Department:    OFTEC

 Course #:    166

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 Course Description  

Introduction to desktop publishing using Microsoft Publisher with overview of features for creating a variety of documents including flyers, announcements, and newsletters. Ability to type by touch and basic computer skills strongly recommended.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 33

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Supplementary Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate understanding of basic typography.
2. Demonstrate understanding of basic graphic design.
3. Apply desktop publishing layout and design techniques to create professional-quality documents using text and graphics.
4. Demonstrate problem-solving skills to initiate and complete desktop publishing projects.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.

3. Communication

Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.6 Recognize, comprehend, and use visual communication appropriate to a given context.

Course Contents

1. Basic typography.
2. Typographic style.
3. Special characters.
4. Basics of layout.
5. Placing text and graphics.
6. Basic type formatting.
7. Threading text.
8. Text wrap.
9. Cropping and rotation.
10. Styles.
11. Printing.
12. Importing graphics.