| Week |
Date |
Inclass |
Preparation |
By End of Class |
| QuarkXPress |
InDesign |
| 1
|
Jun 9 |
Overview of the Course and Computers; Getting Acquainted with
Electronic Publishing
S Introduction to Quark XPress &
Adobe InDesign |
Chapters 1, 3 |
Chapter 1 |
|
| Communications
Process
S Setting up Documents
Intro to Assignment # 1
|
Chapter 2 |
Chapter 2 |
|
| 2 |
Jun 11 |
Basic
Layout Concepts & Terminology
Art & Design Concepts | Design
Elements | Page Layout Terminology | Electronic Publishing
Terminology | Layout
Style
|
|
|
|
| S Publication Setup, Templates,
Grid, Guides
|
Chapter 2 |
Chapter 2 |
|
| 3 |
Jun 16 |
Designing
Effective Ad Layouts
S Type & Graphic Objects |
STUDY FOR QUIZ #1 |
|
| Chapter 8 |
Chapter 4 |
| Type, Text, & Fonts—Principles
of Typography
S Working with Basic Text Controls |
Chapter 4 |
Chapter 3 |
ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE |
| 4 |
Jun 18 |
Formatting,
Modifying, & Editing Text |
|
|
|
| 5 |
Jun 23 |
S Formatting,
Modifying, & Editing Text (cont.)
S Working with Imported Text—Flowing, Linking |
Chapter 6 |
Chapter 9 |
|
| Discussion: Final Project & Portfolio
Intro to Assignment #2 (Typesetting) |
|
|
|
| |
Jun 25 |
S |
Chapter 7 |
|
|
| S -- open study -- |
Chapter 5 |
|
|
| 7 |
Jun 30 |
S Tables
and Lists, Tabs & Indents |
|
Chapter 13 |
|
| S Style
Sheets |
|
ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE |
| Chapter 13 |
|
| |
Jul 2 |
Scanning—Grayscale
& OCR
Intro to Assignment #3 (Scanning) |
BRING PHOTO TO CLASS |
|
| S Working
with Graphics
S Layers |
Chapter 9 |
Chapter 8
Chapter 11 |
|
| 9 |
Jul 7 |
No Class - Spring Break! |
|
|
|
| 10 |
Jul 9 |
Working with Lines & Béziers |
STUDY FOR QUIZ #3 |
QUIZ #3 (first
part of class) |
| Chapters 11, 12
|
Chapter 7
|
| |
| S
Defining, Editing, & Using Color
Intro to Final Project
|
Chapter 15 |
Chapter 5 |
|
| S Styling Objects in InDesign |
|
Chapter 6 |
|
| 11 |
Jul 14 |
S
Working with Long Publications
S
Master Pages |
Chapter 14 |
|
ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE |
DUE for review:
Final Project Theme/Concept
All Students meet individually with instructor
to discuss their Final Project plans. |
| Critiques of Assignment #3
Intro to Assignment #4 (Brochure)
LAB |
|
|
|
| |
Jul 16 |
Working with Long Publications (cont.)
S
Libraries
S
Books
|
STUDY
FOR QUIZ #4 |
|
QUIZ #4 (first part of
class) |
| Chapter 18
Chapter 16
|
Chapter 10
Chapter 12 |
DUE for review:
Final Project Publication
Outline & Ladder
Students meet individually with
instructor to discuss their Final Project plans
Ladder Sample
and Template |
| S
Search & Replace, Spell Checking
S
Preferences |
Chapter 17
Chapter 19 |
|
ASSIGNMENT #4
DUE |
| |
|
|
| |
Jul 21 |
Intro to Portfolio
Critiques of Assignment #4
S
Pre-flighting files & Outputting
EP and Web Publishing
S Using Acrobat
to create PDF files |
Chapter 20 |
Chapters 18,19 |
DUE for review:
Final Project Resource
Materials (graphics & text)
Students meet individually with
instructor to discuss their Final Project. |
| 14 |
Jul 23 |
S Automating Text in InDesign |
|
Chapter 14 |
DUE for review:
Final Project Final Thumbnails/Roughs
Students meet individually with instructor
to discuss any challenges or concerns with their Final Project. |
| LAB |
|
|
PUBLICATION ADS DUE
|
| 15 |
Jul 28 |
Review for Final
Exam |
STUDY FOR QUIZ #5 |
QUIZ #5 (first part of class) |
| LAB |
|
|
|
| 16 |
Jul 30 |
FINAL EXAM via WebCT
FINAL PRACTICUM |
|
|
PORTFOLIOS
DUE for Review |
| FINAL
PROJECT DUE |
| Final Project In-class Presentation |
|
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