KLiC Graphic Designing

Using all these types of graphics, he/she can create flyers, posters, magazines, hoardings, book covers, brochures, product catalogs etc. He/She can also create web banners, buttons, icons, photomerge (collage), photo editing etc.

Product packaging design, User Interface design, Corporate identity profiling are few more services a graphic designer can offer.

• Aspiring Graphic Designers: Individuals aiming to build a foundation in graphic design principles and software tools.
• Students and Graduates in Art and Design: Those pursuing studies in art, design, or related fields, seeking to enhance their digital design capabilities.
• Marketing and Advertising Professionals: Professionals looking to create compelling visual content for branding and promotional materials.
• Content Creators and Social Media Managers: Individuals responsible for producing engaging visual content for online platforms.
• Educators and Trainers: Teachers and trainers interested in incorporating digital design into educational materials.
• Freelancers and Entrepreneurs: Individuals aiming to offer design services or enhance their business's visual identity.
• Hobbyists and Art Enthusiasts: Individuals passionate about art and design, seeking to learn digital tools for personal projects.

A graphic designer can work with companies/enterprises working in print, web, multimedia, eLearning and gaming industry.

Bachelor’s Degree/ Diploma in graphic design or a related field is usually required for jobs in this field. Candidates should demonstrate their creativity and originality through a professional portfolio that features their best designs. He/She can do a job or can work as a freelance designer. A fresher can draw up to Rs. 100,000/- p.a.

Hierarchy

In a typical print industry enterprise such as an advertising agency, he/she would work with a team of more graphic designers and an Art director who would guide them. In a web designing/multimedia firm, he/she would be a part of graphic designing / digital creations / content development team. He/She can further pursue to become a senior graphic designer or a web designer as per his/her liking and abilities.

Tools

Typically a graphic designer uses tools like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop for graphics creation and editing. Knowledge of few other tools like CorelDraw, Flash (graphics creation and basic animation) and few similar open source tools can be beneficial for a graphic designer.

The academic approach of the courses focuses on the “work-centric” education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book!), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as an employee or entrepreneur as well as development of the community to which s/he belongs. Learning methodology:

• Step -1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
• Step -2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step -3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step -4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step -5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step -6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step -7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step -8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step -9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step-10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step-11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step-12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!

Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:

YCMOU Mark Sheet

Printed Mark Sheet will be issued by YCMOU on successful completion of Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3 and will be delivered to the learner by MKCL.
YCMOU Mark Sheet will be available only for Maharashtra jurisdiction learners.

MKCL's KLiC Certificate

The certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:

1. Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
2. Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
   • Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments