Middle/High School, College Yearbook Resources

Ad Sales

Ad Pad (PDF)

Build an Advertising Team

More Coverage, More Money

Top 10 Tips for Running a Yearbook Ad Campaign

Adviser - General

Advice for Advisers

All About Pinterest (YD MAG)

Creating a Ladder for Traditional Coverage

Journalism Students Do Better – NAA Report (PDF)

Journalism Students Do Better – NAA Report Summary (PDF)

Journalism Students Do Better – Why Yearbook (PDF)

Ladder (Desk) (editable PDF)

Ladder (Standard) (editable PDF)

PSPA Guidelines for School Photographer Portrait CDs (PDF)

Setting Goals

Survival Tips for First Year Advisers (YD MAG)

Surviving the First Week

Sweet Sucess

The Purpose of Yearbook

We Empower Students (YD MAG)

Why Yearbook (PDF)

Yearbook Aligns With Common Core

Yearbook and Copyright Law

Yearbook Staff Job Descriptions

Book Sales

Choose Your Marketing Strategy

Expand Yearbook Sales

Fundraising Ideas That Work

Personality Sketches Help Sell Yearbooks

Promote Your Yearbook Sale (YD MAG)

Selling the Book (YD MAG)

Subscription Pad (PDF)

Tips for Selling Out

Use Facebook to Sell More Books (YD MAG)

World’s Largest Yearbook Yard Sale (YD MAG)

Yearbook Marketing Ideas

Book Recognition

Checklists / Top 10 To Do Lists

Month-by-Month Task Guide

Quick Checklist – For Writing Captions

Quick Checklist – Things to do in September

Quick Checklist – Things to do in October

Quick Checklist – Things to do in November

Quick Checklist – Things to do in December

Quick Checklist – Things to do in January/February

Quick Checklist – Things to do in March

Quick Checklist – Things to do in April

Quick Checklist – Things to do in May

Ten Ways to Give Yearbooks Impact

Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Captions

Top 10 Ideas for Layers of Coverage

Top 10 Suggestions for Developing Coverage

Top 10 Suggestions for Handling Yearbook Complaints

Top 10 Suggestions for Selecting a Theme/Concept

Top 10 Suggestions for Utilizing the True Potential Recruiting Package

Top 10 Suggestions for Yearbook Posters & Bulletin Boards

Top 10 Things to Consider When Developing Your Theme

Top 10 Things to Consider When Planning the Ladder

Top 10 Things to Consider When Pricing the Yearbook

Top 10 Things to do Before Distribution

Top 10 Things to do Before the End of School

Top 10 Things to do in the First Month of School

Top 10 Tips for Running a Yearbook Ad Campaign

Top 10 Tips for Writing Copy

Top 10 Tips for Writing Detail-Packed Captions

Top 10 Tips for Writing Headlines

Choosing a Camera

How to Choose a Digital Camera

What to Look for When Buying a Camera

Coverage - General

A Concept-Driven Yearbook (YD MAG)

A Guide to Coverage

Can I Quote You?

Covering Campus Deaths

Covering the Academics Section (YD MAG)

Covering the Clubs Section (YD MAG)

Covering the Index Section (YD MAG)

Covering the People Section (YD MAG)

Covering the Sections of Your Book (YD MAG)

Covering the Sports Section (YD MAG)

Covering the Student Life Section (YD MAG)

Create a Stellar Index (YD MAG)

Creating a Ladder for Traditional Coverage

Difficult Decisions (YD MAG)

Give Them a Reason to Buy

Human Interest Stories (YD MAG)

Making Small Portraits Interesting (YD MAG)

Need an Idea for a Story?

Organize Your Yearbook Content

Survey Ideas

Survey Ideas…Here’s Some More

The Bucket List (YD MAG)

The Concept of Teamwork (YD MAG)

The Voice of Your Yearbook (YD MAG)

Umbrella Coverage (YD MAG)

We Mustache You a Question – Getting Quotes (YD MAG)

What is a Yearbook Colophon?

Why Go Chronological? (YD MAG)

Wrangling Angles Improves Interest (YD MAG)

Writing a Yearbook Colophon

You’ve Gotta Have a Plan (YD MAG)

Critiques

ACP 2016 Critique Form (PDF)

ACP 2016 Individual Contests

ACP 2016 Individual Contests Entry Form

ACP Membership (PDF)

American Scholastic Press Association Contest & Review

CSPA 2016 Yearbook Gold Circle Form (PDF)

CSPA 2016 Membership

Canadian Yearbook Review Form 2016 (PDF)

NSPA 2016 Individual Contests

NSPA 2016 Individual Contests Entry Form

NSPA 2016 Membership Form (PDF)

NSPA Critique Entry Form (PDF)

Quill & Scroll 2016 Yearbook Excellence Form (PDF)

