01 - R094 - Planning - Mind Map and Mood Board - 2026

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Welcome to Creative iMedia

An exciting course blending creative design and digital skills

We cover 3 units: R093, R094 and R097

✅ Lesson Expectations

📒 Be Ready

• Arrive on time with equipment
• Phones/headphones away unless needed

🎧 Be Engaged

• Listen and follow instructions
• Take part and stay focused

🙌 Be Respectful

• Respect ideas and people
• Look after IT equipment
• Do not speak over the teacher

💻 Be Responsible

• Save and back up work
• Use only approved software/websites

🚀 Revise & Skill Up

• Complete 1 Learning Pack per week in class and revise the pack at home
• All school software is available at home — practise and perfect your creative skills

R093: Creative iMedia in the Media Industry (Exam)

Type: Exam – 70 marks – 37% of final grade

What you’ll learn:

• Media sectors (film, TV, games, publishing, web)
• Purposes of media products
• Pre-production → production → post-production
• Job roles and teamwork in industry
• How products are distributed and consumed

Skills developed:

• Media analysis
• Understanding audiences and clients
• Applying knowledge in exam scenarios

R094: Visual Identity & Digital Graphics (Coursework)

Type: NEA Coursework – 50 marks – 26% of final grade

What you’ll learn:

• Explore how branding and visual identity are created
• Design and make a digital graphic product (e.g., poster, banner, DVD cover)
• Use professional tools like Photopea & Canva
• Review and evaluate your design

Skills developed:

• Creative editing
• Image manipulation (layers, effects, resolution)
• Planning & reviewing against a client brief

R097: Interactive Digital Media (Coursework)

Type: NEA Coursework – 70 marks – 37% of final grade

What you’ll learn:

• Research interactive media (websites, apps, games, presentations)
• Plan and create an interactive product
• Add multimedia (images, video, audio, animation)
• Test and refine your work
• Evaluate strengths & improvements

Skills developed:

• Web & interactive design
• User experience & navigation
• Testing, debugging, refining

R094 - Planning

Mind Map and Mood Boards

KO - Create primary documents for WhereAbouts Unit

1. Create a Mind Map to generate ideas for your visual identity and product
2. Create a Mood Board to generate ideas for your visual identity and product
3. Sketch 4 Concept Designs for the WhereAbouts visual identity

Task: Unit setup

1. Create an iMedia Folder - This is where you will save all of your work.
2. Create a folder inside your iMedia folder called - R094 - WhereAbouts Travel Guide (inside create 2 sub folders) - Task 1 / Task 2
3. Create a PowerPoint Document called - "R094 WhereAbouts Project Log" - Save inside your R094 - WhereAbouts Travel Guide Folder
4. Save this file into your folder.

WhereAbouts Travel Guides – Highlighting Task

Task Instructions:

Read the whole document carefully.

Make sure you understand what WhereAbouts is asking you to design.

1) Highlight sections about the purpose.

• Why is this project being created?
• What does the company want to achieve?
• What is your role as the designer?

2) Highlight sections about the target audience.

• Who will be using the travel guides?
• What type of people are they designed for?
• How will this influence your design?

 

3) Highlight sections that give design ideas or requirements.

• Information about the book format, sizes, and layout.
• Instructions about the front cover, spine, and online version.
• Keywords that hint at the style or look (e.g. visual identity, eye-catching).

What factors do we need to think about when creating a new product brand?

Create a Mind Map to help you plan your Visual Identity & The Product

1. Use the following as your centre node - R094 - WhereAbouts
2. Add the following nodes - Client Brief, Target Audience, Visual Identity Design Ideas, Travel Guide Design Ideas

https://app.mindmup.com/map/new/

IMPORTANT - Save mind map as a screenshot and paste into your project log PowerPoint.

Download Mind Map

Download your completed Mind Map and save it into your R094 WhereAbouts > Task 1 Folder

What imagery should we include on the WhereAbouts Mood Board? For example "logos"

Mood Board

Create a mood board to generate ideas for the imagery that you will use in your Visual Identity and Travel Guide - You should have a slide that:

1. Layout of different  travel guides
2. Possible destinations
3. Environmentally conscious 
4. Examples of different logos
5. Colour Scheme Ideas
6. Typography Ideas (fonts)

A good mood board should be annotated - to explain your choice of images.

Save into your task 1 folder