Computer 3

This course is designed to enhance student’s computer skills and prepare them for journalism classes. We will cover computer topics including intermediate and advanced Windows features such as: organizing files and folders, Windows Explorer, and customizing your desktop work environment. This class will also include desktop publishing. Students will create newsletters, business cards, signs, brochures, flyers, letters, envelopes, labels, and certificates using Microsoft Publisher 2000, Microsoft Word, Adobe PageMaker 6.5, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop. Students will learn through hands-on applications.

A.		Introductory Concepts
1.		Define terms related to desktop publishing.
2.		Describe the functions of hardware components required for desktop publishing.
3.		Compare functions and features of software used for desktop publishing.
4.		Label all components of the desktop.
5.		Identify tools in toolbars and palettes.
6.		Apply tools in toolbars and palettes.
7.		Use editing tools (e.g., copy, cut, paste).
8.		Access available resources to solve problems (e.g., Internet, reference manuals, help screens).
9.		Manage electronic files.
10.		Explain copyright issues related to desktop publishing (e.g., legal, ethical).
11.		Identify careers/self-employment opportunities in desktop publishing.
12.		Complete a project using customer-supplied instructions and/or materials.
B.		Layout
1.		Set margins.
2.		Create columns.
3.		Set guttering.
4.		Set double-sided facing pages.
5.		Create master pages.
6.		Create an effective focal point.
7.		Utilize pasteboard.
8.		Create templates.
9.		Modify templates.
10.		Apply layering techniques in publications.
11.		Adjust or change color in a layout.
12.		Create a template for a preprinted form (e.g., label, business card, pamphlet).
C.		Text
1.		Create a text block.
2.		Use text objects and associated features (e.g., word wrapping, drop caps, initial caps, sizing, color, linkage, frames).
3.		Adjust paragraphs attributes.
4.		Apply tabs and indents in text blocks.
5.		Compose headlines and captions.
6.		Proofread and correct errors.
D.		Typography
1.		Determine and adjust type attributes (e.g., italics, underline, reverse, strike through).
2.		Determine and apply character and word spacing (e.g., tracking, kerning, widening, horizontal scale).
3.		Determine and apply leading.
E.		Graphics
1.		Import graphics from various sources (e.g., software-specific library, other applications, Internet).
2.		Manipulate graphics (e.g., resizing, cropping, scaling, rotating).
3.		Edit graphics (e.g., color, filters, tints).
4.		Create scanned files.
5.		Create files from a digital camera.
6.		Determine appropriate file formats (e.g., bmp, tiff, jpeg, gif, pict, eps).
7.		Create original drawings in illustration software.
F.	Print Process
1.	Format document for selected printer.
2.	Describe characteristics and uses of basic color models (e.g., RGB, CMYK).

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