Bev Facey Community High

COM2025: Electronic Layout & Publishing 1

• Students develop skills and practical working knowledge of electronic publishing computer hardware and software and create well-designed documents and publications using desktop publishing technology.
• Prerequisite: COM1005: Visual Composition

Assignments

Each of the following assignments should include:

1. A written plan, including:
   • message or purpose
   • intended audience
   • content you plan to include
   • potential graphics and images
   • a sketch of the layout, following principles and elements of design
   • a plan for the actual final size of the document
2. A completed design, including each of these at least once in one design:
   • a variety of text designs: e.g. typefaces, sizes, word art, text pathways
   • columns with aligned or jusitifed text
   • bullets or numbers
   • tables
   • gradients
   • transparency effects
   • graphics from different sources and formats

Assignment List

1. Brochure (single-fold or tri-fold)
2. Business card
3. Magazine cover
4. Two-page magazine spread

Submit all four plans and completed designs, then complete an Employability Skills Self-Assessment and a Personal Inventory Checklist.

Competencies and Skills

You will also be evaluated on your basic competencies such as your ability to:

• communicate
• manage information
• use numbers
• think and solve problems
• demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours
• be responsible
• be adaptable
• learn continuously
• work safely
• work with others
• participate in projects and tasks

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Outcomes

The student will:

1. explain the importance of page layout and electronic publishing
2. discuss the various forms of electronic publishing that one sees every day; e.g., books, magazines, posters
3. produce print/electronic documents; e.g., pamphlets, posters, booklets, packages using industry standard techniques
   1. create a plan for a document layout (e.g., brief, thumbnails), considering the following factors:
      1. message/purpose
      2. audience
      3. content
      4. media type; e.g., black and white, colour, electronic, print
      5. graphics/images
      6. consistent use of elements and principles of design in page layout
   2. lay out the document taking into consideration the following:
      1. number of pages
      2. orientation
      3. size of document; e.g., legal, letter, A4
      4. gutters
      5. margins
      6. output
      7. preproduced templates
      8. master pages
      9. objects 1.0 styles; e.g., create, apply and modify
   3. work with text to:
      1. add and edit text; e.g., actual text or placeholder
      2. insert special characters; e.g., glyphs
      3. adjust text box/frame options; e.g., columns, inset, justification
      4. manipulate text flow through the use of text threading, resizing and text wrap
      5. import .rtf or .doc file and link style names to styles in a current document
      6. use bullets and numbering
   4. work with tables to:
      1. edit and format a table
      2. modify tables
      3. create, apply, import, modify and organize cell and table styles
      4. update the information when original data has been changed
   5. use graphics for the following purposes:
      1. to determine the best settings for choosing and placing an image
      2. to import and/or place files from various sources; e.g., vector, raster, .pdf, .psd, .ai
      3. to manage linked files
   6. demonstrate understanding of colour and transparency by:
      1. using named swatches
      2. creating, modifying and applying gradients to objects or text
      3. using transparency effects
   7. export document; e.g., print, .pdf
4. identify copyright restrictions and permissions and put them into practice
5. present a selection of work completed in this course to an audience
   1. discuss work regarding:
      1. how the elements and principles of design help facilitate good composition
      2. the technical and creative aspects of the work; e.g., quality, uniqueness
      3. areas of concern/difficulty (if applicable)
      4. meeting school and community standards; e.g., appropriate language
      5. the use of tools and equipment
   2. participate in peer/teacher assessment
   3. add the selected work to a portfolio
6. apply consistent and appropriate work station routines
   1. demonstrate good health and safety practices; e.g., posture, positioning of hardware and furniture
   2. demonstrate security for hardware, software, supplies and personal work
7. demonstrate basic competencies
   1. demonstrate fundamental skills to:
      1. communicate
      2. manage information
      3. use numbers
      4. think and solve problems
   2. demonstrate personal management skills to:
      1. demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours
      2. be responsible
      3. be adaptable
      4. learn continuously
      5. work safely
   3. demonstrate teamwork skills to:
      1. work with others
      2. participate in projects and tasks
8. identify possible life roles related to the skills and content of this cluster
   1. recognize and then analyze the opportunities and barriers in the immediate environment
   2. identify potential resources to minimize barriers and maximize opportunities

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