Bev Facey Community High

COM3025: Electronic Layout & Publishing 2

• Students build on the knowledge and practice gained in Electronic Layout & Publishing 1 and continue to work with desktop publishing software and hardware. Students expand their publication design, layout and print production skills by planning and creating customized, professional, multipage documents for a client.
• Prerequisite: COM2025: Electronic Layout & Publishing 1

Assignments

Assignment 1 - Brochure

You will create a brochure advertising a school program. It can be fine arts, CTS, academics, athletics, etc.

1. Set up your document layout, including actual sizes.
2. Create an informative and attractive brochure.
3. Include both text and images.

Assignment 2 - Magazine

Create a seven-page magazine (including cover page) about fashion, sports, cars, boats, games, or some other topic you are interested in.

1. Create a project plan, including:

   1. the purpose or message
   2. the intended audience
   3. an outline of the content
   4. potential graphics and images
   5. a rough layout
   6. a timeline and deadline for your project
   7. dimentions for your documents

Submit the plan before starting your project.

1. Create a title page and three two-page spreads, including:

   1. a full-color cover and back with graphics and text
   2. a table of contents with bullets or numbering
   3. headers/footers and page numbers
   4. articles, including footnotes (you may use AI tools to help generate text content)
   5. columns and justified text
      • avoid widows and orphans in your text
   6. appropriate images and graphics of different formats
   7. images or objects with transparency
   8. text on a path
   9. consistent application of elements and principles of design

Assignment 3 - Presentation and Feedback

1. Present either of your projects to a classmate or an adult.

2. Provide feedback to another student on their project, including:

   1. how the elements and principles of design help facilitate good composition in their work
   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

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

Outcomes

The student will:

1. demonstrate advanced publishing software competence to produce professional documents (e.g., print/electronic) while managing project constraints and timelines
   1. create a project plan for a document, considering:
      1. client needs; e.g., message/purpose, audience, content, media type, electronic, print, graphics, images, cost, time constraints, consistency
      2. current trends in page layout industries; e.g., fonts, colours, style in magazines, newspapers, books, Web publications
   2. layout a document by:
      1. applying elements and principles of design in page layout
      2. differentiating between master and working pages; e.g., page numbering, headers and footers
      3. using guides and/or grid; e.g., baseline
      4. creating, editing and manipulating text on a path
      5. importing vector images and manipulating paths
   3. work with text by:
      1. creating/using advanced styles; e.g., global regular expression print (GREP) styles, nested styles
      2. creating user dictionary and populating it; e.g., custom words, acronyms
      3. identifying and avoiding widows, orphans and other typographic problems
      4. inserting a running head and page numbers
   4. create and manipulate long documents by:
      1. inserting and formatting footnotes
      2. creating a book
      3. paginating the documents
      4. creating a table of contents across one or more documents
      5. synchronizing master pages, styles and swatches
      6. creating and applying cross-references
   5. use graphics by:
      1. determining current resolution for a placed image
      2. locating metadata; e.g., extensive metadata platform (XMP)
      3. discussing how image transparency is handled; e.g., hide or show layers
   6. demonstrate understanding of colour and transparency by:
      1. describing how and why to mix inks
      2. choosing the best course of action to manage colour, based on client needs
   7. import, export and work with other media types by:
      1. selecting appropriate options for exporting to other file types
      2. creating hyperlinks/interactivity for document when exported to .pdf
      3. selecting appropriate options for exporting for use on a Web site
   8. prepare for prepress and printing by:
      1. troubleshooting common printing issues; e.g., preflight, separations preview
      2. conforming to international conventions for registration placement
      3. choosing appropriate .pdf settings
   9. present document(s) to a client for feedback/revision, based on outlined needs
2. identify copyright restrictions and permissions and put them into practice
3. present a selection of work completed in this course to an audience
   1. assess work regarding:
      1. how the elements and principles of design help facilitate good composition in his or her work
      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
4. 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
5. 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
6. create a transitional strategy to accommodate personal changes and build personal values
   1. identify short-term and long-term goals
   2. identify steps to achieve goals

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