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CS 72.11A InDesign 1 (Online)

CATE Gradebook | Elluminate "Live" Virtual Office Hour Tuesday 7-8pm
Best of Class Labs | Previous Student Work | Calendar
WEEK 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16| FINAL

Class files: Spring 2012

  • IMPORTANT! Make sure you are getting instructor emails from GU.Weblink@santarosa.edu.
    Some email programs may filter them into your junk mail folder as this is a bulk email. Add GU.Weblink@santarosa.edu to your trusted addresses. You can also access the instructor emails by logging into the Student Portal at the main SRJC website at www.santarosa.edu. Students are to check this site weekly for class and lab handouts.
  • Acrobat 10 or the free Adobe Reader 10 is required to access handouts in PDF (Portable Document File) format.
  • Test your computer for compatibility with the recorded class Elluminate webcasts and optional weekly "live" office broadcasts at the Elluminate Support Center. The audio setup is optional.
  • Consider joining NBAUG (North Bay Adobe User Group) -- membership is free and monthly meetings are held at the Santa Rosa Junior College campus with featured presentations on Adobe products. Twice a year a lucky raffle winner receives $2100 worth of Adobe software! Plus, students get extra credit points when attending one of the four NBAUG meetings this Spring.

WEEK 1 JANUARY 17-22 | Course Introduction

Class introduction | InDesign and Desktop Publishing | Working with CATE

Note: some browsers have problems displaying PDFs. It's best to view/print my PDFs using either the free Adobe Reader or Acrobat programs. Web browsers can be customized as to what helper application is used to open PDFs.

Note: Stepping Out With InDesign is sold at the bookstore and can be ordered online at www.santarosa.edu/bookstore -- if you do not have your book yet, use these SOWI pages below to complete the first week.
SOWI Pages 1-3 (PDF: 694K)

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WEEK 2 JANUARY 23-29 | Getting Started

Beginning Skills | Sample Document window | InDesign Basics

  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    Remember to maximize the Application Sharing window when you watch the webcasts
    CATE Lecture Webcasts
    Cyndi's virtual office hour (optional): a sneak peak on what you can do with frames and images with a demo of CS Live
  • LAB WORK ASSIGNED
    Learning Style Quiz | Summary of Learning Styles
  • Lab 2 Student Profile (PDF: 185K)
    Right-click to download one of the files below for your version of InDesign | Do not use Internet Explorer to download .idml files | CS5 and CS4 users need to check for the latest updates to their version of InDesign
    Lab2v55.indt (1MB) for CS5.5 users -- Lab2v5.indt (936K) for CS5 users -- Lab2v4.idml (33K) for CS4 users
    Note: I'm preparing files for three different versions of InDesign. Please let me know if there are any problems.
    cookie1.jpg (309K) cookie2.jpg (286K) -- optional cookie graphics if you do not have a digital picture of yourself (source: Photoxpress.com for educational use only)
    PC: right-click /Mac: control-click to download any of the above Lab 2 files
  • OPTIONAL READING
    Real World InDesign CS5: Chapter 1 Workspace
  • TURN IN
    Due January 29:
    Submit Lab 2 at CATE
    Submit Student Survey (Poll) at CATE
    Submit CATE message
    Submit Quiz 1 at CATE (SOWI pages 1-10)

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WEEK 3 JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 5 | InDesign Basics

InDesign Basics | Color Basics | Customizing InDesign | Setting up the Document | Introduction to Master Pages

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WEEK 4 FEBRUARY 6-12 | Document structure

Using Guides | File Menu Basics | acrobat.com File Sharing

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WEEK 5 FEBRUARY 13-19 | Workflow

Two InDesign Workflows | Workflow Options | Installing Fonts

  • RESOURCES
    Week 5 Agenda.zip from acrobat.com
  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    CATE Lecture Webcasts
    Cyndi's virtual office hour (optional): shopping for graphics and Q&A
  • LAB WORK ASSIGNED
  • Lab 5 Workflow (PDF: 284K)
    Lab5sampleOrig with copyrighted font (PDF: 59K) Look at the word ACME on the screen and then print -- any problems?
    Lab5sampleOutlined with outlined font (PDF: 75K) Look at the word ACME on the screen and then print -- issues resolved
    Lab5Sample.zip from acrobat.com for Part 2 students who do not have access to another computer with InDesign installed
  • TURN IN
    Due February 19:
    Submit Lab 5 business card PDF at CATE
    Submit Lab 5 narrative at CATE Message Board

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WEEK 6 FEBRUARY 20-26 | Frames

