WorksheetsYear 7 Quiz – Clear Messaging in Digital Media
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Your school asks you to design a digital poster to remind students about internet safety. What is the MOST important first step?
Pick bright colours
Identify your target audience and purpose
Choose a fun font
Add lots of images
A teacher finds your poster difficult to read because the text blends into the background. Which design principle fixes this?
Consistency
White space
Contrast
Alignment
You are creating a slideshow for Year 3 students. Which wording shows the clearest message?
Recycle to save our planet!
Ensure your waste disposal is environmentally sustainable.
Please recycle your plastics, glass, and paper products.
Think carefully about your rubbish and recycle when possible.
Your flyer looks untidy because each page uses a different style. What should you focus on?
File format
Consistency of style
Why is it important to design with accessibility in mind?
To reduce file size
To make it colourful
To ensure everyone, including people with disabilities, can access it
To make it entertaining
Which filename is MOST suitable for a school project?
MyPoster-Final-Version-NEW2.png
InternetSafetyPoster_Year7_Sam.png
poster1.png
Untitled.png
You’ve added several images and they overlap messily. What should you adjust?
Font size of headings
White space and z-order
The background colour
The slide transitions
A student pastes a paragraph of text into one slide. How can they improve it?
Make the text smaller to fit
Use bullet points and headings
Add animations to every word
Switch to Comic Sans font
Select the MOST effective slogan for encouraging healthy eating.
Eat smart, live strong!
Fast food is always best!
Skip meals to lose weight!
Candy for every meal!
Your image won’t paste into Google Slides. What should you check first?
The theme of the slides
That the image was copied or saved correctly
The size of the font
The slide’s background colour
Why should you “Make a copy” of a Google Slides template instead of editing the teacher’s version?
To work offline
To avoid changing the original file
To use more animations
To print automatically
Which Google search gives the most precise results?
recycling OR schools
recycling+schools
recycling schools
“recycling”
You’re designing a slideshow for younger children. Which of these should you AVOID?
Using short, simple sentences
Adding bright, high-contrast colours
Including lots of long, difficult words
Using large, clear headings
Which change makes slides EASIER to read in class?
Adding long paragraphs
Reducing font size so it all fits on one slide
Using a decorative font for titles
Spreading content across multiple slides with large text
Why should images in digital media be relevant?
To make the page colourful
To show computer skills
To support the main message
To fill space
Proofreading a digital poster helps you avoid:
Large image files
Spelling and grammar mistakes
Having too many colours
Saving in the wrong folder
Which feature makes your slideshow MORE accessible?
Adding flashing backgrounds
Using alt text for images
Using complex, fancy fonts
Adding many slide transitions
You want one fact to stand out clearly on your slide. What should you do?
Put the text in bold or a larger size
Hide it at the bottom
Make the text smaller
Add unrelated images around it
A student saves their project as “Untitled1” and loses it. What’s the best fix?
Save multiple random versions
Save only on a USB stick
Use a descriptive filename and organised folder
Save without checking location
Why should you avoid cramming too much onto one slide?
It makes the message unclear
It stops the file saving
It uses up storage space
It makes it boring
Which tool in Google Slides helps keep text and images lined up?
Transition tool
Alignment tool
Format painter
Crop tool
You want to share your slideshow for group editing. What is the BEST way?
Print the slides
Copy text into a Word document
Share the Google Slides link with “Editor” rights
Take screenshots and email them
Which heading is clearest for a healthy lunch slide?
Lunch
Ideas for a Healthy Lunch
Food
Things You Might Eat at Lunch If You Like
Which is an effective use of white space?
Cramming text into every empty area
Leaving balanced gaps around text and images
Filling corners with clip art
Making the background blank with no content
Which question helps you evaluate whether your slideshow communicates clearly?
Did I include at least 10 animations?
Did my audience understand the main message?
Did I save as a JPG file?
Did I try every Google Slides feature?
