Weekly Guide

Week of:	This Week in CGA 120 - Tuesday
January 19th	Week 1: Introduction to the Course, Course Web Site, Textbooks, Instructional Materials Homework: Send Professor Mary an Email from your primary email address. Get Textbook
January 26th	Chapter One - Introduction to InDesign CS3 - Workspace, Tools and Palettes Explore the InDesign workspace Change document views Navigate through a document Use InDesign Help Tools Worksheet Quiz One on Chapter One
February 2nd	Chapter Two - Working with Text Format text Format paragraphs Create and apply styles Edit text Lab Assignment: Symbol Design Sheet - with defination text - word document See Professor Mary's Example in PDF Quiz Two on Chapter Two
February 9th	Chapter Three - Setting Up a Document Create a new document Create master pages Apply master pages to document pages Place text and thread text Modify master pages and document pages Create new sections and wrap text No Lab Assignment Today Quiz Three on Chapter Three Examples of Professor Mary's Buisness Cards in PDF: Example One Example Two
February 16th	Chapter Four - Working with Frames Align and distribute objects on a page Stack and layer objects Work with graphics frames Work with text frames Quiz Four on Chapter Four
February 23rd	No Classes - Professional Development Day Please catch up on Quizes !
March 2nd	Chapter Five - Working with Color Work with process colors Apply color Work with spot colors Work with gradients Quiz Five on Chapter Five Chapter Six - Placing and Linking Graphics Use the Links panel Place vector graphics Place bitmap graphics Use libraries Quiz Six on Chapter Six
March 9th	Chapter Seven - Creating Graphics Use the Pen Tool Reshape frames and apply stroke effects Work with polygons and compound paths Work with advanced text features, corner effects, and drop shadows Quiz Seven on Chapter Seven
March 16th	Spring Break
March 23rd	Chapter Eight - Working with Effects Colorize a grayscale image Work with opacity and feathering Work with blending modes Apply transparency to placed graphics Quiz Eight on Chapter Eight Lab Assignment Two For this Lab Assignment, you will need to create three unique versions of a poster for a client. The client has provided you three photos to use in the different designs. (See links below). The poster needs to be 11 by 17 inches (Portrait or Landscape Orientation is up to your design). On the poster the following quote needs to be prominent . “Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.” Mark Twain Photo Provided by the Client (All hi res formats JPEG Files) Rock Climbing Photo One Rock Climbing Photo Two Rock Climbing Photo Three Rock Climbing Photo Four To complete the lab assignment, you place in the Elearning System one indesign file with three pages, each page containing a unque design. This is Lab Assignment Two!
March 30th	Chapter Nine - Working with Tabs and Tables Work with tabs Create and format a table Format text in a table Place graphics in a table Lab Work: Work on your Three Designs for Project One Quiz Nine on Chapter Nine Here is a cool Link to future look fonts: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fvdzJ/aext.net/2010/03/cool-free-futuristic-fonts//r:t Lab Assignment Three ReDesign a Photography Workshop Flyer - Due April 6th by 11:59 PM Using PhotoShop, Illustrator or InDesign, you will begin to create five different and unique redesigns of the following flyer for a Photography Workshop. Here is the Original Flyer: In JPG Format In PDF Format Please use these above files to get the text information for the flyers. Here are two examples of the ReDesigned Flyer: Redesign Example One in PDF Redesign Example Two in PDF Using the text tool along with the shape tools in the software, you will create five different and unique designs of this ad. You MAY use one photograph to support your design. Please make sure you are applying the principles of design we are learning such as contrast, emphasis and alignment to name a few. Please select two colors to support your design. This Lab Assignment is due April 6th at 11:59 PM ! How to Submit: You will submit this lab assignment to the GCC Elearning System in the Lab Assignment Three Dropbox ! You will submit the InDesign files -either five files or one file with 5 pages You will also submit a copy of the file in Adobe PDF format. Please use the Software Help system to learn how to create a PDF file from your software.
April 6th	Chapter Ten - Making Books, Tables of Contents, and Indexes Create a book file Organize a book file Create a table of contents Create an index Lab Work: Work on your Three Designs for Project One Quiz Ten on Chapter Ten
April 13th	Professor Mary Sick :-(
April 20th	Project Two - what is expected of this project... Project One Due - Presentations - Presentation Rubric
April 27th	Project Work Week Project Two Due - Presentations - Presentation Rubric Project Three Zipped Template to use for Project Three GCC Logo on this Page
May 4th	Project Three Due - Presentations - Presentation Rubric
May 11th	Grade Pick Up Day