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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
DESKTOP PUBLISHING İTA250 Fourth Term (Spring) 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY2
SEMESTERFourth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Instructor Özge Yıldırım Gürses
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 Explanation of the Scope, Goals and Objectives of the Course
2nd Week History of desktop publishing and printing, printing techniques used in printing, basic concepts of printing.
3rd Week Adobe Photoshop (Working Principle, Tools, Top Menu, Working with Panels and Layers, Sizing Images, Cutting, Cleaning, Retouching Details, Photoshop Graphics Printed and Digital Saving Operations)
4th Week Adobe Illustrator (Working Principle, Working with Control Panel and Menus, Drawing Tools, Coloring, Selecting, Editing, Working with Text, Lines and Symbols, Saving Illustrator Graphics for Print and Web)
5th Week Adobe Indesign (Working Principle, Working with Control Panel and Menus, Coloring, Selecting, Type Tools, Layout Details, Saving Indesign Graphics for Print and Web)
6th Week Evaluation of Project Work
7th Week Evaluation of Project Work
8th Week MIDTERM EXAM (Project Submission)
9th Week Adobe Indesign (What is Layout? Working with Multiple Pages)
10th Week Sharing information about the Applied Project
11th Week Print and Digital Publishing Operations in Adobe Indesign
12th Week Evaluation of Project Work
13th Week Evaluation of Project Work
14th Week FINAL WEEK
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
Assignment110
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
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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