Welcome to the first class of the semester!

Agenda

• Introduction to the course
• Course Objectives
• Class introductions
• ReadThis

Handouts

• COMD2327_HitchingsSyllabus
• COMD2327_Project1-Overview
• COMD2327_Week1-Homework-CompingType

Lecture
InDesign Basics

• Menu overview/ workspace/ pallets
• Setting up document: size, measurements, columns, bleeds
• Rulers and grids
• Inches, points, picas
• Placing text
• Dummy text or latin text
• Text threading
• Basic formatting of text

Resources

• www.commarts.com
• www.aiga.com
• www.tdc.org
• www.adcglobal.org

Homework

• Bring in a story based on an Urban Legend, a Myth or a Folktale. Your story should be three paragraphs long (with a word count around 300 words). You can also check out this website to browse through a number of stories and see if you come across one that you like: http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/urban-legends
• Here are two examples from former students:
  1. BloodyMary
  2. TheGhostFestival