• MMMM 2310: DESKTOP PUBLISHING

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  Desktop publishing (DTP) merges the fields of writing and editing, typography, photography and graphics, layout and design, and printing. Using industry-standard desktop publishing software, students create a variety of practice publications as well as their own original documents. Students work with text and graphic frames, manipulate text formatting, incorporate process and spot colors, develop tables and use tabs properly, create graphics and work with transparency, and package and export documents for commercial printing.
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• MMMM 2320: ADVANCED DESKTOP PUBLISHING

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  Students practice advanced writing, editing, photography, graphics, layout, and printing skills to create lengthy, complex documents and publications. Students use industry-standard desktop publishing software to develop multiple master pages and templates, create a table of contents and index for a book, prepare color separations, write headlines and photo cutlines, and apply principles of color theory, good design and proper typography. Projects include advertisements, logos, fliers, business forms, informational graphics, newsletters, newspapers and books. Prerequisite: Completion of MMMM 2310.
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• MMMM 2325: COMPUTER GRAPHICS

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  This course introduces students to a sophisticated computer graphics software package. Using a variety of electronic tools, students master creating, drawing, editing, and manipulating objects. Students incorporate color and typography, particularly special effects, into a variety of design projects and establish a relationship of computer-generated art to other software applications, such as multimedia, digital photography, and desktop publishing. Prerequisites: Keyboarding required. Windows knowledge recommended.
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• MMMM 2326: INTERACTIVE MEDIA DESIGN

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  Students learn to plan and design interactive media products for use in multimedia presentations, web pages and internet applications. Students apply principles of usability design and understanding the medium by planning, developing, and evaluating user requirements, personas, navigation, information architecture, site maps, wire-framing, visual hierarchy, paper prototyping and user tests.
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• MMMM 2327: 3D COMPUTER ANIMATION

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  Students create 3D computer animation for use in multimedia and television productions. Students practice techniques in object modeling and texturing and develop skills in scene composition and layout. Examples of 3D animation will be explored in film, television and multimedia. Students work on the same animation systems used in major production studios.
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• MMMM 2370: PUBLICATIONS PRODUCTION III

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  This course prepares students to assume the responsibility of publishing the college's four-color newspaper four times a semester. Students are expected to originate and write specialty stories; to copyedit stories, make editorial judgments, and analyze readability; to select photographs and illustrations/graphics for publication; to market effective advertising campaigns; to design multiple-page spreads using desktop publishing; to meet deadlines, perform under pressure, and work in teams; and to become knowledgeable about journalism ethics and decision-making. Prerequisite: Completion of MMMM 1375.
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• MMMM 2371: MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTIONS III

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  Students take a lead role as an editor in publishing the college's newspaper content in a weekly online format. Students write stories, taking additional responsibility to ensure each story is enriched with multimedia components; copyedit stories and write meaningful headlines and subheads; develop a marketing campaign for a new advertiser; design pages using Web page design software and HTML, including taking responsibility for one or more of the main content pages; create galleries and audio slideshows; and record video for clips. Prerequisite: Completion of MMMM 1376.
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• MMMM 2375: PUBLICATIONS PRODUCTION IV

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  This course prepares students to assume the responsibility of publishing the college's four-color newspaper four times a semester. Students are expected to originate and write investigative stories; to review all copy for libel; to apply standards of good taste to publication photographs and graphics; to develop conflict resolution skills; to coordinate the overall publication design using desktop publishing; to work with a professional printer; to meet deadlines, perform under pressure, and work in teams; and to become knowledgeable about journalism ethics and decision-making. Prerequisite: Completion of MMMM 2370.
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• MMMM 2376: MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTIONS IV

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  Students take a lead role as an editor in publishing the college's newspaper content in a weekly online format. Students write breaking news, feature stories, and a weekly blog; copyedit and approve all content prior to posting; make assignments to junior staff members and assign deadline dates; organize publication advertising and resolve conflicts with advertisers; design pages using Web page design software and HTML; develop templates using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS); troubleshoot coding issues; and edit video for narrowcasting. Prerequisite: Completion of MMMM 2371.
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• MMMM 2400: INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY

  3.00 Credits

  Laramie County Community College

  
  Students learn to manually compose photographs with single lens reflex cameras in both the digital and film formats; apply compositional guidelines to photography; critique images emphasizing artistic and journalistic methods; discuss image aesthetics in relation to historic process and forms of photographic involvement.
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