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Click to view a PDF of this cut sheet.Graphic Communications CPU

Introduction

Students embroider a logo to learn the digitization software, then design their own.Graphic design skills span many fields ranging from the textile industry, advertising and marketing, and publishing. Applied Technologies offer three individual Graphic Communication CPUs, each with similar content, but resulting in different products. These choices allow students to print on fabric by heat transfer, output to an embroidery machine, or output to a vinyl sign cutter.

Featured Careers

  • Fine artist

  • Commercial artist

  • Visual artist

  • Photographer

  • Graphic designer

Skill Development

Technology Skills

  • After developing a logo with an industry-standard design package, students can print and press the design onto a T-shirt.Career and occupational outlook

  • Academic requirements

  • Communication, feedback, layout, proportion, contrast, rhythm, and unity

  • Formal and informal balance

  • Graphics manipulation

  • Pixel-based and vector-based graphics

  • Graphics software applications

  • Logo design

  • Output devices

Academic Skills

  • Reading

  • Writing

  • Math

  • Design

  • Teamwork

  • Problem solving

  • Resource allocation

  • Technological literacy

  • Skills USA event alignment

What's Included

Embroidery

  • Applied Technologies Graphic Communications (Embroidery) courseware CD

  • Applied Technologies Graphic Communications (Embroidery) Student Guide

  • Digitizing software

  • Embroidery/sewing machine

  • Thread

  • Needles

  • Stabilizer

  • Magazine font worksheet pad

  • Multinational sign worksheet pad

  • Miscellaneous materials and consumables

  • Instructor's Overview

  • Media Cruiser

Vinyl Signmaking

  • Students create and cut various designs out of vinyl, then apply them to different products.Applied Technologies Graphic Communications (Vinyl Signmaking) courseware CD

  • Applied Technologies Graphic Communications (Vinyl Signmaking) Student Guide

  • Design software

  • Clip-art software

  • Vinyl sign cutter

  • Vinyl

  • Notebooks

  • License plates

  • Miscellaneous materials and consumables

  • Instructor's Overview

  • Media Cruiser

Wax Thermal

  • Applied Technologies Graphic Communications (Wax Thermal) courseware CD

  • Applied Technologies Graphic Communications (Wax Thermal) Student Guide

  • Design software

  • Printer

  • Transfer press

  • T-shirts or ball caps

  • Scanner

  • Magazine font worksheet pad

  • Multinational sign worksheet pad

  • Fund-raiser poster worksheet pad

  • Pizza advertisement worksheet pad

  • Miscellaneous materials and consumables

  • Instructor's Overview

  • Media Cruiser

Ordering Information

Graphic Communications (Embroidery) - CCA1045
CPU Objectives

Graphic Communications (Vinyl Signmaking) - CCA998
CPU Objectives

Graphic Communications (Wax Thermal) - CCA1001
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