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Apr 26, 2024
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GRA 176 - Layout Design I
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Course Description:
This course introduces students to Adobe InDesign. InDesign is the industry-leading layout and page design software for print and digital media. Create beautiful, typography heavy, graphic design pieces. InDesign has everything you need to create and publish books, print and digital magazines, eBooks, posters, interactive PDFs, and more. Students learn how to create and format documents, format type, import images, use styles, create vector shapes, work with color, and create swatches. Students learn typographic and publishing techniques, basic design principles, and how to apply spot and process color. Students will examine, troubleshoot, and package digital files for output. Students will design projects as they move along, reinforcing their working knowledge of InDesign. Students will be expected to manage deadlines and deliver quality work on time. Personal responsibility in meeting deadlines is essential in any professional graphic designer or web designer.
Recommended(s): It is expected that the student have basic knowledge of the use of a computer. In particular, the students should know how to save, copy, delete, and move files.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: none
Mode(s) of Instruction: face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: none
Common Course Assessment(s): none
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes
- Learn and apply the fundamentals of digital publishing using Adobe InDesign.
- Recognize and apply layout and design guidelines in document creation.
- Examine, analyze and evaluate documents for design and effectiveness.
- Students will effectively budget time and demonstrate ability to meet deadlines.
Course Objectives
- Get to know the basics of the InDesign Workspace
- Learn Type, Tools, and Terms in InDesign
- Learn the fine are of setting type in InDesign, including drop caps, hyphenation settings, alignment options, quotation marks, hyphens and dashes, etc.
- Combine type and images. Understand X and Y coordinates in InDesign.
- Threaded text frames, spell checking, tracking and kerning.
- Learn about Tabs and Tables in InDesign. Set tabs in text boxes.
- Create tables in layouts.
- Learn about InDesign’s Grids, Guides, and Aligning Objects.
- Work on lessons and projects in InDesign to help reinforce skills learned in each chapter.
- Ability to analyze and dissect peer and outside professional InDesign work.
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