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CA 41 - Desktop Publishing - Adobe InDesign |
Syllabus
Units: 3
Prerequisites: CA 10 (keyboarding), 20 (intro to Mac) or CA 70 (Windows PC intro) recommended
Class Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:55 AM - 12:20 PM plus 2.0 weekly hours by arrangement
Instructor: Steve Peltz, campus phone number: 741-2065
Catalog description: This course focuses on the uses of Adobe InDesign for document layout and design. Students have the opportunity to learn how to integrate text, graphics, and photographs to create a variety of professional quality finished documents for practical and business use. This course is WVC degree and certificate applicable. Credit/ No Credit option.
Texts: InDesign CS3 for Macintosh and Windows (a Visual Quickstart Guide) by Sandee Cohen
Course Objective: The student will demonstrate competency with the basic and advanced uses of Adobe InDesign desktop publishing software by creating a variety of finished documents that incorporate the integration of text and graphics.
Course Content:
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Document and column set up for a variety of publications
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Use of rulers, guides, and snap-to guides
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Formatting type including styles, sizes, leading, tracking, kerning
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Using the edit menu - cutting, copying, pasting
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Multiple pasting, editing stories, spell checking
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Formatting paragraphs, moving/resizing text blocks, leading adjustment etc.
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Placing graphics, resizing graphics, text wraps
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Setting up templates and style palettes
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Grouping and aligning objects, multiple pasting with "step and repeat" functions
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Graphic formats, links, resolutions
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Color, color libraries and color separation
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Bi-fold brochures and other custom layouts
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Rotation tool, drop caps, page numbering, and insertion of special symbols
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Styles and creating a custom style palette, use of templates
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Printing solutions and PPD's and PDF's
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Principles of design
Instructional format: 3 hours of class time each week including demonstrations, lecture, and/or critique. 2 hours of individual weekly hours by arrangement. Hands-on experience with computers and InDesign software.
Grades: Letter grades will be assigned unless a student submits a written request for a credit/no credit grade. The following criteria will be used:
Class projects - 70%
Final Project/Exam - 20%
Attendance - 10%
Note: All late assignments will be automatically reduced one grade.
Withdrawal: If you find that for unforeseen circumstances you have to drop the course, remember that withdrawal is not an automatic process. It is the student's sole responsibility. Contact the Admissions and Records office for a DROP slip and have the instructor sign it. Please read the DROP procedures carefully to avoid unnecessary grade penalties.
Need Help? If you have questions during the course or are having problems, please feel free to contact the instructor:
Steve Peltz, 741-2065
email: steve_peltz@westvalley.edu
office hours: Fridays, Noon - 1 PM in the Distance Learning Office (located across the hall from the television studio in the Library Annex)
Resources
Click here to learn how to "back save" an InDesign document in order to open it in InDesign CS
Click here to access the audio file
Links:
http://www.sessions.edu/career_center/design_tools/color_calculator/index.asp#
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