DIS3906

Digital Publication ( 6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL)

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Offered:
Caulfield Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: This subject introduces students to digital publishing within art & design studio practices. It builds sequentially upon the skills and knowledge of electronic design by providing a focus upon digital methods of publication. Students explore digital workflow through a variety of software applications and a range of delivery options for digital publishing with increasing confidence, proficiency and technical understanding of demands required across the development, creation and realisation of networked publishing outcomes.

Objectives: On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to: 1. skillfully and insightfully conceive, develop, create, compose and output digital publications; 2. explore digital workflow through a variety of software applications and range of delivery options for digital publishing with increasing confidence and proficiency; 3. produce creative digital publications with an increased conceptual understanding of hypertext forms and visual communication; 4. demonstrate increased technical understanding of demands required across the development, creation and realization of networked publishing outcomes; 5. display an increasingly personalized artistic expression and sophisticated creative digital media approach which can be applied to self-promotion and publishing strategies for marketing and visual communication; 6. observe and employ occupational health and safety principles and rules appropriate to studio practice.

Assessment: Exercises: 30%; Project: 60%; Journal: 10%

Contact Hours: 12 hours per week including 4 contact hours (1 hour lecture plus 3 hours tutorial) and 8 independent study hours.

Prerequisites: OHS1000 and DIS2909