The academic approach of the courses 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 an employee or entrepreneur as well as development of the community to which s/he belongs. Learning methodology:

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!

Basics of Photoshop

The Working Place

Customizing

Image and Color Modifications

Tools

Using the Brush and Paint

Working with Selections

Scaling

Knowing the Layers

Color Adjustments

Filter Gallery

Playing with Palettes

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 Colors

Working with Tables

Working with Styles

Finalizing Document

Exporting Document

Printing a Document

Setting Preferences

Data Merge and Assets Handling

Basics of Illustrator

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

Exporting

Working with templates

Shortcut Keys for smart work

Building blocks of a publication – Elements of a print-ready output

Types of design required in different mediums

Data merging using Excel, Word etc., - images insertion, bulk images

Competencies and techniques for Smart and Impressive work