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Regulations and Syllabus For DTP
Regulations and Syllabus For DTP
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3. Duration of the Course The Course shall extend over a period of 12 months.
University Course No Course Title examination Internal Paper.1(Theory) Paper.2(Theory) Paper.3(Theory) Microsoft office & Multimedia Working with Photo shop Designing using Corel draw 50 50 50 External 50 50 50 4 4 4 Credit
50 50 50
50 50 50
4 4 4
5. Practical Training Being a practical oriented program, the focus will be more on practical training. The candidate shall undergo practical training of the computer laboratory.
6. Requirement to appear for examination Candidate should put in a minimum of 90% attendance to appear for the examinations.
7. Passing minimum To pass A candidate shall secure a minimum of 50% in the University examination for practical and overall 50% in each of the paper (Internal/ External) to pass the examination. A Candidate failing in any one of the components has to reappear for that particular component in the supplementary examinations.
8. Classification of successful candidate A candidate who obtains 75% and above, aggregate in theory and practical examinations, in the first attempt shall be deemed to have passed the examination with distinction. A candidate who obtains from 60% to74% of the aggregate in theory and practical examinations, in the first attempt shall be deemed to have passed the examination in the first class. Other Successful candidates shall be declared to have passed the examination in the second class.
9. Conferment of degree A candidate who has passed all the examinations as prescribed shall be eligible to receive the DIPLOMA IN DESK TOP PUBLISHING from Bharathiyar University.
11. Revision of Regulation and syllabus The syllabus and regulations of the courses are subject to modification by the university whenever necessary.
12. Question paper pattern Theory examination will be for 100 marks with the following components which will be converted into 60 marks. Multiple Choice / one word answers: 20x1=20 marks(no choice) Short notes(100 words / one paragraph): 5x6=30marks (either or type) Descriptive(300 words / one page): 5x10=50 (either or type)
Paper.1(Theory)
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Paper.2(Theory)
UNIT 1: Photoshop-History & introduction, the file menu, the tools, Drawing lines & shapes. UNIT2: Inserting picture and shapes, filling colors, text effects, working with layers, filters, UNIT 3: Creating design patterns, Photoshop presentations -static & dynamic presentation, UNIT 4: WEB & WEB GALLERY using internet explorer in photo shop. UNIT 5: creating animations using image ready, creating animations & presentations . Tips and tricks in Photoshop.
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Paper.3(Theory)
Unit I:
Corel draw An overview, menus and tools. UNIT 2: Drawing lines, shapes .inserting-pictures, objects, tables, templates,
UNIT 3: Adding special effects, Exporting drawings, outlining & filling objects, inserting symbols & Clip arts. UNIT4: Working in Corel draw presentation adjusting the position, resizing, positioning, merging, color shades & shadows .working with advanced effects, special interactive effects. UNIT 5: Creating- business cards, pamphlets, banners, news papers, books. Shortcut keys in Corel draw.
Practical: (It will be assessed as part of internal assessment) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. How to insert a picture in the existing image background? Create a 3D text in Corel Draw Create an advertisement for a Textile company in Corel Design a business card for a company embed photo in it. Design a banner for a marriage function
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Paper.4(Theory)
Page maker
Overall objective: At the end of the program the students will be able to understand the fundamentals of page maker & creating book works, building booklets, completing the book
Unit 1:
Page maker- An introduction, basics menus & tools. UNIT 2: Guides & rulers. Drawing tools. Fills & outlines. UNIT 3: Working with- text, paragraphs, tabs & indents, graphics, tables. UNIT 4: Importing & exporting, story editing & printing. Tips & Shortcut keys
UNIT 5:
Creating book works-introduction-building booklets, completing the book.
page size - magazine narrow orientation tall 4 page spread numbering - Lower Roman margins 1.25 inches- top, and .75 inches - all other sides.
2. Save the document as class example. 3. On the first page of your magazine spread, select the Text tool from the Pagemaker toolbox and draw a text box. In the text box, on nine individual lines type the word "text attribute." Use each of these nine lines to illustrate each of the nine text attributes that you can use from the text palette. You might find Figure 6 on page 92 of the optional Pagemaker book useful. On line ten, type the word "The" with a capital "T." Set the font size for the capital "T" at 24 point. Set the font size for the "he" at 12. Use kerning on your text palette to pull the "h" underneath the capital "T."
4. Use <Print Screen> to capture Pagemaker's floating control palette and paste it into the second page of your magazine layout.. Select the crop tool from the Pagemaker toolbox and crop the pasted image to include only the control palette. 5. Go to page 3 of your magazine layout. Insert a new text box and in the text box list all the file name rules that you should follow when saving files that will be used on the web. 6. Go to page 4 of your magazine layout. Insert a new text box. Enter the following text:
A title (e.g., AEE 210 Pagemaker Exercise - October 12, 2005) Your name Your address Your email address
Position the upper left hand corner of the textbox at exactly 2" down and 2"over. Make the text box exaxtly 4" wide. 7. Insert vertical guidelines on page 4 at 2", 4" and 6" and insert horizontal guidelines at 2", 4", 6" and 8". 8. Save your work and close Pagemaker.
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Paper.5(Theory)
Overall objective: At the end of the program the students will be able to understand the basics of different kinds of printings & process involved in publishing. Specific objective: The students will be able to apply this knowledge in every other subject covered in the course. If the students understand the process involved then learning and applying the operations will be easier. UNIT 1: Types of Printing an Introduction-Letterpress printing-lithography-offset printing- different printing process-machines for letterpress, offset, gravure, flexography and screen printing-printing materials. UNIT 2: planning a printing, design factors, color application-film assembly and plate making-binding & finishing. UNIT 3: Image editing, color correction, color management, poly master, methods of color proofing. UNIT 4: Different types of font, text file formats, vector & raster graphics, graphics file formats. UNIT 5: Page setting, character & paragraph formatting, indentation, alignments, hyphenation, single & double sided documentation.
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Paper.6(Theory)
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
Objectives 1. Acquiring a new perspective on communicative English 2. Improving and extending the range of communication in English. 3. Acquiring written and speech communication. Unit I Grammar in Use: Concepts Parts of Speech, Tense and Aspect, Mood, Cause, Reason and Purpose, Agreement, Degrees of Comparison, Conditional clauses Seeking Permission, Request, Command, Reprimand, etc Unit IITypes of Communication Verbal Communication Non-Verbal Communication Language Variety Geographical, Formal/In formal, Register, Dialect etc. Unit IIIWritten Communication Technical Writing (Writing Reports) Business Communication (letters, memos) Unit IVInterpersonal Communication Dealing with Boss, Dealing with subordinates Unit VOral Communication Job Interviews, Public Speech, Group Discussions, Brain Storming References: Developing Communication skills-Krishna Mohan & Meera Banerji, Macmillan India Ltd How to Write and Speak Better Readers Digest, The Readers Digest Association Limited The Right Word at the Right Time-Readers Digest, The Readers Digest Association Limited Modern Linguistics, Prof. Krishnaswamy, S.K. Verma, Oxford University Press