Get Them Critiqued (YD MAG)

Self-Critique Your Yearbook (PDF)

Curriculum

Common Core Guide

Common Core Guidelines (PDF)

Quickstart Guides

Quickstart HS eDesign have a theme (PDF)

Quickstart HS eDesign need a theme (PDF)

Quickstart HS InDesign have a theme (PDF)

Quickstart HS InDesign need a theme (PDF)

Quickstart MS eDesign have a theme (PDF)

Quickstart MS eDesign need a theme (PDF)

Quickstart MS InDesign have a theme (PDF)

Quickstart MS InDesign need a theme (PDF)

Deadlines

Deadlines Made Easy

Keep Track of Your Pages

Design

Back to Basics (YD MAG)

Back to Basics – More Examples (PDF)

Building a Yearbook Spread

Captivating Captions

Design Principles

Elements of Page Design

More About Nuance Than New (YD MAG)

More Than One Way to Do it Right (YD MAG)

Roughing It – Size 7 (PDF)

Roughing It – Size 8 (PDF)

Roughing It – Size 9 (PDF)

Sentence Structure Types

The Role of Color (YD MAG)

Thinking on Paper – Thumbnail Sketch Sheet (PDF)

Using Typographer’s Quotes

Fonts

10 Type Tips

Choosing Fonts For Your Yearbook Pages

Choosing Fonts That Complement Each Other

Examples of Type That Works

Font Terms

Headlines 101 (PDF)

Installing Fonts in a Windows Operating System

Installing Fonts on a Mac Running Adobe® InDesign®

The Difference Between TrueType®, PostScript® and OpenType™ Fonts

The Power of Type (YD MAG)

Using Fonts on Your Yearbook Pages

Fun

Boredom Buster (PDF)

Celebrate Certificate Templates – InDesign CS3

Celebrate Certificate Templates -InDesign CS4

Celebrate Certificate Templates -InDesign CS5

Celebrate Certificate Templates – MS Word Mac

Celebrate Certificate Templates – MS Word Windows

Cool Ideas for Recycling Projects

Editing Symbols (PDF)

Lesser Known Editing Symbols (PDF)

Papercraft Yerds

Some Ways My Yearbook Staff Has Fun

Fundraising

Favorite Fundraisers

Raise More Money

Grading

Fair and Accurate Student Assessments (YD MAG)

Rubric – Caption Writing

Rubric – Column Design

Rubric – Copy / Feature Writing

Rubric – Grid Design

Rubric – Photography

Herff Jones

Herff Jones Green Commitment

What it Takes to Create Your Yearbook (PDF)

Illustrator

3D Shapes – Create or Rotate (PDF)

Place Text on a Curved Line or Circle (PDF)

InDesign

10 Steps to Create a Layout (PDF)

Add Text to a Page (PDF)

Add Type to a Shape

Adobe® InDesign® Toolbar (PDF)

Align Elements (PDF)

Apply Color to Text, Graphics and Page Elements (PDF)

Automatic Page Numbers (PDF)

Change Text Case (PDF)

Character & Paragraph Styles (PDF)

Check Spelling (PDF)

Color Swatches (PDF)

Compound Path (PDF)

Drop Cap Creation (PDF)

Gradient Creation (PDF)

Duotone Effect (PDF)

Drop Shadow with Text (PDF)

Embossed Effect (PDF)

Feather a Photo Edge (PDF)

Flip Layouts (PDF)

Graphic Links (PDF)

Grid Template (PDF)

Indexing (PDF)

Open Files in an Earlier Version (PDF)

Place Photo Inside Text (PDF)

Photo Drop Shadow (PDF)

Photo Mosaic (PDF)

Remove Photo Background (PDF)

Remove the White Box Around Clip Art (PDF)

Renumber Pages (PDF)

Rotate Objects (PDF)

Set Indents (PDF)

Set Tabs (PDF)

Skew Objects or Text (PDF)

Shortcuts – Basic (PDF)

Shortcuts for InDesign CS5-CS6 (PDF)

Styles – Create & Apply (PDF)

Text as a Graphic Element (PDF)

Text on a Path (PDF)

Text Wrap (PDF)

Transparent Photo (PDF)

Transparent Text on Photo (PDF)

Motivation

Maintain Momentum

Motivate Staff to Interview More Students

Organizing Staff / Room

A Plan. A Purpose. A Goal (YD MAG)

Create a System (YD MAG)

Managing Up, Down & Sideways (YD MAG)

Someone Perfect for Every Job (YD MAG)

The Concept of Teamwork (YD MAG)

The Maestro Concept (YD MAG)

Make it Easy as 1, 2, 3 (YD MAG)

Ultimate Source of Staff Info (YD MAG)

Organizing Your Book

Desk Ladder (PDF)

Desk ladder – Editable (PDF)

