Course Title: Design and produce complex text documents
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C4405 Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing
Course Title: Design and produce complex text documents
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 100
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.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
OFFC5351C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
515T Creative Industries |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term2 2022, Term2 2023, Term2 2024, Term2 2025 |
Course Contact: Dzintra Boyd
Course Contact Phone: +61399254269
Course Contact Email: pwecoordinators@rmiteduau.onmicrosoft.com
Course Description
Learn publishing-focused design skills from high-level word formatting to producing your own magazine layouts. In this course you will gain practical hands-on experience creating designs from concept to print-ready files. You will learn how to work with text; create templates in Word; source, produce and manipulate images; develop a magazine design; and master Adobe InDesign essentials, including using master documents, setting up style sheets, using layers, managing text and applying colour.
This course is titled Document Design and Production and comprises two competencies, which are co-delivered and co-assessed:
- BSBITU303 Design and produce text documents
- BSBTEC401 Design and produce complex text documents.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBTEC401 Design and produce complex text documents |
Elements: |
1. Prepare to produce word processed documents 2. Design complex documents 3. Add complex tables and other data 4. Produce documents |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
You will be able to:
- use MS Word to create templates and format text to professional standards.
- use InDesign to produce print-ready layouts.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment is ongoing throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of knowledge and skills and will include participation in class exercises, oral presentations and practical writing tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided.