COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESKTOP PUBLISHING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BTE 5008 DESKTOP PUBLISHING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZAFER TANEL

Offered to

Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education

Course Objective

Learning and applying bases for the design of publications developed as
e-boks, e-journals etc. in digital environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to know the concept of desktop publishing.
2   Be able to know the properties of design elements.
3   Be able to know basic design principles.
4   Be aware of the important points for preparing e-books and e-journals.
5   Be able to design e-books and e-journals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to desktop publishing
2 Grid
3 Page design
4 Pictures; use of pictures.
5 Color and color usage.
6 Message design principles.
7 Message design principles.
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Issues to consider in e-book design
10 Issues to consider in e-book design
11 Issues to be considered in journal design
12 Issues to be considered in journal design
13 Design e-books and e-journals using appropriate software
14 Design e-books and e-journals using appropriate software
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Lawler, B., P. (2006), Çev: Çömlekçi, M., Masaüstü Yayıncılık ve Basım Kalvuzu, Alfa Yayınları
Kansu, N. M., Türk, S., Ciylan, B. (2008), Masaüstü Yayıncılıkta Baskı Öncesi Hazırlık ve Photoshop Uygulamaları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, research, application and project.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam and project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zafer.tanel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Project Preparation 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11315412111
LO.21315412111
LO.31315412111
LO.41315412111
LO.51315412111