recordings of the workshops are typically available within 3 days following the live workshop.
  • Non-members will need to pay for each individual workshop they would like to watch. *CEUs and Certificate of Completion are not provided for non-members.

CREDITS

  • 1 CEU learning hour is provided for each workshop you attend.

Anyone! If you find a workshop that appeals to you, you are welcome to join us.

Live workshops are 60-minutes in duration. Attendees will have access to the ‘workroom' following the workshop so they can continue collaborating with peers. Additionally, the trainer is available for 24 hours following the workshop to help coach.

While it's recommended you attend every workshop of a series to make sure you are achieving all learning outcomes, each workshop can be viewed as a stand-alone.

  • Workshops will be available on-demand in the Teacher Learning Community for UpTeach members, typically within 3-5 days after the workshop has ended. NOTE: Non-members will need to pay to access the on-demand workshop.
  • UpTeach members will also have access to the associated classroom to view the participant discussion stream and access any resources supplied. NOTE: Access to the trainer is only available during the actual workshop.

We host at least one virtual workshop per week throughout the year, with the exception of holiday weeks. Times for workshops vary due to many of our trainers being educators and school consultants themselves. This means that typically workshops are held after school hours ET.

We are excited to say that workshops are now included with Premium member subscriptions and district memberships.

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*The links to purchase individual workshops are available under the workshop descriptions.

  1. Internet access.
  2. Access to GoToWebinar. Whether you use the download app or an internet browser, trainers present direct instruction and communicate throughout the training via GoToWebinar.
  3. Access to Google Classrooms. Please make sure you are in a setting where you will have access to Google Classrooms. NOTE: Some school firewalls will not allow you to access Google Classrooms from your classroom. In these cases, you may need to be in your home to participate. Additionally, if your school email address is already associated with Google Classrooms, you will need to use a different personal email address to join so that you are not locked out of the training. Again, due to school privacy restrictions on some school email addresses.

Yes! If you have access to dual monitors, this is ideal. With this type of setup, you will be able to keep GoToWebinar open on one screen, and Google Classrooms open on another.

If you do not have access to a dual monitor setup, no worries! You will just need to make sure you can ‘toggle/switch' between the two.