Digital Design Certificate

Business Systems & Technology
This introductory course will train students the basic skills to operating a personal computer. This course provides introduction to users and newcomers to the new technological world we live in today. The course includes Microsoft Office and Keyboarding. The requirements for this course are to complete all Microsoft Office activities and a typing speed of 25 WPM. Once the completion of the course you will receive a certificate acknowledging you as a certified Microsoft trainee. 3.5 Months.

Digital Design I
InDesign/PageMaker 7
This is a course in page layout that covers the basics for setting up a publication such as a brochure, magazine or newspaper. It includes a basic understanding of typography and how to combine photographs and graphics created in other programs.

Digital Design II
Photoshop 7
Covers photo editing tools such as tonal adjustments, hues and saturation plus the use of scanners. The students learn to paint original artwork totally from scratch on the computer as well as to create composites and collages. The proper use of selection tools and the effective use of levels along with neat tricks with lots of filters help the graduates meet their goals to work in the graphic arts field.

Digital Design III
CorelDRAW 10.0
Teaches how to use drawing tools on the computer to simulate most of the tools artists would use manually. But it goes beyond by giving the ability to apply several more effects such as extruding, blending, colorizing and embossing. The course encourages the students to be creative and develop their potential as artists. Students also learn to merge photographs with their drawings, and how to prepare artwork for both the Web and the printed page.

Digital Design IV
Illustrator 10
Illustrator is the defacto standard in the professional graphic arts field for computerized drawing programs. The course includes instruction on how to merge photos with drawings, how to apply special effects, special brushes and all the artistic filters necessary for a professional drawing program. It is ideal for creating Web graphics as well as for print.

Digital Design V
QuarkXPress 4.0
This is also a page layout program that covers the basics of how to set up everything from a business card to a 900-page book. It covers details for the professional as to the use of text for effective presentation, and how to integrate text and graphics for a final product. This is generally accepted as the program of choice for the serious designer.

Digital Design VI
Premiere 6.0
Covers how to edit digital video or film. Topics covered include: digital video editing; basic editing; transitions; audio; additional editing techniques; creating a title; superimposing; motion; and subclips and virtual clips.

Digital Design VII
Advanced Digital Design
This class teaches the student to combine all the skills learned in previous classes in order to produce “live” jobs. Strong emphasis is placed on good typography and proper design. Set in a “working environment,” the student learns how to bring together all the elements of a publication to produce the final printed piece. TEC Talk, the official school newspaper of The English Center, is produced in this class.

Our programs are instructor led, and are designed as hands-on workshops in small groups. Our dedicated team of instructors together brings more than 200 years of experience, in the fields of professional training, software applications, manufacturing, design and production. Our focus is on intensive
technology-based job skills training. In an effort to accommodate varying study schedules, TEC offers day, half day, weekend and evening classes.