Homeschool Curriculum That Helps Students Learn Technology Quickly and Easily

Welcome Homeschooling Families! (And Teachers Too!)

First, thank you for taking on the challenge of homeschooling! My hope is that these lessons and activities will make your experience with homeschooling easier while also making it fun for your student.

This curriculum is for high school students interested in graphic design and web design. I made this curriculum and use in my own classes!

If you are new to homeschooling, don’t worry! I make my lessons and activities as student-friendly as possible. Your student will be creating by the end of Lesson 1.

All of the curriculum is available on Teachers Pay Teachers. The links are below, and you can download it right away to get started.

High School Homeschool Graphic Design and Web Design Curriculum

I am adding lessons and activities all the time. Since I am a teacher during the day, I will post new content as soon as I can, especially over the summer ;)!

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Get your students creating in the first lesson!

As a full-time teacher, I know students sometimes need step-by-step assistance, especially now during these challenging times. If you are a parent homeschooling your student, or a teacher whose students are working remotely or in-person, I have made these lessons to make learning technology simple and fun. I use these lessons with my own students who enjoy them, and I hope yours will too.

The curriculum has short, simple instructions that have abundant screenshots and guidance. Your student can get started using the basic drawing tools or learning HTML right away in Lesson 1.

I will be adding much more curriculum that uses Google Docs, Google Sheets, and especially Google Slides for the drawing tools. Many graphic design and Information Technology teachers struggle without having the usual Adobe software available for students working remotely. I have discovered that the drawing tools in Google Slides are a great workaround to teach the basics of drawing on the computer. They are also suitable to middle schoolers too.

I hope you find this curriculum useful for your student. I will be posting more as soon as possible. Please reach out if you have questions.

Need the lessons and activities now? Grab them on Teachers Pay Teachers!

Getting Started Creating Graphics on the Computer

Homeschool Graphic Design Curriculum - Starting Out With Basic Shapes

Drawing in Google Slides ™

Why Should Students Draw in Google Slides?

Google Slides is a free and easy for students to learn to draw on a computer. It’s a great way to get started drawing and to find out about graphic design before investing in Adobe Illustrator.

Students learn about:

Basic Shapes
Fill Color
Border Color
Gradients
Arranging Objects
Alignment
and More!

The instructions are easy for students to follow, and they are guided step-by-step with with lots of screenshots.

Creating graphics with the basic shapes in Google Slides helps students begin to look at pictures and take them apart. When I give my students an assignment in Google Slides (or even in Adobe Illustrator) and I don’t include the instructions, I tell my students to think of the image like it’s a puzzle. What basic shapes are being used to put the puzzle together? That helps them start to strategize about the graphics and then they start problem solving.

Google Slides™ Lesson 1 - Carol's Cupcakes

Basic Shape Tools
Fill Color
Borders
Adding Text

Google Slides™ Lesson 2 - Car Battery

Basic Shape Tools
Fill Color
Borders
Arranging Objects
Adding Text

Google Slides™ Lesson 3 - Sam's Skateboards

Basic Shape Tools
Fill Color
Borders
Arranging Objects
Adding Text

Homeschool Graphic Design Curriculum - Beginner to Advanced Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator® Lessons

Learning Adobe Illustrator can be easy and fun for students once they get the hang of it. There is a bit of a learnign curve, but the students will catch on quickly. Once they begin learning Illustrator, their graphic design journey really begins!

These Illustrator lessons are made for complete beginners and will get students producing projects immediately in lesson 1. Easy instructions with lots of screenshots. Simple for parents and teachers to grade and assess progress.

The activities are created as “worksheets” rather than long chapters often found in a textbook and students generally have an easy time with them,

Get the lessons and activities now on Teachers Pay Teachers

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Lessons

Adobe Illustrator CS3
Level 1 Tutorials

Basic Drawing Tools
Swatch, Brush, and Graphic Style Libraries
Working with Symbols
Adding an Effect
Working with Layers
Aligning Objects
Custom Brushes
Typing on a Path

Adobe Illustrator CS3
Level 2 Tutorials

Graphic Style Libraries
Pathfinder Tools
Using the Pen Tool
Transparency and Opacity
Glyphs
Clipping Masks
Gradient Mesh
Live Trace
Live Paint

Adobe Illustrator CS3
Level 3 Tutorials

Designing for Web
Aligning Objects and Text
More with Pathfinder Tools
Pen Tool and Metal Gradients
Transparency and Anchor Points
Reflect Tool and Guide Lines
Scissor Tool and Shear Tool
Outline Stroke, Blend Tool
Using the Grid and Text Leading

Adobe Illustrator CC Lessons

Adobe Illustrator CC
Lesson 1 - Roll the Dice

Open a new file
Draw squares and circles
Change Fill and Stroke colors
Use the Type tool
Change Font colors
Use the Selection tools
Copy and Paste
Group Objects
Review challenge included

Adobe Illustrator CC
Level 1 Tutorials

Basic Drawing Tools
Swatches, Pathfinder
Working with Text
Symbols, Gradients
Layers and Transparency
Aligning Objects
Custom Brushes
Patterns, Shape Builder Tool
Effects and Clipping Masks

Adobe Illustrator Puzzles and Warm-Ups (10 Puzzles)

Only basic shapes
Only black and white
Each comes on its own page in an eworkbook
Great for problem solving skills

Homeschool Web Design Curriculum - Learning to Build a Website with HTML

html Lessons

Students are guided step-by-step in learning HTML with a lot of screenshots and simple instructions. With a free text editor like NotePad, NotePad++, or the TXT app on a Chromebook, students can get started designing a website. (These lessons use NotePad++).

Students can also download Atom for a more advanced HTML editor. It is also free.

These tutorials also walk students through creating actual web pages so they are not only learning, but also producing a finished product. I use them with my own students. I hope your student enjoys them!

Introduction to HTML Lessons

HTML for Beginners - Level 1
My Trip to the Aquarium

10 Lessons
Basic HTML Tags
Lists
Comments
Adding Pictures
Changing Colors
Hyperlinks
Tables
Symbols and Emojis

HTML for Beginners - Level 1
Review: Frogs Web Page

3 Lessons
Basic HTML Tags
Lists
Comments
Adding Pictures
Changing Colors
Hyperlinks
Tables

More lessons coming soon!

Make learning Fun

It has never been easier to help your students learn technology.