Standard Ladder – Editable (PDF)

Wall Ladder (PDF)

What & Who Planner (PDF)

Where at a Glance Planner (PDF)

People

HJ Special Consultant Lynn Strause

HJ Special Consultant Paul Ender

HJ Special Consultant Linda Puntney

Photography - General

Conquering Group Photo Day

Group Picture Pass (PDF)

Hassle-free Group Photos (YD MAG)

Organize Your Digital Photos (YD MAG)

Photo Assignment Sheet (PDF)

Photo Assignment Sheet Editor’s Master (PDF)

Photo Composition Checklist

Photos in Five (YD MAG)

Photos That Work (YD MAG)

PSPI Guidelines 2016-2017 (PDF)

Photography Tips & Tricks

Effectively Capture the Moment

Cropping a Photo for Maximum Impact

Get the Right Shot

Photo Cropping Tips

Produce Amazing Images (YD MAG)

Shoot Like a Pro (YD MAG)

Shutter Speed and Aperture (PDF)

Tips for Scanning Graphics and Photographs

Photoshop

Create an Action (PDF)

Crop a Photo

Duotone (PDF)

Fade Side of Photo (PDF)

Ghost a Photo (PDF)

Gradient Creation (PDF)

Photo Edges (PDF)

Place Photo into Type (PDF)

Remove Graphic Background (PDF)

Selection Tools (PDF)

Straighten a Photo (PDF)

Text Drop Shadow (PDF)

Text on Circle (PDF)

Warp Text (PDF)

Portraits

PSPI Guidelines for School Photographer Portrait CDs (PDF)

Recruiting Staff

Choose a Colorful Yearbook Staff

Create a Staff Recruitment Plan

Changing the Staff Status Quo (YD MAG)

Recruit a Diverse Yearbook Staff (YD MAG)

Top 10 Suggestions for Utilizing the True Potential Recruiting Package

Staff Activities

After the Book Is Done

Boredom Buster

Captivating Captions (Caption Shuffle)

Celebrate Certificate Templates – InDesign CS3

Celebrate Certificate Templates -InDesign CS4

Celebrate Certificate Templates -InDesign CS5

Celebrate Certificate Templates – MS Word Mac

Celebrate Certificate Templates – MS Word Windows

Get Your Yearbook Staff to Take More Photos

True Colors (PDF)

Submitting Files

Prevent Problems With Your Pages

Shipment Record (PDF)

Tips for Submitting Desktop Pages

Team Building

Becoming a Team

Create a Cohesive Staff (YD MAG)

Incorporate a Little TLC (YD MAG)

Team Building and Icebreaker Ideas

True Colors (PDF)

Tech Support Information Form

Be Prepared For Your Call (PDF)

Technology Tips & Tricks

Computer Tips

Graphics Formats

Terminology

Capitalize or Apostrophe

Typography Terminology

Yearbook Lingo (PDF)

Theme - General

A Whole-Book Look

Theme vs. Concept (YD MAG)

There’s so Much More to the Best Themes (YD MAG)

Unify Your Book With a Theme (PDF)

Using a Theme (PDF)

Yearbook Themes – What a Concept!

Theme Lists

7,118 Themes – Part 1: A-D

7,118 Themes – Part 2: E-J

7,118 Themes – Part 3: K-O

7,118 Themes – Part 4: P-S

7,118 Themes – Part 5: T-Z

7,118 All Themes A-Z (PDF)

Traditions

Traditions That Leave Their Mark (YD MAG)

Staff Traditions

Training

A Variety of Education (YD MAG)

Finding Staff Leaders (YD MAG)

Photos in Five (YD MAG)

Putting True Colors to Work (PDF)

Surviving the First Week

Yearbook is Year-Round (YD MAG)

Writing

Become Better Writers

Caption Starters

Commonly Misspelled Words

Consider the Alternatives with Copy

Editing Symbols (PDF)

Em and En Dashes

Give Headlines Verbal Power (YD MAG)

Become Better Writers

Not Just Caption Who (YD MAG)

Quick Checklist – For Writing Captions

Sentence Structure Types

Style Sheet for Writing Copy

Tips for Writing Copy

Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Captions

Top 10 Tips For Writing Copy

Top 10 Tips For Writing Detail-Packed Captions

Using a Collaborative Writing Approach (YD MAG)

Using Typographer’s Quotes

Writing a Yearbook Colophon

Yearbook Business

Sound Business Practices for Yearbook

Work on Your Budget and Next Year’s Sales Now

Yearbook is a Business

Yearbook Distribution & Signing

Plan a Yearbook Signing Party

Distribution Day Survival Guide

MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE RESOURCES

Canadian Yearbook Review winners

CSPA Crown winners

NSPA Best of Show

NSPA Pacemaker winners

Quill & Scroll

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