CIT 34600
Desktop Publishing Applications
Course Instructional Objectives
Desktop Publishing Applications
Course Instructional Objectives
Desktop Publishing - uses, applications, and history
- Define desktop publishing
- Explain the use of desktop publishing in small, medium & large businesses
- Identify software to assist with desktop publishing
- Research the history of publishing
Print Publications
- Use effective design principles
- Create Flyers appropriate graphics and text
- Create Newsletters using standard protocols for paginiation, text, graphics, etc.
- Create full-color brochures for an intended audience
Fonts, Layout, Color, and Styles
- Describe the difference between serif and sans serif
- Describe the difference between script, modern, old style, and slab serifs
- Describe the difference between concordant conflicting and contrasting fonts
Original Graphics
- Plan original graphics using the rule of thirds
- Explain the golden rectangle
- Edit photos using cropping, selection, healing, layering, and brushing tools
- Be able to discuss photorealism, clip art, collages, montages, mosaics, and filtering
Data Driven Publications
- Use text and graphic databases to populate catalogs
- Create a mail merge form letter and a mail merge e-letter
- Describe the difference between Object linking and object embedding
Web Publications
- Use navigation bars correctly
- Create web pages with navigation, hyperlinks, text, and graphics
- Use good Web design considerations
- Describe accessibility issues
- Use metatags and alternative text
- Create an image map using slices
- Add sound, animation, and correct file formats
Desktop Publishing Showcase
- Create a complete desktop publication solution for a not-for-profit
- Create a CD with all materials
- Present the solution using document links and screenshots in PowerPoint