Your yearbook index can be a useful resource for students and staff alike. This is especially true when years later, alumni pick up their yearbook and look for where they were featured! Talk about nostalgia!
A yearbook index can be much more than a list of where students or staff appear. In fact, it doesn’t have to be boring at all! The last few pages of your yearbook may seem like an afterthought, but it’s a great way to show off your creativity.
If you’ve reached this final yearbook milestone, your creative juices may be ebbing. Don’t worry – we’ve got you covered! These design tips and ideas for your yearbook index will make it really pop!
Design Tips & Ideas for Your Yearbook Index
Your yearbook index can be the perfect place to include leftover content. It’s also a great place to include candid shots. You can even use your index to highlight staff members. Here are 3 design tips and ideas you can use for your yearbook index.
Tie it to your Yearbook Theme
You’ve likely worked hard to get your yearbook theme just right. And why not? It is, after all, the essence of your yearbook! There’s no reason that your yearbook index cannot also tie in to your yearbook theme.
Stay consistent with your yearbook font. Make sure you’re using the same font and spacing in your yearbook index. It helps to keep your yearbook theme consistent!
You may wonder how you can get what is really a block of text to tie into your theme. It’s easier than you may think! Here are a few ways to tie your index to your theme:
- Use graphics
- Include textures
- Try a variety of colors
Even something as simple as a treatment can help tie your index to your overall yearbook theme. Have fun with it!
Use Mods
Mods are your yearbook’s equivalent to a sidebar or excerpt. In your yearbook index, mods can help provide a visual reference to a block of text.
Using mods in your yearbook index is also a great way to use any leftover content that you may have! Do you have visuals or photographs that just didn’t quite fit anywhere else? Why not try incorporating them into your yearbook index. It’s a great way to make it more visually pleasing..
Highlight Your Yearbook Staff
Let’s face it. If you’re on the yearbook staff, you probably spend most of your time prepping the content for your yearbook. Often, the yearbook staff members are the least featured individuals in the yearbook!
Your yearbook index can change all that. It’s the perfect place to highlight your yearbook staff. Some creative ways you can incorporate your yearbook staff include:
- Adding in quotes from staff members – their highlights when creating the yearbook!
- Get staff members together to make the letters themselves. (Bonus, this can be a barrel of laughs trying to coordinate!)
- Highlight accomplishments your team achieved during the year.
Your yearbook index is an important source of reference, and with these design tips and ideas for your yearbook index, it can be a fun and visually striking reference!
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