1. Multimedia Portfolio: Lesson Plan

Program: Kid Pix Deluxe 3

Task 2: Create the Graphic Design

Detailed Steps for Creating Multimedia Portfolio Graphic Using Kid Pix Deluxe 3 for Windows:

Step 2 – Creating the borders

Select the “drawing” tool.

Select the “pencil” tool.

Select the smallest dot for the finest pencil thickness.

- Select the unfilled “rectangle” from the drawing tools.

- Click and drag the cursor to draw a rectangle on the screen.

- Draw a second rectangle inside the first rectangle, creating a narrow border around your graphic. (See examples included with this book.)

If printing in colour: Select the “paint” tool.

Select a colour.

Select the solid colour “paint bucket”.

- Select the solid colour icon in the pattern choices to the right of the buckets.

- Click in the space between the two rectangles to fill the area with colour.

- Move cursor to the top left corner of the screen. When the arrow appears click and select “File” and “Save As” to save the graphic.

- Enter a name for your graphic and click OK.

- Select the unfilled “rectangle” tool.

- Click and drag the cursor to draw a third rectangle inside the first two rectangles.

If printing in colour: - Select another colour

- Click in the space between the two rectangles to fill the area with colour.

Click the “save” icon to save your work.