General Information

• Name: Desktop Publishing With Word Processing
• Discipline: Computer Office Technology (COT)
• Units (Credits): 1–3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Technology

Prerequisites and Recommended Courses

• Prerequisites: COT150 or consent of instructor

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Presents an overview of desktop publishing concepts and applications using desktop software. Students will learn to import word processed files and graphics, and use menus/commands and printers to produce newsletters, brochures, fliers and reports.

II: Course Objectives

COT 222 presents and overview of desktop publishing concepts and applications using desktop software. Students learn to import word processed files and graphics, and use menus/commands and printers to produce newsletters, brochures, fliers and reports on a computer.

• • Evaluate design elements in a desktop publishing document for the appropriate use of focus, balance, proportion, contrast, directional flow, consistency, color, and page layout.
• • Produce internal business documents such as signs; fax cover sheets, agendas, memos, and press releases with a variety of typefaces, type styles, type sizes, and special symbols.
• • Produce business letterheads, envelopes, and business cards using a variety of templates, fonts, ruled lines, and automatic features.
• • Create calendars, CD covers, personal address labels, and award certificates using a variety of graphic features.
• • Produce promotional documents such as flyers and announcements using Word 2003 Tables and Borders toolbar, Picture toolbar, Drawing toolbar, Microsoft Word Picture editor, and WordArt along with text boxes, pictures, watermarks, lines, AutoShapes, 3-D boxes, and borders.
• • Create Letter-fold and single-fold brochure using a variety of page layouts and design techniques such as drop caps and reverse text.
• • Create specialty promotional documents, such as tickets, postcards, business greeting cards, nametags, and invitations using Auto Text, WordArt, labels and basic design concepts.
• • Create newsletters using students' own design that incorporate desktop publishing concepts and use Word 2003 features. Students define, create, and incorporate additional design elements into newsletters, such as headers/footers, tables of contents, mastheads, sidebars, pull quotes, kickers, end jump lines, captions, vertical lines, and spot color.

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

The mission of this course is to provide employment-related knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a chosen field of study.
COT 204 - addresses the following AAS degree student learning outcomes. Students who complete programs in occupational areas are expected to demonstrate:
Know
the subject matter appropriate to the emphasis of the degree.
Are Able to
• acquire skills and perform tasks necessary for employment or career enhancement.
• present themselves effectively to a potential employer.
• demonstrate effective communication and computation skills appropriate to the chosen occupational field.
• utilize appropriate resources to remain current in the chosen occupational field.