1. Updated CTE Blueprint 2. Updated CTE Blueprint Primer 3. Important Policies
4. Acknowledgements 5. Assessment and Equipment
1. Official course number and title 1. Agriculture, Food, & Natural
Resources AG
2. Program area 2. Architecture & Construction AC
3. Course description 3. Arts, A/V Technology, &
Communications AR
4. Hours of instruction 4. Business Management &
Administration BM
5. Recommended maximum enrollment 5. Education & Training ED
6. Prerequisite courses 6. Finance FN
7. Career cluster alignment with completers noted
where applicable 7.
Government & Public
Administration GV
8. Essential standard and indicator numbers 8. Health Science HL
9. Essential standard and indicator statements 9. Hospitality & Tourism HT
10. Relative course weights for each essential
standard and indicator statements 10. Human Services HU
11. RBT Designation for each essential standard and
indicator 11. Intormation Technology IT
12. Column for Local Use 12. Law, Public Safety, Corrections &
Security LW
13. Contact information 13. Manufacturing MN
14. Most current version date 14. Marketing MK
15. Science, Technology, Engineering,
& Mathematics ST
16. Transportation, Distribution &
Logistics TD
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Each Blueprint contains the: Career Cluster Two-letter Abbreviations:
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BM10: Microsoft Word and Power Point
Career Cluster(s): Work-Based Learning ES # Obj. #
Unit Titles/Essential Standards and Objective Statements
(The Learner will be able to:) Course Weight RBT Designation Local Use
Total Course Weight 100%
1.00 Understand design. 20% B2
1.01 Understand typography, multiuse design principles and elements. 10% B2
1.02 Understand digital communication products. 10% B2
2.00 Understand digital image design. 30% B2
2.01 Understand digital raster graphics. 20% B2
2.02 Understand digital vector graphics. 10% B2
3.00 Understand time based media. 22% B2
3.01 Understand principles of audio and video. 14% B2
3.02 Understand basic motion graphic programming. 8% B2
4.00 Understand the fundamentals of web design. 28% B2
4.01 Understand the fundamentals of HTML5 and CSS. 18% B2
4.02 Understand the concepts of responsive web design. 10% B2
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Foundational: AR and IT
Enhancement: HT and ST
Completer: IT
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) are an integral part of this curriculum. CTSOs are strategies used to teach course content, develop leadership, citizenship, responsibility, and proficiencies related to workplace needs.
Career and Technical Education conducts all activities and procedures without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, gender, or disability. The responsibility to adhere to safety standards and best professional practices is the duty of the practitioners, teachers, students, and/or others who apply the contents of this document.
This blueprint has been reviewed by business and industry representatives for technical content and appropriateness for the industry.
North Carolina Career and Technical Education
Updated CTE Course Blueprint
Business, Finance, and Information Technology Education
BD10 Multimedia and Webpage Design
Hours of Instruction: Recommended Maximum
Enrollment: Prerequisite:
Summer 2015
Aligned Credential or Certification:None
Course Description: This course focuses on desktop publishing, graphic image design, computer animation, multimedia production and webpage design. Communication skills and critical thinking are reinforced through software applications. English language arts and arts are reinforced. Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competitive events, community service, and leadership activities provide the opportunity to apply essential standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences.
Column Heading
Column information
ES#
Obj.# ES=Essential standard number (two digits); Obj.=Objective number (essential standard number and two-digit objective number).
Essential Standard and Objective Statements
Essential standards and specific objectives per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with the stem “The learner will be able to. . .” (The stem appears once in Column 2.) Outcome behavior in each essential standard/objective statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
Course Weight Shows the relative importance of each objective and essential standard. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective.
RBT Designation
RBT Designation for the classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and objectives: C1 is Remember
C2 is Understand
C3 is Apply, analyze, evaluate.
Local Use Space for use by Local Education Agencies.
Updated CTE Course Blueprint
This document lays out the essential standards and objectives for the course and reflects the intended level of learning as C1, C2, or C3. Essential standards are big, powerful ideas necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course and translate to the next level of education or world of work. They identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish.
This document will help teachers plan for curriculum delivery for the course by providing the relative weights of the units, essential standards, and objectives within the course to help teachers prepare daily lesson plans, and construct valid formative, benchmark, and summative assessments. Assessment for this course is written at the level of the objective.
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) are an integral part of this curriculum. CTSOs are strategies used to teach course content, develop leadership, citizenship, responsibility, and proficiencies related to workplace needs.