Essentials of Desktop Publishing: Design Principles, Tools, and Techniques

• In this course, you will learn to:
• Explain the primary objectives of learning desktop publishing
• List the applications and significance of desktop publishing
• Identify the key users and target audience for desktop publishing
• Find various formats and outputs in desktop publishing
• Identify popular tools essential for desktop publishing
• Recognize various client needs and preferences during projects
• Demonstrate techniques for working with images effectively
• Explain the importance of understanding and respecting copyrights in publishing
• Compare different design selection criteria for optimal outcomes
• Identify and explain design principles such as balance, contrast, alignment, and more
• Explain basic shapes, colors, and their psychological impacts in design
• Identify the role of typography in print, digital design, and branding
• Demonstrate the use of shapes, colors, and composition through various case studies
• Identify popular digital photo editing tools and their offerings

• At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Interpret the fundamental purposes of learning desktop publishing and its significance in various scenarios
• Illustrate the applications of desktop publishing and its impact on efficiency and creativity
• Paraphrase information about the key users and target audience for desktop publishing to ensure targeted and effective designs
• Compare various formats and outputs in desktop publishing for appropriate application
• Utilize essential tools in desktop publishing to enhance project quality and productivity
• Interpret and address client requirements effectively during projects
• Demonstrate techniques for working with images effectively in desktop publishing
• Explain the importance of understanding and respecting copyrights in desktop publishing
• Compare different design selection criteria for optimal outcomes in desktop publishing
• Apply design principles such as balance, contrast, alignment, and more in desktop publishing projects
• Assess the influence of shapes, colors, and their psychological impacts in design
• Examine the role of typography in enhancing communication through print and digital design
• Illustrate the use of shapes, colors, and composition through various case studies
• Review and evaluate popular digital photo editing tools to optimize design workflows

The Academic Approach of the course 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 well as development of the society.

Learning methodology

• Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
• Learners are then exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Learners are then acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Learners are then acquainted with the architecture of the tool or Tool Map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions and their inter-relations.
• Learners are then exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level
• Learners then perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made outputs.
• Learners are then engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Learners are then encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• After imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• 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.

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

MKCL’s KLiC 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