On this page, you will get teaching and learning resources for the Media Publishing subject, a core component of the 4-year BA Multimedia undergraduate program offered in various affiliated and autonomous colleges under the University of Calicut. This course covers the fundamentals of print and digital publishing—including typography, layout design, prepress and production workflows, and industry-standard software tools. Study materials, assignments, question banks, and project ideas will be uploaded and regularly updated here.
Course Outcome
- Differentiate between the major printing technologies and publishing methods.
- Demonstrate the process of typography designing.
- Apply the design principles and illustration techniques
- Design a magazine/brochure/poster using page design principles
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Module 01
This module introduces printing technology, covering key printing processes like letterpress, intaglio, and screen printing, along with printer types, pre-press and production workflows, and color separation and processing techniques.
Module 02
This module covers typography essentials, including typestyles, font formats, text and symbol usage, cross-platform text mapping, page layout features, text formatting, image integration, graphic transformations, and data merging techniques.
Module 03
This module covers vector graphics fundamentals, including selection and drawing tools, layers, the Pen tool, transformations and distortions, type tools, path and shape editing, hands-on illustration, and photo tracing.
Module 04
This module covers DTP software features—from pages, web documents, master pages, spreads, and pasteboards to layout design principles (dummying, positioning, makeup), text and graphics management, book creation (chapters, TOC, indices), form controls, meta tags, and exporting to PDF and other formats.
Question Bank
Short Answer Questions
Includes concise questions and model answers requiring brief, focused responses of one to two sentences on specific concepts.
Paragraph Questions
Features structured questions paired with sample answers of 100–150 words, explaining ideas with examples and supporting details.
Essay Questions
Presents in-depth prompts alongside exemplar answers (300+ words) that explore topics critically, with arguments and evidence.
Practicum
Assignments
Practical tasks with clear objectives and grading criteria, designed to reinforce learning through hands-on application.
Projects
Creative briefs suggesting real-world projects, encouraging students to plan, execute, and showcase their work end-to-end.
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