Tutorial 1. Graphic Design Fundamentals
Topic 1: Joining the world of the designer
Topic 2: Your design workspace
Topic 3: Graphic design and desktop publishing applied
Topic 4: Communicating a message
Topic 5: The principles of good design
Topic 6: Understanding the elements of design
Topic 7: Designing with montage
Topic 8: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 2. Design Process and Layout
Topic 1: Developing sound professional designer practices
Topic 2: The design brief
Topic 3: Designing to deliver
Topic 4: Presenting designs
Topic 5: Establishing a design space
Topic 6: Graphics in action
Topic 7: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 3. Designing with InDesign
Topic 1: Understanding indesign
Topic 2: Theory of establishing a design space
Topic 3: Touring InDesign CS online
Topic 4: Page setups using indesign
Topic 5: Selecting and manipulating
Topic 6: Understanding and using drawing tools
Topic 7: Working with text
Topic 8: The basics of colour
Topic 9: Creating layouts and applying InDesign CS processes learned so far
Topic 10: Designing business cards
Topic 11: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 4. Typography, Text and Illustration
Topic 1: Defining typography
Topic 2: Type terminology
Topic 3: Choosing fonts to enhance your designs
Topic 4: Creating legible, readable typography
Topic 5: Typography, text and illustration
Topic 6: Creative typography design
Topic 7: Principles of business identity design
Topic 8: Letterhead design and layout
Topic 9: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 5. Commercial Graphic Design
Topic 1: Designing to promote—brochure design
Topic 2: Basics of brochure design
Topic 3: Designing with colour
Topic 4: Applying colour for impact
Topic 5: Familiarising with InDesign CS
Topic 6: Graphics in action—creating promotional design layouts
Topic 7: Designing creative brochures using InDesign CS
Topic 8: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 6. Desktop Publishing and Pre-Press
Topic 1: Function of newsletters
Topic 2: Visualising and designing newsletters
Topic 3: Designing newsletters using InDesign CS
Topic 4: Creating reader-friendly newsletters
Topic 5: Applying design tools for creative and legible layouts
Topic 6: Creating tables
Topic 7: Designing a newsletter following the design process
Topic 8: Managing newsletters—managing clients
Topic 9: Managing print media
Topic 10: Creating A4 page A4 newsletter using indesign cs
Topic 11: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 7. Attracting Attention: Creative Layouts
Topic 1: Visualising and designing a full colour brochure
Topic 2: Creative effects using InDesign CS—transparency
Topic 3: Creative effects using drop shadows and feathering
Topic 4: Preparing artwork designs to print
Topic 5: Exporting to pdf proof
Topic 6: Researching and evaluating the target market for brochure design
Topic 7: Re-visiting the fundamentals of brochure design
Topic 8: Revisiting brochure layout design
Topic 9: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 8. Books and Long Documents
Topic 1: Visualising and designing multi-page layouts
Topic 2: Developing multi-page documents
Topic 3: Production of multi-page documents within InDesign CS
Topic 4: Maximising efficiency while maintaining consistency in style
Topic 5: Creating reader-friendly multi-page documents in InDesign CS
Topic 6: Designing multi-page documents
Topic 7: Preparing files for printing
Topic 8: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 9. Image and Composition
Topic 1: Images and graphic design
Topic 2: Sourcing photographs and illustrations
Topic 3: Fundamentals of photography in graphic design
Topic 4: Developing technical skills to enhance creative design
Topic 5: Designing magazine spreads
Topic 6: Preparing files for printing
Topic 7: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 10. Professional Design Practice
Topic 1: Digital delivery of artwork for print
Topic 2: The art of managing design
Topic 3: Organising your time
Topic 4: Finalising designs
Topic 5: Commissioning and liaising with commercial printers
Topic 6: Graphics in action – creating a package and label design
Topic 7:Ttutorial summary

Tutorial 11. New Media
Topic 1: History of graphic design
Topic 2: New media and future design practice
Topic 3: Developing technical skills to enhance creative design
Topic 4: Managing production—maintaining good work habits
Topic 5: Creating a DVD or CD-ROM sleeve, tray, label and multi-page booklet
Topic 6: Tutorial summary

Tutorial 12. Marketing Yourself: Your Portfolio
Topic 1: Launching a career in graphic design and desktop publishing
Topic 2: The business of design
Topic 3: Managing your time
Topic 4: Developing a creative work environment
Topic 5: Marketing your business
Topic 6: Marketing yourself—your portfolio of work
Topic 7: Marketing yourself—your CVand covering letter
Topic 8: Tutorial summary