Cuyahoga Community College
ZPDI1519 - Adobe InDesign CC (Online) (DPU)
Course Description
Adobe InDesign allows you to design and produce stunning documents using your desktop or a professional printer. You can also convert your documents to PDF format or publish them on a website. This class will walk you through setting up the InDesign workspace, adding text and graphics to your document, creating layouts with frames and applying formatting with styles.
**Students will need a copy of the Adobe InDesign CC in order to do coursework.**
This course prepares students to take the Adobe Print and digital media publication using Adobe InDesign certification exam.
Course Outline
This course includes the following lessons:
- Getting Started and InDesign Basics
- Creating a Document
- Working with Text
- Working with Color
- Working with Styles
- Graphics and Tables
- Transparency and Printing
- Forms and eBooks
- EPUBs
- Putting it All Together
Learner Outcomes
Upon completion, participants will be able to:- Explore the InDesign environment and edit a basic document.
- Create a page layout and add and format objects.
- Add and edit text in multiple blocks.
- Add color, tints and gradients to objects in their documents and manage the color settings.
- Apply style formatting to text and objects.
- Modify graphics and add tables to their documents.
- Apply transparency formatting and print documents.
- Create forms and eBooks.
- Add a table of contents and index to a document.
- Create a final project using concepts learned in this course.
Notes
Participants will have 180 days to complete this self-paced online course.
All necessary materials included in course.
System Requirements
Internet Connectivity Requirements:
- Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended.
Hardware Requirements:
- Minimum Pentium 400 Mhz CPU or G3 Macintosh. 1 GHz or greater CPU recommended.
- 256MB RAM minimum. 1 GB RAM recommended.
- 800x600 video resolution minimum. 1025x768 recommended.
- Speakers/headphones to listen to Dialogue streaming audio sessions.
- A microphone to speak in Dialogue streaming audio sessions.
Operating System Requirements:
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 9, 10
- Mac OSX 10 or higher.
- OpenSUSE Linux 9.2 or higher.
Web Browser Requirements:
- Google Chrome is recommended.
- Firefox 13.x or greater.
- Internet Explorer 6.x or greater.
- Safari 3.2.2 or greater.
Software Requirements:
- Adobe Flash Player 6 or greater.
- Oracle Java 7 or greater.
- Adobe Reader 7 or greater.
Web Browser Settings:
- Accept cookies
- Disable pop-up blocker