Design Your Name

Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Subjects: Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Digital Media Arts, Creative Challenge

Students create a motion graphic that expresses their personality using just the letters of their name. Start a free 30-day WeVideo trial to use this assignment with your students!

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Design Your Name
 

Assignment details

Overview Overview

In this activity, students use text, video, audio, and animation tools to create a motion graphic for their name. They use visual design elements like color, font, layout, and motion to communicate information about their personality or identity. 

Objectives Objectives

This activity is a great way to build community in your classroom as students build digital literacy skills, learn to express themselves creatively, and get to know each other! 

Tips & tricks Tips & tricks

  • Use this activity to build community by having students share their design with their classmates.

  • You might have students guess what the graphic communicates about the person.

  • You might have students guess who made the motion graphic as you use this activity to learn each others' names. 

  • Invite students to share what their graphic represents about their personality.

ISTE standards ISTE standards

  • Empowered Learner 1.1.a

  • Digital Citizen 1.2.a

  • Creative Communicator 1.6.b