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2026-2027 Academic Year

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CD10 Adobe Visual Design I

Course Type: Adapted

Standard/Objective Number	Standard/Objective	Course Weight	RBT Designation
1.00	Understand critical concepts related to working in the design industry.	13%	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.01	Understand the importance of the project purpose, audience, and audience needs for preparing images.	3%	-
1.02	Understand methods to communicate with colleagues and basic project management.	3%	-
1.03	Understand the type of copyright, permissions, and licensing required to use specific content.	3%	-
1.04	Understand key terminology related to digital images.	4%	-
2.00	Apply procedures to use Adobe Photoshop for visual communications.	42%	C3 Apply Procedural
2.01	Understand the Photoshop Creative Cloud interface and program settings.	4%	-
2.02	Understand document structure and non-destructive editing in Photoshop Creative Cloud.	7%	-
2.03	Apply procedures to create and modify visual elements using Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud.	28%	-
2.04	Apply procedures to publish digital images using Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud.	3%	-
3.00	Apply procedures to use Adobe Illustrator for visual communications.	35%	C3 Apply Procedural
3.01	Understand Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud interface and program settings.	4%	-
3.02	Understand document structure for efficient workflow.	5%	-
3.03	Apply procedures to create and modify visual elements Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud.	23%	-
3.04	Apply procedures to save and export assets for specific purposes using Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud.	3%	-
4.00	Understand procedures to use Adobe InDesign for visual communications.	10%	C2 Understand Procedural
4.01	Understand project requirements for graphic layouts.	5%	-
4.02	Understand print and digital media publications using Adobe InDesign Creative Cloud.	5%	-

Essential standards (highlighted in gray below) are big, powerful ideas that are necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course. Essential standards identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish. Essential standards provide value throughout a student's career, in other courses, and translate to the next level of education or world of work.

Objectives/Indicators (rows not highlighted in gray below) provide another level of detail for each Essential Standard.

Adapted or Adopted Course includes essential standards and, in many cases, specific objectives/indicators aligned with business and industry standards and/or criteria for credentials or certifications. The course standards are designed using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). If the POL is a CTE State Assessment, the course is written at the level of the ESSENTIAL STANDARD and assesses the intended outcome of the sum of its objectives/indicators.

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Standard/Objective Number: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
Standard/Objective: Essential standard and specific objective/indicator statements per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective/indicator begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with The learner will be able to... Outcome behavior in each essential standard or objective/indicator statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
Course Weight: Shows the relative importance of each essential standard or objective/indicator. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective/indicator.
RBT Designation: Classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and indicator statements in Dimensions according to the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
Cognitive Process Dimension: 1 Remember, 2 Understand, 3 Apply, 4 Analyze, 5 Evaluate, 6 Create.
Knowledge Dimension: A Factual Knowledge, B Conceptual Knowledge, C Procedural Knowledge.