Note: Our most recent special topics course were T-Shirt Design Bootcamp, Typography, and Lettering and Type
Course Outline
Course Identification
ART 251-001: Digital Art/Design: Special Projects
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 4: lecture 2, lab 2
Prerequisite: Registration or credit in ART-248 or consent of instructor
Course Description
This art/graphic design studio course covers different digital art and design topics based on emerging industry trends and student needs. The topics covered in a particular semester course open new design possibilities exploring designing for devices for electronic publication based on the Macintosh operating system and/or IOS. Fee is required. (4 contact hours)
Books, Supplies and Supplementary Materials
Books
Adobe CC, Acrobat Professional
Platform
Macintosh iMac, OS X
Course Goals
Communicating
Major Concepts
Computer system information
Projects
Projects in a particular semester will explore topics appropriate to the field of digital art/design.
Assessment of Student Learning
Typical classroom assessment techniques
Schedule
See class calendar.
ART 251-001: Digital Art/Design: Special Projects
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 4: lecture 2, lab 2
Prerequisite: Registration or credit in ART-248 or consent of instructor
Course Description
This art/graphic design studio course covers different digital art and design topics based on emerging industry trends and student needs. The topics covered in a particular semester course open new design possibilities exploring designing for devices for electronic publication based on the Macintosh operating system and/or IOS. Fee is required. (4 contact hours)
Books, Supplies and Supplementary Materials
Books
- Instructor handouts
- External storage device
- CD/DVR
- Binder with dividers
- Paper: white, lined and graph
- Drawing implements: pens, pencils, colored pencils
- Valid school ID
- Other supplies as needed to complete projects
Adobe CC, Acrobat Professional
Platform
Macintosh iMac, OS X
Course Goals
Communicating
- Read and listen with comprehension.
- Write and speak effectively in English.
- Use computer information systems and other technology effectively.
- Understand the nature of literary, philosophical, and artistic expression and how particular works have contributed to the ideas and culture of the past and present.
- Integrate the principles of design, typography and visual communication to enhance the content of layout designs/websites. Content is key.
- Demonstrate the ability to create well-designed layout designs/website designs.
- Learn how the planning process for layout designs/website designs, including storyboarding, information architecture and developing navigation, are key components of production and the design process.
- Learn differences between print and digital design.
- Learn how to compose appropriate content for layout design/website design.
- Understand appropriate generation, formatting, color modes (RGB vs. CMYK) and optimization of images.
- Learn how to aesthetically integrate images into a layout designs/website designs.
- Learn how to import images.
- Learn about different file formats and optimization of both sound and animation.
- Learn how to import sound and animation.
- Understand basic typography and its limitation in layout design/website design.
- Create bookmarks, anchors and internal & external links.
- Use image maps in order to provide visual interest and expressively reinforce content.
- Have a clear understanding of how to use e-mail, how to use MV LMS, how the internet works and accomplish basic layout design/website navigation.
- Demonstrate a knowledge and utilization of basic HTML.
- Demonstrate the basic operations of, as well as identify, the input, processing, and output hardware of an iMac.
- Have a clear understanding of the operation of layout design software's main features.
- Use the basic palettes, tools and menus to create basic and intermediate
Major Concepts
Computer system information
- the student will understand the operation of the computer or device most appropriate to the chosen topic
- crucial role of planning and front-end design in developing websites, Apps and or interactive media
- principles of graphic design using electronic media and technical aspects of working with the web and IOS devices
- creating using industry-standard software
- generation and manipulation of images and text documents for the web, Apps, and/or electronic devices
- Learn how to integrate principles of composition and design, typography, and visual communication to enhance the content of projects.
- Use the front-end design process effectively to plan well-designed, usable output whatever the device.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of image optimization for the web and/or devices.
- Demonstrate basic understanding of typography and color for the web and/or and their limitations.
- Understand the basic structure of programming languages and templates.
- Have a clear understanding of the operation of main features (palettes and tools) of software used in this course.
- Be able to save, copy, delete, organize, understand and maintain document links and output the files they create to the appropriate format.
- Input/Output Devices and Techniques / Files and Storage
- The use of input devices (scanner, digital cameras, databases, etc.).
- Preparation of pages for appropriate output.
- Graphic file format distinctions, i.e., html, psd, ai, gif, jpg, png, etc.
- File-naming conventions/file storage (external storage devices, burnable CD/DVDs, the server, and online sites.
Projects
Projects in a particular semester will explore topics appropriate to the field of digital art/design.
Assessment of Student Learning
Typical classroom assessment techniques
- Projects
- Studio/Lab Performance
- Critiques
- Written Concepts
- Thumbnails
- Mechanicals
- Storyboarding
- Visual/digital journal
Schedule
See class calendar.