Yearbook Playbook

DESIGN DESIGNING PAGES

Templates can be found in the bottom right-hand corner of your page editor screen in Yearbook 360.

Before you dive into design, make sure to plan out your pages. Once your ladder is complete, have your students prioritize what they are covering and all the possible stories for each individual spread. PRO TIP: Maximize the coverage. For example, football is more than just the games, so be sure to include: • Multiple games • Before and after the game • Practices As you move to complete your spreads, think about what will help your students the most. You can use templates, start blank, or do both to achieve the look you want. Templates You can use Walsworth’s premade templates or create your own to use throughout the book. Templates are a great starting point as they give you parameters. They include a certain number of photos, text and mods and are a great way to aid young designers. You can save templates to help ensure design consistency from spread to spread. Depending on the skill level of your staff, consider placing a template on every spread of the book so you can ensure consistency and help new staffers get started. Another option would be to choose a select few templates from the Template Catalog and allow the staff the freedom to choose which one they would like to work with on their spread. Avoid having each student choose their own template without limiting their options. This can lead to every spread having a completely different look and the yearbook as a whole lacking cohesion. Starting Blank You can start designing with blank pages to maximize the coverage of your content and give you a completely unique look. Starting blank doesn’t restrict you to certain parameters, but might make the design process longer. Getting the Coverage The staff is going to be excited to get behind the camera and several of them will be good with them. You want them capturing whatever they can get in front of, but ultimately you want to work smarter, not harder. Use your ladder to guide what you take photos of. You’ll want to make sure all spreads are getting covered. Plan out what needs to happen. A good rule of thumb is to get all students into the yearbook at least three times. • Player spotlights • Game highlights • Inside jokes/team bonding • Scoreboards

Grid Express

Template by Page Style

Template by Theme

Bleed bars: Bars, usually blue, found at the edges of Walsworth’s page editor to help you determine how far to extend a bleeding element off the page. You should always draw bleeding elements to the outside edge of the bleed bar

Bleed: Extension of images, graphics or backgrounds beyond the trim marks on the edges of a page, leaving no white margin