Course Language:
English
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Course Objectives:
This course aims students to acquire the ability and to learn digital design practices and design program basics.
Course Content:
Within this course, students learn to develop and combine visuals’ colors, visual effects, styles. Besides, lectures provide students with the knowledge necessary to conceptualize, develop and produce design projects in graphic design field.
Course Methodology:
1-Lecture, 2-Interactive Lecture, 3-Special Support / Structural Examples, 5-Problem Solving, 9-Demonstration
Course Evaluation Methods:
A-Exam, C-Assignment, E-Project / Design
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1. Gains the necessary skills to use the design program. | 1,2,3 | 1,2,5 | A,C,E |
| 2. Identifies new trends in the design field by using image and text merging techniques. | 3 | 1,2,5 | A,C,E |
| 3. Reviews the relationships among the sub-disciplines of the field. | 8 | 1,2,5 | A,C,E |
| 4. Combines theoretical and practical knowledge and interprets and uses acquired information for authentic design projects. | 1 | 1,2,5 | A,C,E |
| 5. Searches for solutions to screen and printed material problems in multiple environments, combines what he/she has learned to work in the field of design. | 10 | 1,3,9 | A,C,E |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 |
Introduction
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| 2 |
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Opening & saving files, the interface, practice with tools, zoom and pan, undo actions |
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| 3 |
Color, Line, Shape
Working with selections, working with layers, manipulating selections, Magic wand tool |
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| 4 | Layer Basics Layer styles, Adjustments | |
| 5 | Masks and Patterns | |
| 6 | Typography, Color and Visual Hierarchy | |
| 7 | Review | |
| 8 | Mid-term submission | |
| 9 | Movement and Rhythm | |
| 10 |
Correcting and enhancing photos
Layout Design |
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| 11 |
Correcting and enhancing photos
Layout Design |
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| 12 |
Color, Line, Shape
Working with selections, working with layers, |
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| 13 | Portfolio Design | |
| 14 | Portfolio Design | |
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Final Submission | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook |
Digital graphic design / Ken. Pender. Oxford; Boston: Focal Press, 1996
Illustration: real-world illustration projects, from brief to finished solution / Yolanda. Zappaterra. Crans-Près-Céligny, Switzerland: Distributed by Watson-Guptill, 1998 Complete Digital Illustration : A master Class in Image Making / L. Zeegen. Switzerland: Rotovision, 2010 |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | yulearn.yeditepe.edu.tr |
| Assignments | yulearn.yeditepe.edu.tr |
| Exams | |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 40 |
| Final | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade | 60 | |
| Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade | 40 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE’S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | ||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Uses technical and academic knowledge accumulated in visual communication design field for authentic projects. | X | ||||
| 2 | Designs 2 and 3 dimensional creative products considering the aesthetic rules. | X | ||||
| 3 | Employs efficiently the technical innovations required by the professional field. | X | ||||
| 4 | Analyses problems related to the field starting from the concept and develops appropriate projects for the targeted audience. | X | ||||
| 5 | Behaves according to the national and international professional ethical principles. | X | ||||
| 6 | Builds awareness to universal and social problems by developed projects and offers solutions to them. | X | ||||
| 7 | Gains sectoral experience by compulsory internship, relates academic knowledge with field experience. | X | ||||
| 8 | Grasps the importance of interdisciplinary working by lifelong learning mind-set and collaborates with different teams. | X | ||||
| 9 | Develops concepts and puts forth innovative and authentic works to enrich the cultural and artistic accumulation related to the field. | X | ||||
| 10 | Transforms the creative ideas into moving and interactive visual expressions, executes multi-dimensional designs. | X | ||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 8 | 112 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Total Workload | 176 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (s) | 7,04 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7 | ||
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