Introduction to typography and layout

Duration

15h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Gérald Purnelle

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is freely accessible to any student registered in Bac2 or Bac3, excluding the calculation of credits for a year of study. It aims to introduce the principles, rules and uses of the layout of documents and books, with the aim of giving students the ability to format such documents (travaus, tfb, tfe) correctly, by applying the functionality of Word The course is freely accessible to any student registered in Bac2 or Bac3, excluding the calculation of credits for a year of study.
A systematic link is made between the theory (how to layout correctly) and the practice of Word's features.  

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students will have sufficient knowledge of the functionalities of word processing software; they will have learned to compose documents (works, books) correctly laid out.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Presentation-demonstration on screen, face-to-face. Prior reading of a syllabus.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Syllabus of Rules and Uses of French Typography available online.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Practical exam: short text whose layout needs to be corrected.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Gerald.Purnelle@uliege.be

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