About the Course


Who is a Graphic Designer?

In very simple words, Graphic Designer is the one who designs, creates, edits, manipulates various types of graphics.

These graphics can be Photographs, pictures, drawings, icons, line arts, paintings etc.


Course Details


A graphic designer can cater to companies/enterprises working in print, web, multimedia, eLearning and gaming industry.

Monetary compensation

Bachelors Degree/ Diploma in graphic design or a related field is usually required for jobs in this field. Candidates should demonstrate their creativity and originality through a professional portfolio that features their best designs. S/He can do a job or can work as a freelance designer. A fresher can draw up to Rs. 100,000/- p.a

Hierarchy

In a typical print industry enterprise such as a advertising agency, s/he would work with a team of such more graphic designers and an Art director who would guide them. In a web designing/multimedia firm, s/he would be a part of graphic designing / digital creations / content development team. S/He can further pursue to become a senior graphic designer or a web designer as per his/her liking and abilities.

Tools

Typically a graphic designer would make use of tools like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop for graphics creation and editing. Knowledge of few other tools like CorelDraw, Flash (graphics creation and basic animation) and few similar open source tools can be beneficial for a graphic designer.

Certification:

  • KLiC courses are recognised by Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU).
  • MKCL provides certificate to the KLiC learner after his/her successful course completion.
  • Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) provides mark sheet to successfully passed KLiC learners (Jurisdiction: Maharashtra).

Important Dates:

  • Batch Commencement: One batch in each calendar month (January to December)
  • Date(s) of Application and Fee Payment by Learner: 1st - 30th day of each calendar month
  • Date(s) of Learner Confirmation by ALC: 1st - 30th day of each calendar month
  • Course Start Date and Date of Issuing Learner Login: Date of admission confirmation

The Academic Approach of the course focuses on the work centric education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book !), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as well as development of the society.<

Learning methodology

  • Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
  • Learners are then exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
  • Learners are then acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
  • Learners are then acquainted with the architecture of the tool or Tool Map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions and their inter-relations.
  • Learners are then exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginners level
  • Learners then perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made outputs.
  • Learners are then engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
  • Learners are then encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
  • After imitation experience, they are required to improve the experts outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
  • 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.

KLiC Graphic Designing

Adobe Illustrator

Skills : Working Place, Customizing, Tools, Layer And Layer Options, Pen, Pencils and Paths, Using the Brush and Paint, Specialized Tools, Getting Creative with Types, Using the Symbols, Designing Graphics, Effects and Filters, Playing With Palettes Select, View and Object, Automating, Exporting, Web and Devices

Outputs: Business Card, Labels, Letterhead, Coupon, Identity Card, Jewel Case Design, Book Mark, Sticker, Envelope, Magazine Advertisement

Labels

Identity Card


Adobe Photoshop

Skills: Working Place, Customizing, Image and Color Modifications, Case Study - Black & White to Color, Using the Brush and Paint, Working with Selections, Scaling, Knowing the Layers, Filter Gallery, Color Adjustments

Outputs: Web Layout Design, Web Banner, Advertisement, UI Design

UI Design

Adobe InDesign

Skills: Creating and Viewing a Document, Managing Pages and Books, Managing Text , Formatting , Working with Objects, Working with Points and Paths, Case Study- Book Cover, Applying and Managing Colors, Working with Tables, Working with Styles, Printing and Outputting a Document, Setting Preferences

Outputs: Story books, Wall Calendar, Newsletter, Maps, Menu Card, Magazine Cover Page, Recipe Book, Book Cover

Recipe Book

Book Cover


Detailed Syllabus:

KLiC Graphic Designing

Adobe Illustrator

  • Basics of Illustrator CS4
  • Introduction
  • The Working Place
  • Customizing
  • Tools
  • Layer And Layer Options
  • Pen, Pencils and Paths
  • Using the Brush and Paint
  • Specialized Tools
  • Getting Creative with Types
  • Using the Symbols
  • Designing Graphics
  • Effects and Filters
  • Playing With Palettes
  • Select, View and Object
  • Output
  • Exporting
  • Web and Devices
  • Settings

