- Prerequisite Course(s): Desktop Publishing 1
- High School Credit = 1/2 credit per semester (Postsecondary credit = 0)
- This course will be offered: every year
- Pathway (Optional): Information Support and Services
- Career Cluster Area: Information Technology
- Source of Occupational Skills Standards: National Business Education Association (NBEA)
- Eligibility for Nationally Recognized Skill Certificate(s)/State License? No
- Tech Prep: No
- Is this course brokered through another institution or agency? No
- Course Description: This course is designed to expand and refine the basic skills learned from Desktop Publishing 1 in order to prepare students for job-entry preparation in the electronic desktop publishing field. Students will be taught skills needed to integrate text and graphics using graphic design and electronic page assembly software to produce professional-quality publications.
- Content Headings/Topics
- System software
- Knowing how to use page layout/documentation creation
- Web page design
- Using the Internet as a resource
| Performance Standards (Learner Outcomes) | Specific Occupational Skills Standards | Alaska Reading, Writing, Math, Science Performance Standards | Alaska Content Standards | Alaska Employability Standards | Alaska Cultural Standards | All Aspects of Industry | Assessments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Use desktop publishing software to design, create, and import data / graphics / scanned images to format a variety of publications. | NBEA ISS.8 | R3.6 | LAA | B.4 | Technical | Lab Assignments | |
| 2. Describe the functions of hardware components required for desktop publishing. | NBEA ISS.1 | W3.3 | LAA | Technical | Written Exams | ||
| 3. Explain the purposes, functions, and features of desktop publishing software. | NBEA ISS.8 | W3.3 | LAA | A2 | Written Exams | ||
| 4. Describe desktop publishing concepts. | NBEA ISS.8 | W3.3 | LAA | A5 | Written Exams | ||
| 5. Explain the meaning of common desktop publishing terms. | W3.3 | LAA | Written Exams | ||||
| 6. Identify tools in toolbar and palettes. | NBEA ISS.8 | W3.3 | Tech A | Written Exams | |||
| 7. Identify the components of the desktop. | NBEA ISS.8 | W3.3 | Tech A | Written Exams | |||
| 8. Identify and apply principles and techniques of publication design. | NBEA ISS.8 | R3.6 | Tech D | Lab Assignments | |||
| 9. Identify editing tools. | NBEA ISS.8 | W3.3 | Tech B | Written Exams | |||
| 10. Organize and maintain directories and files within the operating system. | NBEA ISS.4 | R3.6 | Tech B | Lab Assignments | |||
| 11. Identify copyright issues as they relate to desktop publishing. | NBEA ISS.13 | W3.3 | Tech E | A7 | Written Exams | ||
| 12. Convey long-term consequences of publication actions with regard to ethical and legal issues | NBEA B12 B14 IT XVI | R.2 W.4 | LA E2, 4 | A1 A5 A7 | E7 | Tech / Prod PC | Society of Professional Journalists: Ethics |