Course Title: Prepare text and graphic files for print processing

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5230

Course Title: Prepare text and graphic files for print processing

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 50.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

GRAP5155C

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

320T Design (TAFE)

Face-to-Face

Term1 2010,
Term1 2011,
Term1 2012

Course Contact: Leigh Milward, Meredith Chesney

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9438

Course Contact Email: meredith.chesney@rmit.edu.au, leigh.milward@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit deals with the skills required to effectively prepare text and graphic files for print.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CUVCRS16A Prepare text and graphic files for print processing

Elements:

1 Consult with pre-press about formatting requirements

2 Prepare text for pre-press processing

3 Prepare graphics for pre-press processing


Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

The assessment tasks for this unit include some or all of the following;
Exercises
Projects
Briefs
Students will be tutored with a verbal and/or written evaluation of their progress, within class time.
A final assessment of Competency Achieved or Not Yet Competent will be given at the end of the course when students will submit all completed work.
To be deemed competent students must satisfactorily complete all Learning Elements and related Performance Criteria.
Grading will be offered in addition to, and after, competency based assessment.