JOUR 285C - News and Magazine Production-Skills for Web Page Designers

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Kapiolani Community College

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One credit: 2 hours lecture/lab per week for 16 weeks or 4 hours lecture/lab for 8 weeks Two credits: 4 hours lecture/lab per week Three credits: 6 hours lecture/lab per week Alternate schedules may be arranged with instructor Prerequisite(s): Qualification for ENG 100, ENG 160 or ESL 100, or instructor consent. Comment: May be repeated two times for additional credit. The maximum number of credits for JOUR 285 (any combination of alpha suffixes) is nine credits. JOUR 285C focuses on the theory and practice in production of a small newspaper or magazine for print and/or web. Includes gathering and writing news, editing news stories and journal articles, writing headlines and captions, type design, page layout, digital photography, advertising design, paste-up, web production. Students may choose to concentrate on one or any combination of three paths. Upon successful completion of JOUR 285C, Skills for Web Page Designers, the student should be able to (in addition to the competencies listed for JOUR 285 above): Demonstrate an understanding of basic web design principles: file sizes, hyperlinking, navigation, readability and the importance of story boarding or mapping the site. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between file sizes and screen display. Demonstrate an understanding of basic HTML commands, including relative links, tables, image source and font commands. Demonstrate an understanding of cross platform issues regarding color and fonts. Demonstrate an understanding of bandwidth issues as related to file sizes. Use Adobe Photoshop to correct light and contrast, to set file sizes and resolutions, to save in the proper formats. Use Adobe ImageReady to reduce image file sizes and to create special effects. Use Fetch to upload and download files. Demonstrate an understanding of copyright issues, especially as related to graphics. 0

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1.00 - 3.00

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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