Adobe Photoshop

  • Basics of Photoshop CS4
  • Introduction
  • The Working Place
  • Customizing
  • Image and Color Modifications
  • Tools
  • Using the Brush and Paint
  • Working with Selections
  • Scaling
  • Knowing the Layers
  • Getting Creative With Types
  • Masks
  • Filter Gallery
  • Playing With Palettes
  • Color Adjustments
  • Automating
  • Web and Devices
  • Output
  • Settings

Adobe InDesign

  • Getting Started
  • Creating and Viewing a Document
  • Managing Pages and Books
  • Managing Text
  • Formatting Text
  • Placing and working with Graphics
  • Working with Objects
  • Managing and Transforming Objects
  • Working with Points and Paths
  • Applying and Managing Color
  • Working with Tables
  • Working with Styles
  • Finalizing Documents
  • Exporting a Document
  • Printing and Outputting a Document
  • Setting Preferences
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120 Hours to be covered in 2 months (8 weeks).

The medium of instruction is English and Marathi.
Fees Structure for the year 2020


Fees at ALC Mode
Mode Total Fee (Rupees) 1st Installment
(Rupees)
2nd Installment
(Rupees)
Single Installment 4100/- 4100/- N/A
Two Installments 4300/- 2700/- 1600/-
* Only Single Installment Fee mode is applicable for KLiC at Home and KLiC Online admission

Total fee is including of Course fees, Examination fees and Certification fees

* MKCL reserves the right to modify the Fees of Courses during the year without any prior notice and MKCL shall not be liable to anyone for any such modification/s.

MKCL will provide world-class interactive eLearning content at no extra cost(IF ANY)

Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:

Section No. Section Name Total Marks Minimum Passing Marks
1 Learning Progression 25 10
2 Internal Assessment 25 10
3 Final Online Examination 50 20
Total 100 40
4 SUPWs (Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments) 5 Assignments 2 Assignments to be Completed & Uploaded

YCMOU Mark Sheet:Printed Mark Sheet will be issued by YCMOU on successful completion of Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3 and will be delivered to the learner by MKCL.
YCMOU Mark Sheet will be available only for Maharashtra jurisdiction learners

MKCLs KLiC Certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:

  1. Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
  2. Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
    • Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments

KLiC passed preferred.

Should preferably be a 10th/12th Std. passed student. (Not compulsory)

Examination
Topics for KLiC 2020 Final Examination
Objective Topics Practical Topics
Internet, The Web and Electronic Commerce Windows 10
System Software MS-Word 2013 OR Open Office.org Writer
The System Unit MS-Excel 2013 OR Open Office.org Calc
Input and Output MS-PowerPoint 2013 OR Open Office.org Impress
Secondary Storage Internet Explorer 7.0 OR Mozilla
MS-Outlook 2013 OR Mozilla Mail

Examination Pattern
  1. Duration of Exam: 60 minutes (1 Hour)
  2. Total Questions: 50, Total Marks: 50
  3. Marks per Question : 1
  4. All the questions in the examination are divided into 3 levels.
    • Level 1 = Low difficulty level
    • Level 2 = Medium difficulty level
    • Level 3 = High difficulty level
  5. Exam Pattern: Level wise distribution of questions and Marks
    Level Difficulty No. of questions Marks per question Maximum Marks
    Objective Practical Total
    1 Low 6 14 20 1 20
    2 Medium 6 14 20 20
    3 High 3 7 10 10
    TOTAL 15 35 50 50

Re-examination:

Re-Exam fees: Rs. 355/-

  • Please note that in the case of failure or absenteeism in the first available final online exam attempt, Learner can appear for re-examination for next two consecutive available exam events by paying requisite fees. If Learner remains absent or fails in these two attempts, s/he will have to register afresh again by paying full Course Fees.

Details MS-CIT@ALC
(MS-CIT Regular) Mode
MS-CIT@Home
Mode
MS-CIT Online
Mode
Extension If the student does not complete the course within the stipulated time or schedule, he / she will be sent to the next Exam Event If the student does not complete the course within the stipulated time or schedule, he / she will have to re-enter If the student does not complete the course within the stipulated time or schedule, he / she will have to re-enter
Re-Exam In case of failure / absence of first attempt of examination, such students will have to pay re-examination fee for further examination and only two additional opportunities. He / she will have to re-enter if he / she fails the first attempt of the exam He / she will have to re-enter if he / she fails the first attempt of the exam
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