APPL78026
Adobe InDesign Intermediate
Sheridan
 
  I: Administrative Information   II: Course Details   III: Topical Outline(s)  Printable Version
 

Land Acknowledgement

Sheridan College resides on land that has been, and still is, the traditional territory of several Indigenous nations, including the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We recognize this territory is covered by the Dish with One Spoon treaty and the Two Row Wampum treaty, which emphasize the importance of joint stewardship, peace, and respectful relationships.

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Section I: Administrative Information
  Total hours: 12.0
Credit Value: 0.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Fall 2019
Prerequisites: APPL78013
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A

Program(s): Adobe Creative Suite
Program Coordinator(s): N/A
Course Leader or Contact: N/A
Version: 20190903_01
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: As of Fall 2019, our Adobe registration requirements will be changing. Students will need to register for the course at least three (3) days prior to the course start date. Upon registration, students will need to register with Adobe and download a license linked to their Sheridan username. A license can be downloaded by visiting https://getadobe.sheridancollege.ca. Upon the start date of the course, students will only be able to participate in the course if they've downloaded the appropriate license and logged in with their username and password. Last minute registrations will not be accepted. For information regarding the downloading of licenses, please contact our IT department at (905) 845-9430 ext. 2150 prior to the start date of your class.

 
 
Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
Build on skills gained in the fundamentals course. Operate more efficiently in the program using libraries and snippets, object, paragraph and character styles. Learn to work with tables, anchored and inline graphics and much more.

Program Context

 
Adobe Creative Suite Program Coordinator(s): N/A
N/A


Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

  Critical Performance:
By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to complete InDesign applications including typography, PreFlight, animation, objects, character styles, stroke styles, and data merging.
 
Learning Outcomes:

To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Modify Control Panel Widgets
  2. Identify and use Stroke Styles
  3. Creating typography InDesign Character Styles
  4. Produce, operate, and edit an original InDesign table
  5. Design a DataMerge workflow and determine when to use
  6. Recognizing the Animation panel
  7. Applying the Buttons panel for Interactivity on PDFs
  8. Defining time savings features including Libraries, Snippets, and stroke shortcuts

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

 Evaluation Plan: IN-CLASS
 Pass / Fail Evaluation100.0%
Total100.0%

Evaluation Notes and Academic Missed Work Procedure:
Students will receive a mark of satisfactory upon completion of the workshop.

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Colleges and Universities requirements:


 

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) - Office of the Registrar

  • Not Eligible for PLAR

 
 
Section III: Topical Outline
Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s): N/A
Applicable student group(s): Continuing Education Students
Course Details:

Students can expect the workshop to contain:

Customize Your Workspace

  • Customize Control Panel Widgets
  • Edit Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus

Documents vs. Templates

  • Editing Document Presets
  • Saving customized page sizes
  • Opening and saving templates 

Time Saving Features

  • Using Libraries and Snippets
  • Using fill and stroke shortcuts
  • Object Styles and Quick Apply

Working With Objects

  • Nested Objects and compound shapes
  • Precise Transformations / Transform Again
  • Gridify, Super Step and Repeat, Live Distribute
  • Working with Inline and Anchored Objects

Stroke Styles and Spot Colours

  • Stroke Styles (new style, dotted, or dashed)
  • Working with spot swatches and tint swatches
  • Creating a Mixed Ink Swatch or Group

Working With Typography

  • Accessing OpenType features (i.e. Fractions)
  • Creating Character Styles and Nested Styles
  • Leverage (Based On and Next Style)
  • Reversing type out of a Rule Below
  • Bullets and Numbered Lists

Working With Tables

  • Understanding tables as text based objects
  • Creating a table from scratch
  • Importing and formatting a table
  • Placing images and inline graphics in a table
  • Working with Cell and Table styles
  • Creating a slug with a table
  • Using text variables

Importing and Linking

  • Options for importing (Mini Bridge)
  • Linked placed text and spreadsheet files
  • Placing live / editable InDesign documents 
  • Importing Photoshop files with Layer Comps
  • Object layer visability overrides (pros / cons)

Data Merge

  • Where and when to use Data Merge
  • Setting up a Data Merge workflow
  • Creating a merged document

Working With Books

  • Setting up a Book (adding documents)
  • Page numbering across multiple documents
  • Synchronizing multiple book documents
  • Printing and exporting PDF from book 

Package and Preflight

  • Handing off a document and support files
  • Limitations of the 'Preflight' in Package
  • Live Preflighting and Preflight panel
  • Defining custom preflight profiles
  • Exporting a Press Ready PDF

Adding Interactivity to PDF's

  • Working with the Buttons panel
  • Adding States and Actions to Buttons
  • Hyperlinks (Page, Text Anchor, and URL)
  • Generate a Table of Contents (PDF Bookmarks)
  • Considerations with multimedia PDF's

Adding Animation, Sound, and Video

  • Working with the Animation panel
  • Previewing with the need to export
  • Using the TIming Panel to change order
  • Working with Multi-Slate Objects Exporting
  • SWF's (self-contained Flash file)


Sheridan Policies

It is recommended that students read the following policies in relation to course outlines:

  • Academic Integrity
  • Copyright
  • Intellectual Property
  • Respectful Behaviour
  • Accessible Learning
All Sheridan policies can be viewed on the Sheridan policy website.

Appropriate use of generative Artificial Intelligence tools: In alignment with Sheridan's Academic Integrity Policy, students should consult with their professors and/or refer to evaluation instructions regarding the appropriate use, or prohibition, of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for coursework. Turnitin AI detection software may be used by faculty members to screen assignment submissions or exams for unauthorized use of artificial intelligence.

Course Outline Changes: The information contained in this Course Outline including but not limited to faculty and program information and course description is subject to change without notice. Nothing in this Course Outline should be viewed as a representation, offer and/or warranty. Students are responsible for reading the Important Notice and Disclaimer which applies to Programs and Courses.


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