ACG702 - Digital Publishing

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - online

Online independent learning activities including: 1 x 1-hour lecture per week

Content

This unit introduces digital publishing and the complementary areas of the design and publication industry though the fundamental building blocks of type, layout, flow technicality, and production to ensure students understand and can manage digital publication projects for a range of industry sectors. Students will develop and master techniques to apply and manipulate type, image, and layout for design production in a range of digital formats. Focus is on use of design elements and principles, grids, forms and structures, the typefaces, font families to build effective digital publications that meet industry briefs. Unit considerations include the applications and implications of design decisions to meet a variety of publication design briefs for diverse and inclusive audiences in a timely manner.

Unit Fee Information

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