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VCT/241
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING FUNDAMENTALS
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VCT 241 Week 1 Individual: Company Flyer
Throughout the course, you will develop a company flyer using the skills you learn in each week.
Select a company with which you are familiar, this can be a company you have worked with in the past or present, or another company.
Prepare a 1- to 2-page proposal for your flyer, and submit to your instructor for approval.
Be sure to include the following:
- Your company selection and reasons why you selected this company
- Your plans for the flyer, the type of graphics and text you will include, and some possible layout ideas
- Research sample corporate/company flyers or brochures online to get an idea of what they might look like. Provide at least 2 samples you believe are representative of what a good company flyer might look like.
Cite your sources where necessary.
Submit the Microsoft® Word document using the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 1 Individual: InDesign CC Essential Skills
Review Lesson 1, “InDesign CC Essential Skills,” from InDesign CC Digital Classroom.
- Place some of your own graphics (copyright free) into the 4-page newsletter that you edited in Lesson 1.
- Practice cropping and repositioning the graphics within their frames.
- Move objects to other layers, and create your own layer to further refine the organization of the file.
Zip your InDesign® document as id02LASTNAME_work.zip and submit using the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 1 Individual: Working Smarter With Master Pages
Review Lesson 2, “Working Smarter With Master Pages,” from InDesign CC Digital Classroom.
Create a 4-page InDesign® document that includes the following:
- Master pages with page numbering, running headers, and running footers
- Content on a page that is linked to a master page
- Custom page sizes (other than standard 8 1/2 ” x 11″) with .5″ page margins all around
- Wrapping text around an object on a master page, displaying the use of that text wrap on a page within the document
Zip your InDesign® document as id02LASTNAME_work.zip and submit to the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 2 Individual: Recipe Design
Create and submit a 5″ x 7″ design using InDesign® showcasing your favorite recipe. Include all of the following elements.
- Create and apply 2 unique paragraph and character styles
- Include at least two different fonts, text colors, and text sizes, all defined through styles
Zip your InDesign® document and submit using the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 2 Individual: Applying Text Formatting and Styles
Review Lesson 3, “Working With and Formatting Text,” of InDesign CC Digital Classroom.
Continue with this lesson, and complete the following:
- Starting on page 1, navigate through the document and apply styles to all text, including body, byline, drop cap, and headline.
- Change the color of the body text and redefine the style.
- Turn on Show Text Threads, anduse the Selection tool to select the linked text frames on page 5.
- Create a new page at the end of the document, and drag the frames to the new page.
- Return to page 2 and see if the story jump automatically updates.
- Make a new headline box on page 7, and type in a fictitious headline.
- Format the headline using the headline style as a starting point. You may need to adjust the size depending on how many words you enter.
Zip your InDesign® document as id03LASTNAME_work.zip and submit using the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 2 Individual: Company Flyer
Based on your approved Company Flyer topic from Week One, build the first draft of your flyer to include all of the following elements:
- 2-page document (could be considered a 1-page flyer, double-sided when printed)
- Custom formatted master pages
- New styles including character and paragraph styles
Add your basic information including content, headers, footers, contact information, etc. Apply the new styles to these elements.
Zip your InDesign® document and submit using the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 3 Individual: Company Flyer
Based on your feedback from the Week Two Individual Assignment, apply edits based on your instructor’s feedback. Then, continue editing your informational flyer to include the following elements:
- Graphics (copyright free)
- Formatted tables
- QR Code
- An image where the background is removed using clipping paths and alpha channels Graphics (copyright free)
Zip your InDesign® document as id02LASTNAME_work.zip and submit using the Assignment Files tab.
Materials
- Individual: Company Flyer
VCT 241 Week 4 Individual: Designing Effects in InDesign
Review the following lessons from InDesign CC Digital Classroom:
- Lesson 7, Designing With Color
- Lesson 8, Getting Creative With Effects
Create a 700×400 pixel web advertisement for your own graphic design company. Include the following elements:
- Objects with various opacity and effects
- At least two custom color applications of various strokes and fills
- A placed image that uses transparency
- An applied gradient
Zip your InDesign® document as id04LASTNAME_work.zip and submit to the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 4 Individual: Profile Page
Create an 8-1/2″ x 11″ newsletter page for your classmates. Your profile should include all of the following:
- Where you are from?
- What is your area of study?
- What are your career aspirations?
- Also, include a fun photo of yourself.
Think about how these sections will share common elements, and design master pages to create a consistent design across these sections.
Use headers, footers, guides, text frames, and picture frames on your master pages.
Apply the use of custom colors, swatches, and spot colors; application of effects to stroke, fill, object, or text.
Zip and submit your InDesign® document using the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 4 Individual: Company Flyer
Based on your feedback from Week Three’s Individual Assignment, apply edits based on your instructor’s feedback. Then, continue editing your informational flyer to include the following elements:
- Creation of at least 2 custom color swatches.
- Application of those colors to various elements of the flyer
- Application of color to stroke and/or fill of shapes, tables, or images.
- Creation and application of a gradient
- Object transparency
- Drop shadow
Zip your InDesign® document zip and submit using the Assignment Files tab.
VCT 241 Week 5 Individual: Company Flyer
Finalize your Company Flyer based on your instructor’s Week Four feedback. Then, prepare your document as a digital document, applying the following:
- Add a piece of multimedia content. Create a button to control the multimedia content.
- Create a hyperlink for each of the following elements:
- to another page in the document
- an email address
- a URL
- Apply a page transition
Be sure to save and preview your document, then export it as an interactive PDF.
Submit the PDF using the Assignment Files tab.