CIT 142 - Desktop Publishing Concepts

 
Description
This course introduces the fundamentals of word and image production using a personal computer. This course provides hands-on development that emphasizes the elements of page composition, publication design, text construction, graphs and business applications. Upon completion, students should be able to work effectively in producing flyers, proposals and brochures in a computerized office environment using a word-processing application such as Microsoft Word.

1. Identify desktop publishing tools and their proper use.
2. Identify the basic elements of design.
3. Manipulate design elements to have the desired effect.
4. Compose newsletter, newspaper, advertisement, sales promotion, business document and form layouts.
5. Manipulate pictures using digital editing hardware and software.
6. Identify potential legal problems with published material.
7. Create a published product from concept to final product

1. Software and hardware involved with document layout, illustration, image editing
2. Publishing applications such as Microsoft Word
3. Typefaces, element position, white/grey/black space, contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity
4. Page and document layout, article placement, captions, headlines for newsletters and newspaper layouts
5. Element placement for sales promotions, business documents and forms
6. Scanner settings to affect image quality, use of digital editing hardware and software, identifying different digital printing media
7. Real-world project evaluation for appropriate format and content
8. Digital printing media

• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Technological Competence

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