Frame Basics (part 2) | Graphic Frames (text wrapping) | Test

  • RESOURCES
  • About Adobe: History of Innovation
  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    CATE Lecture Webcasts
    Cyndi's virtual office hour (optional): review of Quiz 1 and Quiz 2
  • LAB WORK ASSIGNED
    Lab 6 Sonoma County Flier (PDF:391K)
    InDesign1Lab6.zip at acrobat.com
  • OPTIONAL READING
    Real World InDesign CS5: Chapter 6 Where Text Meets Graphics
  • TURN IN
    Due February 26:
    Submit Test 1 at CATE (print out screen shot before starting the test -- the sample 3-page document is optional)
    Test 1 Screen shot (PDF: 308K) | Sample 3-page document (PDF: 876K)

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WEEK 7 FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 4 | More Frames

Text Frames | Graphic Frames | Frame Extras

  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    CATE Lecture Webcasts
    Cyndi's virtual office hour (optional): screenshots, graphics, and troublesome text wraps
  • OPTIONAL READING
    Real World InDesign CS5: Chapter 7 Importing and Exporting
  • TURN IN
    Due March 4:
    Submit Lab 6 at CATE
    Submit Midterm Survey at CATE

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WEEK 8 MARCH 5-11 | Multiple Objects and Transformations

Working with Multiple Objects | Transformations | Business card imposition

  • OPTIONAL RESOURCE
    Test review webcast (1 hour)
    Midterm survey results (PDF)
  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    CATE Lecture Webcasts
    Cyndi's virtual office hour (optional): locked objects and looking at online printers
  • LAB WORK ASSIGNED
    Lab 7 Bodie Picture Page (PDF: 239K)
    Bodie State Park images from acrobat.com
  • OPTIONAL READING
    Real World InDesign CS5: Chapter 9 Transforming
  • TURN IN
    Due March 11:
    Submit Lab 7 at CATE
    Submit Quiz 3 at CATE (SOWI pages 27-37)

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WEEK 9 MARCH 12-18 | Layers and Working with Text

Intro to Layers | Text Fundamentals

  • RESOURCES
    InDesign 1 Week 9.zip from acrobat.com
  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    CATE Lecture Webcasts
    Cyndi's virtual office hour (optional): creating a clipping path in Photoshop
  • LAB WORK ASSIGNED
    Lab 8 Tabloid Trash (PDF: 1.3MB)
  • OPTIONAL READING
    Real World InDesign CS5: Chapter 2 Page Layout | Chapter 3 Text
  • TURN IN
    Due March 18:
    Submit Lab 8 at CATE

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SPRING BREAK | MARCH 19-25


WEEK 10 MARCH 26-APRIL 1 | Text Formatting

Text Formatting Principles | Character Formatting | Paragraph Formatting

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WEEK 11 APRIL 2-8 | Text Styles

Text Styles | Specialty Type

  • RESOURCES
    InDesign 1 Week 11.zip (demo and lab Files) from acrobat.com
    Lab10.idml for CS4 users (right-click to download)
  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    Agenda (PDF: 216K)
    CATE Lecture Webcasts
    Cyndi's virtual office hour (optional): Lab 10 demonstration
  • LAB WORK ASSIGNED
    Lab 10 Styles (PDF: 267K)
  • OPTIONAL READING
    Real World InDesign CS5: Chapter 4 Type
  • TURN IN
    Due April 8:
    Submit Lab 10 at CATE

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WEEK 12 APRIL 9-15 | Color

Intro to Color Theory | Color, Swatches, Tints and Gradients

  • RESOURCES
    InDesign 1 week 12.zip demo files and agenda (page 1) from acrobat.com
  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    CATE Lecture Webcasts
    How Ink is Made (optional) YouTube: 8 minutes
    Cyndi's virtual office hour (optional): advanced styles
  • LAB WORK ASSIGNED
    Lab 11 Postcard (PDF: 333K)
  • OPTIONAL READING
    Real World InDesign CS5: Chapter 10 Color
  • TURN IN
    Due April 15:
    Submit Lab 11 at CATE
    Submit Test 2 at CATE -- Print out Test 2 sample PDF before taking test and complete Week 12 activities before you begin

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WEEK 13 APRIL 16-22 | Imported Graphics

Graphics Theory | Working with Imported Graphics

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WEEK 14 APRIL 23-29 | Pages

Special Effects for Graphics & Objects | Multiple Page Documents

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WEEK 15 APRIL 30-MAY 6 | Threading Text

Importing and Threading Text | More on Master Pages

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WEEK 16 MAY 7-13 | Review

Looking at what's next in CS 72.11B InDesign 2 and InDesign 1 class review (1 hour)

  • RECORDED WEBCASTS
    The last webcast recorded "live"
  • TURN IN
    Due May 13: submit brochure document (.indd) at CATE (do not submit a PDF)

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FINAL EXAM MAY 14-20

TURN IN
Due May 20:
Submit
Final Exam at CATE

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Best of Class Labs Spring 2012


Lab 3 Slideshow -- scroll through all of 25 pages (PDF: 810K)

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Previous Student Work

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