JamieLang

KansasStateUniversity
EDCI763

I.
StatementofPurpose
LearnerswillbeabletouseAdobePhotoshopCS6toperformahighpasssharpeneffectona
photograph.

II.

NeedsAnalysis
1. Withoutusinganyoutsidesources,research,orhelpfromothers,couldyou
successfullyperformahighpasssharpenusingAdobePhotoshopCS6rightnow?

2. HaveyoueverusedAdobePhotoshop(anyversion)inthepast?Ifso,howlong
agowasit,howoftendidyouuseit,andwhatversiondidyouuse?

3. Haveyoueverusedotherimageeditingsoftware,suchasPixlr,iPhoto,Picasa,
Lightroom,Aperture,orGimp?Ifso,howlongagowasit,howoftendidyouuseit,
andwhatsoftware?

4. Rateyourconfidencelevelinthefollowingareasonascaleof15,1beingnotat
allconfidentand5beingveryconfident:
4.1. UsingaWindowscomputer
4.2. UsingaMacintoshcomputer
4.3. Downloadingimagesfromtheinternet
4.4. Findingsavedfilesonacomputer
4.5. OpeningPhotoshop
4.6. WorkingwithlayersinPhotoshop
4.7. WorkingwithfiltersinPhotoshop
4.8. SavingfilesinPhotoshop

Source:Figure3.1MagersPerformanceAnalysisProcess:FlowchartFormat
Brown,A.,&Green,T.(2011).NeedsAnalysis.In
TheEssentialsofInstructionalDesign
(2nd
ed.,p.45).Boston:Pearson.


III.

TaskAnalysis

IV.

LearnerAnalysis

Thelearnersparticipatinginthisactivityare4womenand2menranginginagefrom45to60.
Theyareabletosuccessfullydownloadandinstallsoftware,sotheyshouldbeabletoacquire
picturefilesfromtheinternetoracameraandopenthefileinAdobePhotoshopwithlittle
guidance.AllarenativeEnglishspeakersexceptforonewhoemigratedfromCubaatage9.
TheinstructionshouldincludeahighlevelwalkthroughofopeningaphotofileinAdobe
Photoshopandamoredetailforsteps14inordertomeettheneedsofalllearners.

V. Objectives

1.
Studentswillduplicatethebackgroundlayer.
1.1.
Studentswillbeabletolocatethelayerspaletteand,ifmissing,makeitappear
byselectingWindow>Layersfromthemenu.
1.2.
Studentswillbeabletoleftclickthelayercalledbackgroundinthelayers
palette.
1.3.
StudentswillbeabletolocatetheCommand(Mac)orCTRL(Windows)keyand
pressitatthesametimeastheJkey.
2.
Studentswillapplyahighpassfiltertothetoplayer.
2.1.
Studentswillbeabletoleftclickthenewlycreatedlayer.

2.2.
2.3.
3.

4.

StudentswillbeabletoselectFilter>Other>HighPassfromthetopmenu.
Studentswillbeabletotypeapixelvalueinthedialogboxbetween2and10,
whateverisappropriatetotheimage.
Studentswillapplyandadjustthelevelofsharpening.
3.1.
Studentswillbeabletolocatetheblendmodedropdownmenuinthelayers
palette.
3.2.
StudentswillbeabletoselectOverlayorSoftLightfromtheblendmodemenu.
3.3.
Studentswillbeabletoselecttheamountofsharpeningappliedbyusingthe
opacitysliderinthelayerspalette.
Studentswillsavethefile.
4.1.
StudentswillbeabletoselectFile>Savefromthetopmenu.
4.2.
Studentswillbeabletoselectthedesiredfiletypefromtheformatdropdown
menuinthesavedialoguebox.
4.3.
Studentswillbeabletoinputanametosavethefile.

VI.

Design

VideocreatedwithCamtasia.

ObjectiveVideoTimestamps
1.10:21
1.20:31
1.30:36
2.10:44
2.20:46
2.30:54

VII.

3.11:32
3.21:44
3.32:17
4.12:53
4.22:59
4.33:10
Evaluation

1. DuplicatethebackgroundlayerofanimageopeninAdobePhotoshopCS6.
2. ApplyahighpassfiltertothetoplayerofanimageinAdobePhotoshopCS6.
3. Applyandadjustthelevelofsharpeningbychoosingthecorrectblendmodeandsetting
anopacityappropriatetotheimageinAdobePhotoshopCS6.
4. Savethefile.

Gradingchecklist
___Backgroundlayerduplicated
___Highpassfiltereffectappliedtotoplayer
___Blendmodeandopacitysettingsappliedtotoplayer
___Filesaved

Recommendation:
Studentsshouldsavefileinthephotoshopformat(.psd)soevaluatorcan
successfullydetermineifproperstepswerefollowed.