12/30/2024 9:12:20 AM	APGR 62 Course Outline as of Spring 2003	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  APGR 62	Title:  LONG PUB PRODUCTION
Full Title:  Long Publication Production
Last Reviewed:5/13/2002

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.50	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		8 max.	Lecture Scheduled	16.00
Minimum	1.50	Lab Scheduled	2.00		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	16.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	4.00			Contact Total	32.00
		Non-contact DHR	1.00			Non-contact DHR Total	8.00

Total Out of Class Hours:  32.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 72.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  39 - Total 2 Times
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Catalog Description:

This course will offer advanced techniques for producing long publications.  Topics to be covered will include: a systematic approach to creating book layouts, advanced use of style sheets and master pages, table of contents and indexing, generating one publication from numerous files, typographic fine tuning, importing and manipulating images, defining spot and process colors.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of APGR 52A ( or APGR 91)

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course offers advanced techniques for producing long publications. Topics  covered will include: a systematic approach to creating book lay- outs, advanced use of style sheets and master pages, table of contents and indexing, generating one publication from numerous files, typographic fine tuning, importing & manipulating images, defining spot & process colors.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of APGR 52A ( or APGR 91)
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:39 - Total 2 Times

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1997	Inactive:	Spring 2011
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

 1. Create complex, multi-page documents.

 2. Develop complex style sheets.

 3. Generate book layout comps.

 4. Create and use templates.

 5. Import and manipulate graphic images.

 6. Create professional looking text and integrate that text with

    graphics.

 7. Generate a completed publication, including table of contents and

    index.

Topics and Scope

Systematic approach to producing long publications.

Lecture Schedule:

1.  Basic page layout skills

2.  Readability and legibility principles

3.  Developing complex style sheets

4.  Generating book layout comps

5.  Creating and using templates

6.  Paragraph formatting, indents, keep lines, hyphenation

7.  Using paragraph rules

8.  Creating tables and charts

9.  Master pages: page numbering, creating headers and footers

10. Copy flow: linking text, importing text

11. Table of contents

12. Indexing

13. Importing and manipulating graphics

14. Combining text and graphics: text wrap, inline graphics

15. Using spot and process color

Assignments:

Projects:

 1. Multi-page booklet

 2. Table design (using rules)

 3. An index and table of contents for an existing publication

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 problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 30%
Exams, PROJECTS
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 50 - 80%
PROJECTS
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 20%
Multiple choice, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared materials.

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