Sample Tutorial Fact Sheet
Darkroom Magic: Developing and Printing Black-and-White Photographs
Debra S. Pylypiw
Link
to Tutorial
IDT 7073, Fall, 2005
Target Audience and Purpose:
This tutorial project was designed for a high school Art &
Technology course that includes Photography, Videography, and
Computer Graphics.
During most semesters, this course is offered to a maximum of five advanced art students. The course is taught during the same class period as another advanced art class, either Sculpture & Ceramics or Drawing & Painting. The darkroom is located quite a distance from the art classroom which creates a logistical problem in instructing the students in how to develop and print photographs.
With this tutorial, Art & Technology students will be able to work through the information on their own, even at home, if necessary. They can go back to review any areas of difficulty.
The Presentation:
All pages have been created with a background watermark with
an image of a strip of film on an aqua field. Five buttons are
available on every page after the title page. These include:
END - A button that will end the slide show.
Home (House Icon) - A button that will return the user
to the beginning of the slide show.
Return (A U-shape with an arrow at the right end) - This
button will take the user to the last page viewed.
Back Arrow - Returns the user to the previous page.
Forward Arrow - Send the user to the next page.
The Table of Contents page lists all of the sections of the presentation and contains hyperlinks to each section.
The Introduction describes the purpose of the tutorial.
The participant can advance by either clicking on the link, "Part
One", or by clicking on the forward arrow.
Part One - Developing Film
This section consists of fifteen slides that provide step-by-step
instructions on how to make negatives out of a roll of exposed
film. Page numbers are located in the upper right corner. Important
terms and instructions are formatted in bold print. On the final
slide of the section, the participant has the option of clicking
on the phrase, "Part Two", or advancing by clicking
on the forward arrow.
Part Two - Printing Photographs
This section contains sixteen slides that provide step-by-step
instructions for printing black-and-white photographs. Again,
page numbers are located in the upper right corner and the important
terms and instructions are formatted in bold print. Rather than
repeating the developing instructions several different times,
when on slides 11 and 14 of the section, the participant is given
the option to go back to slide 24 where the Developing Process
begins. On the final slide of the section, a link is provided
to go to the review section.
Review
The firs page of the 8-page review section provides instructions
for how to participate in the review. Hint links are provided
for each question. Clicking on the Hint link will take the participant
to the page in the tutorial where the information is located.
Participants are reminded that the Return button will take them
back to the Review section. Answer links take the participant
to pages that contain the correct responses.
Credits
The Credits page lists the resources used to create the tutorial.
Areas of Improvement:
It would be helpful to also add video of some of the activities
like threading the film onto the reel, agitating the tank, and
making a test strip.
