MACA 1055 - Digital Layout: Adobe

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Practice using networks and servers.
2. Examine the basic operating system and items in the system folder.
3. Output to various imaging devices.
4. Practice using different storage options.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to practice methods to solve problems, approach them systematically, and explore solutions.

Objectives:

1. Navigate through a digital document.
2. Change application defaults that affect documents created in a computer application.
3. Demonstrate how a page layout program can be used to combine text and graphics.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to create digital page layouts.

Objectives:

1. Use the tools needed to create and modify text in a digital document.
2. Place and modify graphic images in a digital document.
3. Classify typefaces.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and demonstrate professional work habits.

Objectives:

1. Follow written and verbal instructions.
2. Adhere to deadlines and participate in presentations.
3. Spell-check, proofread, preflight, package for output for a commercial printer, and prepare projects properly for presentation.

• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

1. Introduction to Adobe InDesign
2. Overview:
   1. Familiarize with Adobe InDesign workspaces, tools, panels, shortcuts, and basic definitions.
3. Readings and Activities:
   1. Adobe InDesign Tour
   2. Guides and Grids Introduction
   3. Tools Overview
4. Exercise:
   1. Create Your First Document
5. Understanding Frames in InDesign
6. Overview:
   1. Explore the foundation of frames, including type frames and image frames.
7. Readings and Activities:
   1. Understanding Frames
   2. Introduction to Type Frames
   3. Introduction to Image Frames
   4. Screen Modes and Performance
8. Exercises:
   1. Type and Formatting
   2. Placing Images and Shape Frames
9. Assessment - Creating a Simple Design
10. Overview:
    1. Apply frame and layout skills to design a creative flyer.
11. Project:
    1. Design a Mardi Gras Flyer
    2. Peer Review
12. Type Formatting and Layout Essentials
13. Overview:
    1. Dive into advanced type formatting and layout rules for professional design.
14. Readings and Activities:
    1. Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling in Design
    2. Line and Paragraph Break Styles
15. Exercises:
    1. Spell Check, Hyphens, and Quotation Marks
    2. Rags, Widows, and Breaks
16. Assessment:
    1. Mastering Basic Typography and Punctuation
17. Working with Colors and Swatches
18. Overview:
    1. Understand color theory and its application in InDesign.
19. Readings and Activities:
    1. Color Spaces and Color Wheel
    2. Bullets, Numbered Lists, and Print Preparation
20. Exercises:
    1. Working with Colors and Swatches
21. Advanced Typography and Paragraph Styles
22. Overview:
    1. Master character and paragraph styles for efficiency and consistency.
23. Readings and Activities:
    1. Typographic Alignment
    2. Research for Tri-fold Brochure Layouts
24. Exercises:
    1. Character and Paragraph Styles
    2. Tri-fold Brochure Research
25. Typography and Images - Assessment
26. Overview:
    1. Combine typography and image layout skills in a comprehensive project.
27. Project:
    1. Create a Tri-fold Brochure Using Styles and Lists
    2. Peer Review
28. Working with Parent Pages
29. Overview:
    1. Learn to use parent (master) pages for consistent multi-page design.
30. Readings and Activities:
    1. Parent Pages and Fit Options
    2. Post-Press and Paper Considerations
31. Exercises:
    1. Creating Parent Pages and Automatic Numbering
32. Multi-page Design and Layout
33. Overview:
    1. Develop a multipage layout using tables and parent pages.
34. Readings and Activities:
    1. Tables in InDesign
    2. Calendar Design Principles
35. Exercises:
    1. Creating Tables
    2. Preparing for Multipage Calendar Design
36. Project:
    1. Create a Multipage Calendar Using Parent Pages
37. Interactivity in InDesign
38. Overview:
    1. Add interactivity to your designs for digital outputs.
39. Readings and Activities:
    1. What is Interactivity in InDesign?
    2. Research and Brainstorming for Final Project
40. Exercises:
    1. Useful Interactivity in InDesign
41. Final Project - Magazine Design
42. Overview:
    1. Synthesize all skills to create an interactive magazine.
43. Project:
    1. Magazine Inspiration
    2. Image Selection and Ideation for FlavorFusion Magazine
    3. Create an Interactive Magazine for FlavorFusion
    4. Peer Review