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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
DESKTOP PUBLISHING İTA421 Seventh Term (Fall) 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY4
SEMESTERSeventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Instructor Sıla Tanışık
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Will be able to design products for printed media
2) Will be able to gain the ability of multi-page material design
3) Learn the methods of printing technology
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThis course teaches the steps of printed media design and production processes.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction: Scope and objectives of the course.
2nd Week Short history of printing, techniques used in printing, basic terms of printing press
3rd Week InDesign: How to create a master page. In-class practice.
4th Week Using grids, and exporting the file. In-class practice. CMYK / Project: Project brief.
5th Week Design process.
6th Week Design process.
7th Week General review and exporting process.
8th Week Mid-term
9th Week CMYK Project: Magazine design.
10th Week Determination of magazine contents and visuals.
11th Week Designing internal pages.
12th Week Designing table of contents
13th Week Designing cover
14th Week Printing and presentation process.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGAmbrose, G.; Harris, P. (2013). Grafik Tasarımda Sayfa Düzeni. İstanbul: Literatür Yayınları.

Erdem, B. (2017). Matbaacılık ve Basım Süreci. İstanbul: Cinius Yayınları.

Lawler, B. P. (2006). Adobe Resmi Masaüstü Yayıncılık ve Basım Kılavuzu. İstanbul: ALFA Yayınları.

Mazlum, S. (2006). Masaüstü Yayıncılık: Tasarım ve Baskı Teknolojisine Giriş. Ankara: Gazi Kitabevi.

Taşçıoğlu, M. (2013). Bir Görsel İletişim Platformu Olarak Kitap. İstanbul: YEM Yayınları.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Case Study,Practice,Project,Problem Solving,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Project150
Attendance110
Total(%)100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)0
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14342
Preparation for Final exam12828
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam12828
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework166
Total Workload150
Total Workload / 305
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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