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Course Goal / Objective
To understand the concept of desktop publishing and to gain the ability to do pre-press processes. To gain the ability to design multiple and single pages such as posters, social media posts, newsletters, magazines and newspapers using Photoshop and Indesign programs and to present them in a format and size suitable for digital media.
Course Content
Teaching basic digital publishing methods
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Notes
Videos related to course content.
Course Learning Outcomes
Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
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LO01 | Gain a visual design perspective |
LO02 | To be able to produce content for printed and digital media using Photoshop program |
LO03 | To be able to create multiple page designs using Indesign program and manage pre-press processes |
LO04 | To be able to produce content specific to digital media such as web and social media |
LO05 | To be able to create the content and visuals needed in the design process with artificial intelligence |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
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PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by research methods and techniques and other sources in the field of radio, television and cinema. | |
PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates know the basic concepts of the field of communication. | 4 |
PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates recall knowledge of program production and management related to audio and visual broadcasting. | 4 |
PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates design various types of scripts and programs that can be used in cinema, television and radio sectors. | 4 |
PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates interpret the field of radio, television and cinema within the framework of critical thinking. | |
PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates research different fields of social sciences by adapting them to their own field of specialization. | 3 |
PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates explain basic information about program production and management related to audio and visual broadcasting. | 3 |
PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates relate art, aesthetics, law and general culture knowledge about the field. | |
PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates use broadcasting and production technologies. | 5 |
PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Graduates work both individually and as a team in the field. | |
PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Graduates adapt social problems at national and international level to professional studies. | |
PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Graduates gain the competence of using communication technologies, monitoring changes and continuous self-improvement. | 4 |
PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Graduates participate in various social, cultural and artistic activities in the field. | |
PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Graduates carry out the tasks expected from him/her as a team member in the applications in his/her field with an interdisciplinary perspective. | 4 |
PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Graduates use information and communication technologies together with the computer software required by the field. | 5 |
PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates produce visual and audio content with the scientific formation acquired. | |
PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates analyze a film, a script or a television program from a technical, aesthetic and ideological perspective. | |
PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates are committed to ethical principles in their professional practice, free from prejudice and against discrimination. | 5 |
PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates defend the universality of social and cultural rights, social justice awareness and cultural heritage. | |
PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates prepare working environments such as studio and set in accordance with quality management processes and occupational health/safety. |
Week Plan
Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
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1 | What is design?Basic principles and elements of graphic design, Visual communication and design relationship | Preparing material related to the course | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
2 | What is desktop publishing?What are desktop publishing processes and programs? | Reading material related to the course | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
3 | Introduction to Adobe Photoshop program, basics of Photoshop | research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
4 | Photo processing processes, layers and typography with Adobe Photoshop program | research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
5 | Selection tools, decube, clone and delete operations with Adobe Photoshop program | research, reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
6 | Producing content for digital media with Adobe Photoshop program | research, reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
7 | Artificial intelligence and design relationship, utilizing artificial intelligence in design | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
8 | Mid-Term Exam | Practice | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
9 | What is page design? What are the basic principles of page design? | research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
10 | Introduction to Adobe Indesign program | research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
11 | Working with multiple pages, configuring pages | research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
12 | Working with still assignments and master pagesWorking with still assignments and master pages | research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
13 | Pre-press preparations, and producing printouts suitable for printing | Research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
14 | Working for digital environments (Web and social media) | research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
15 | Multiple issue design works such as magazines and newspapers | research, review | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
16 | Term Exams | Practice | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
17 | Term Exams | Practice | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
Student Workload - ECTS
Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
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Course Related Works | |||
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Assesment Related Works | |||
Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
Total Workload (Hour) | 116 | ||
Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,64 | ||
ECTS | 5 ECTS |