10/31/2024 7:22:56 AM	CS 72.1B Course Outline as of Summer 2025	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CS 72.1B	Title:  ADOBE INDESIGN 2
Full Title:  Adobe InDesign 2
Last Reviewed:8/28/2017

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	4.00	Lecture Scheduled	4.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	70.00
Minimum	4.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	4.00			Contact Total	70.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  140.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CS 72.11B

Catalog Description:

Further study of the principles and applications of desktop publishing using Adobe InDesign. Advanced techniques in layout, text formatting, graphics, styles, libraries, and frames are applied to books, tables, booklets, and Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of CS 72.1A

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Further study of the principles and applications of desktop publishing using Adobe InDesign. Advanced techniques in layout, text formatting, graphics, styles, libraries, and frames are applied to books, tables, booklets, and Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of CS 72.1A
Recommended: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

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 2003	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Assemble InDesign documents into a series of booked documents and create a table of

    contents and index.

2.  Design complex InDesign documents using advanced text formatting, path and frame

    techniques, the book panel, and advanced workspaces.

3.  Manage the workflow from idea to printed book.

 

Objectives:

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

1. Design different types of documents, including templates, books, booklets and slideshows.

2. Output a document with advanced printing options and submit a PDF book to an online

    publisher.

3. Create a complex layout with multiple master pages and sections.

4. Apply advanced text composition using the full set of paragraph and character formatting

    features and styles.

5. Create and format tables, anchored objects and nested frames.

6. Create and edit paths and compound paths using the Pen tools and Pathfinder.

7. Enhance an InDesign workflow using glyph sets and snippets.

8. Customize InDesign and set custom defaults.

Topics and Scope

I. Layout Techniques

    A. Structuring special layouts and spreads

    B. Baseline and document grids

    C. Multiple master pages

    D. Section formatting

    E. Advanced layers

II. Working with Text

    A. Cleaning up text and editing with the Story Editor

    B. Text composition and advanced formatting

    C. Advanced paragraph and character styles

    D. OpenType fonts and glyph sets

    E. Tables and table styles

    F. Conditional text

III. Path Creation and Editing

    A. Direction Selection vs. Selection tools

    B. Pen tool

    C. Scissors tool

    D. Compound paths

    E. Creating objects from type

IV. Complex Objects

    A. Nested frames

    B. Object styles and stroke styles

    C. Anchored objects

V. InDesign Document Creation

    A. Designing and applying templates

    B. Multi-document books with table of contents and index

    C. Booklets

VI. Document Management

    A. Bridge asset management

    B. Document recovery and customizing InDesign

    C. Managing multiple documents

    D. Preparing a document for high-end printing

    E. PDF creation for printshops and slideshows

VII. Other Topics

    A. Customizing InDesign preferences

    B. Libraries and snippets

Assignments:

1. Read between 10-20 pages per week from class notes, digital manuals, online references and

    recommended textbook

2. Redesign a flier and apply advanced paragraph and formatting techniques to fit the text to

    specified area of the page

3. Prepare a project proposal using OpenType fonts and glyph sets

4. Create a project timeline

5. Edit and clean up web based text with extraneous formatting for placement into a multiple

    page information piece

6. Prepare and format a table

7. Analyze and design a template, including the use of placeholders, master pages, styles and

    layers

8. Generate an automatic table of contents and index for a book of multiple chapters

9. Submit a multi-document book in PDF format for professional printing

10. Advanced project: design and create a multiple chapter project based on a template using the

    book panel

11. Capstone semester project: plan, manage, design, layout, and publish a hard copy book by

    due date

12. Take examinations, including at least two tests and a final exam

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 30 - 60%
Assignments and projects (flier, project, table, booklet, template, font management)
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 30 - 50%
Assignments, Advanced and Capstone Projects
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 30%
Take examinations, including at least two tests and a final exam
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Real World Adobe InDesign CC. Kvem, Olav and Blatner, David and Bringhurst, Bob. Peachpit Press. 2013

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