Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
DESKTOP PUBLISHING	ABY112	2. Semester	0 + 0	0	5.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Associate's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals	Students in terms of format and desktop publishing content and is intended to learn the fundamentals of this sector.
Course Content	The current desktop publishing and printing technologies covered in this course, using common vector design programs, emblem, logotype, ads, brochures, and posters are committed to practical design issues.
Learning Outcomes	1) Knows the basic concepts of desktop publishing. 2) Evaluates desktop broadcasts in terms of private, public and civil sectors. 3) Conducts research in the field of desktop publishing and makes a presentation on the researched subject. 4) Develops desktop publishing designs.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	The main concepts of desktop publishing
2. Week	How to develop desktop publishing projects
3. Week	The creative process
4. Week	Desktop Publishing Applications
5. Week	What is CorelDRAW? Input basic information, worksheets, shortcuts
6. Week	CorelDRAW basic objects, drawings, freehand drawings, work with multiple objects
7. Week	CorelDRAW basic objects, drawings, freehand drawings, work with multiple objects
8. Week	Midterm Exam
9. Week	CorelDRAW text features
10. Week	Adobe InDesign, worksheet and create a new document
11. Week	Graphics creation with Adobe Indesign receive and output file formats
12. Week	Indesign Practices
13. Week	Adobe Illustrator basics, create document, create a drawing and graphics tools
14. Week	Working with Adobe Illustrator colors and patterns.

Recommended Sources

Masaüstü Yayıncılık ve Basım Kılavuzu, Brian P. Lawler, ALFA YAYINLARI, 2006.

Masaüstü Yayıncılık/Tasarım ve Basım Teknolojisine Giriş, F. Soner Mazlum, GAZİ KİTABEVİ, 2006.

Pratikte Masaüstü Yayıncılık, Hayri Yanık, KİŞİSEL YAYINLAR, 2008.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	6	84
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	6	84
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	6	6
Final Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	6	6
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30