CorelDRAW Essentials and Advanced Mastery

• In this course, you will learn to:
• Identify the fundamental features and functionalities of graphic design software
• Explore the user interface and navigation controls of graphic design software
• Explain the basics of page setup and file management in graphic design projects
• Apply color theory and its application in design projects
• Organize design elements and objects effectively using vector tools
• Demonstrate proficiency in manipulating text and objects within vector tools
• Operate advanced features such as layers, tables, and fill tools
• Modify and customize designs according to specific project requirements
• Predict potential design challenges and solutions in various design case studies
• Compare and contrast different printing methods and paper types for optimal output quality

• At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Interpret the fundamental features and functionalities of graphic design software and apply them using vector tools
• Illustrate proficiency in navigating the user interface and utilizing its tools for design tasks
• Transform conceptual ideas into visually appealing designs through practical application of design principles
• Interpret and make design choices and solutions by applying fundamental design principles and industry standards
• Compare and contrast design elements and techniques to optimize creative decision-making
• Report findings and insights from design projects, demonstrating effective communication skills
• Review and restate key concepts and techniques learned throughout the course for reinforcement
• Experiment with various design approaches and strategies to expand creative capabilities
• Predict and diagnose potential design challenges, implementing appropriate solutions
• Assess and appraise design outcomes, evaluating their effectiveness and adherence to project requirements

The academic approach of the course focuses on ‘work-centric’ education. With this hands-on approach, derive knowledge from and while working to make it more wholesome, delightful and useful. The ultimate objective is to empower learners to also engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at bringing learners closer to their rewarding careers as well as to the development of the community.

• Step 1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work
• Step 2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step 3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step 4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step 5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step 6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step 7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step 8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step 9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step 10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step 11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step 12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!