Let’s Create an Icon for Your School

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About

The School Mobile App

Information Technology Services has embarked on a formidable endeavor for the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year: To ensure that every school in Miami-Dade County Public Schools is represented in the School Mobile App (SMA). The SMA will appear on the home page of the already popular Dadeschools Mobile App. Parents and students will only see the SMA school icon of the school(s) that their child is attending.
Initially, the SMA will provide simple features and information (e.g., About Us, School News, School Calendar, and Contact Us). Over time, however, it will grow and offer more functionality and features.

Brand

Your School Icon

Each school will need to design a school icon for their school. The school icon (like a business brand) will represent the school uniquely on the home page of the Dadeschools Mobile App. See examples below using John A. Ferguson Senior, Leewood K-8, and Springview Elementary.

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Ferguson HS

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Springwiew ES

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Leewood K-8

Designing The Icon

Requirements

In order for your school icon to be approved and published, you must adhere to the following requirements.

Technical Specifications (see icon examples on this page)

  • Format: It must be a PNG file (can be created in Adobe Photoshop)
  • File Size and Dimensions: 1024 x 1024 pixels / 72 dpi
  • Must fit inside the circle grid provided in the template you will download
  • Colors: RGB format. Icon can be made up of 2 to 4 schools colors.
  • Content: NO background – transparent background, no words, only school initials (no more than two letters) if you choose to use letters.
  • Must be readable when reduced to the final icon size 170 x 170 px.


Download The Template File

Download the file below called "school_icon-grid_template-1024.png” It contains a grid template to create your school icon. Make sure to turn off the grid layer before saving the file as a PNG.

Download


Keep in mind

Below are three points to keep in mind as you think about your school icon:

  • The best app icons are unique, uncluttered, engaging, and memorable.
  • An app icon needs to look good in different sizes and on different backgrounds.
  • Details that might enrich an icon when it is large can make it look muddy when it is small.
  • The app icon needs to look good across diferent mobile devices.

Portfolio

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Get in touch

If you have any questions, please send us an email at:
fgonzalez@dadeschools.net

Thank you.


Dadeschools Mobile App Team