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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
CIS 173.50 | Title:
INDESIGN EXPLORATION |
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| Full Title:
Adobe InDesign Exploration |
| Last Reviewed:1/27/2003 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | .50 | Lecture Scheduled | 4.00 | 2 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 8.00 |
| Minimum | .50 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 2 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 4.00 | | Contact Total | 8.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 16.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 24.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
P/NP Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
CIS 83.15A
Catalog Description:
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A quick tour of Adobe InDesign for desktop publishing. Introduces modern techniques for combining text and graphics into multiple page layouts for print and PDF. Compares Adobe InDesign with PageMaker and Quark.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Completion of CIS 65.51 or CIS 73.37 (formerly CIS 83.8) and eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A quick tour of Adobe InDesign for desktop publishing. Introduces modern techniques for combining text and graphics into multiple page layouts for print and PDF. Compares Adobe InDesign with PageMaker and Quark.
(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of CIS 65.51 or CIS 73.37 (formerly CIS 83.8) and eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Summer 2008 | Inactive: | Summer 2010 |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Utilize the navigation, tools, and palettes of an InDesign session
2. Describe layout features to create a multiple page document
3. Identify features to create and format frames containing text and
graphics
4. Compare and evaluate printed output to PDF files
5. Compare and evaluate features of Adobe InDesign with Adobe PageMaker
and Quark
Topics and Scope
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1. InDesign basics
2. Layout essentials
a. Grids, guides, and baseline grids
b. Master pages
c. Sections, booking, and booklets
3. Frames
a. Basics of creating and formatting frames
b. Importing standard text and graphics
c. Importing specialty files: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator,
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
d. Threading text frames
e. Frame options
4. Formatting and enhancements
a. Typographic composition
b. Paragraph and character styles
c. Transparency and drop shadows
d. Color and gradients
e. Special text enhancements
5. Desktop publishing features
a. Tables
b. Transformation tools
c. Pen tools
Assignments:
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1. Reading from web sites and PDF files (approximately 5-10 pages per
week).
2. Discussing topics in class.
3. Writing a summary describing 3-5 new desktop publishing features
available in InDesign.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
80 - 90% |
| Work done in class | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Class participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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No text required. Students will refer to documentation at the Adobe
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