Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
182200703104	COMPUTER AIDED GRAPHIC DESIGN	Compulsory	2	3	4

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle

Objectives of the Course

With this course, students will be able to make printed advertising design by using Graphic Application Programs used in Desktop Publishing.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Ali Parim

Learning Outcomes

1	Using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop programs
2	Social media sharing, preparing posters and brochures

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Lecture Notes

Course Contents

Oral presentation, research, observation and practice, Class or laboratory environment Computer, Layout and graphics software, printers, working with scanners

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction and introduction to graphic design programs	None	x
2	An overview of the interfaces of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator programs	Creating files in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator	x
3	Characteristics of colors and color selection in design	Introduction to color spaces, color panels, and painting processes	x
4	Working with Layers	Layers Menu, Layers Panel, Creating New Layer, Naming Layers, Grouping Layers, Locking Layers	X
5	Writing tools, working with texts	Editing texts, changing fonts, adjusting the distance between letters, changing the font color, size and thickness	x
6	Use of brushes, pencils, erasers	Brush Tool, Generating brush tip, pencil tool, eraser tool and shortcuts	x
7	Midterm Exam	x	X
8	Working with photos and images	Calling photos from outside, Scale, Skew and Rotate commands	x
9	Working with photos and images	Crop, Magic Eraser, Sharpen	x
10	Saving the File	Save in psd, pdf, png, jpeg formats	x
11	x	Preparing files for the web environment	x
12	x	Poster making	x
13	x	Brochure preparation	x
14	Final exam	x

Recommended or Required Reading

Megep Grafk and Photo, communication and grafk design, Blgsayar Destekl Applications, Grafk design ne dnt, Visual Communication and grafk design.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	2	90
Practice	1	10
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	2	90
Project Design/Management	1	10
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	12	2	24
Self Study	14	1	14
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	6	6
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	14	14
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			60

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