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 Department:    OBT

 Course #:    204

 Credits:    4

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    4

 CIP:    520204

 EPC:    547

 REV:    2018

 Course Description  

Use Microsoft Publisher for PCs to create a variety of publication layouts that follow basic design and typography principles. In addition to learning to use the features and tools in MS Publisher, basic design and typography principles will be introduced.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: OBT 122 or 124.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Enter text into a publication (create text boxes, display formatting marks, word wrap text, import text files, and link text boxes).
2. Edit publication text (cut, copy, and paste text; find and replace text; check spelling and grammar; edit a story using MS Word).
3. Apply character formatting to publication text (change font style, size, color, and add special effects; autofit text; apply stylistic sets and alternates; create drop caps; enable ligatures; kern character pairs, insert special symbols, and copy formats with format painter).
4. Apply paragraph formatting to publications (align text, apply bullets and numbering, change line spacing, set tabs, and control hyphenation).
5. Format and modify page layouts (set margins, change page orientation, apply column formatting, set custom page sizes, create color and font schemes, add watermarks and backgrounds, and create master pages).
6. Insert, format, and modify page parts in a publication (mastheads, sidebars, pull quotes, captions, building blocks, headers and footers, and tear-offs).
7. Add graphical objects to enhance publications (pictures, clipart, WordArt, and shapes).
8. Edit graphics (apply styles and effects, recolor, crop, resize, flip, group, compress, and format shapes).
9. Use tools within Publisher to align and position objects within a publication (rulers, boundaries, guides, baselines, measurement toolbar, and scratch area).
10. Create, format, and modify Publisher tables.
11. Locate, use, and modify existing publication templates and create and save new publication templates.
12. Use Publisher to create a variety of document layouts (flyers, brochures, newsletters, stationery sets, calendars, and business cards).
13. Apply basic design and typographic principles to create visually attractive documents.
14. Analyze publications for design improvement based upon design and typography principles.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.

3. Communication

Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.6 Recognize, comprehend, and use visual communication appropriate to a given context.
3.7 Adapt communication to diverse audiences and media.

6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility

Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects.

7. Aesthetics & Creativity

Definition: Interpreting human experience through engagement with creative processes and aesthetic principles.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
7.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the creative process.
7.2 Demonstrate knowledge of aesthetic principles.

10. Technology

Definition: Understanding the role of technology in society and using technology appropriately and effectively.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
10.3 Use technology appropriate to the context and task to effectively retrieve and manage information, solve problems, and facilitate communication.

Course Contents

1. Basic publication creation commands.
2. Text entry and editing features.
3. Character and paragraph formatting commands and techniques.
4. Page layout commands.
5. Building blocks for adding pre-designed parts to pages.
6. Graphical features and graphical formatting and editing techniques.
7. Publisher tools for positioning and aligning objects.
8. Publisher tables.
9. Publication templates.
10. Design and typography principles.