ACG702 - Digital Publishing
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Tonya Meyrick |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical 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. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 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.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Demonstrate and apply information technology skills and typography and design knowledge and theory as it relate to the practices, forms, materials, technologies and techniques in the discipline of Visual Communication Design | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Effectively synthesise and dispute the communication of own and others ideas using a range of visual media and transmit ideas and solutions of problems negotiated through written and oral presentation | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Deconstruct digital artefacts and autonomously negotiate and articulate personal judgements through the integration of theoretical and practical knowledge | GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Construct, analyse and judge contemporary typography and design, making relevant evaluations to generate personal preference and recommendations as aligned to industry standards | GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Research Project | 1500 words or equivalent | 30% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Design Project | 1500 words or equivalent | 30% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3: Research Brief | 2000 words or equivalent | 40% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via ACG702
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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