Study Guide

Implementation and methods of teaching

The entire course is held as contact teaching and includes lectures, examples and work on course assignments.

Timing and attendance

The course will take place during 11 weeks between 3 September and 12 November. The course consists of 10 contact teaching days. 80% attendance is required to complete the course.

Learning material and recommended literature

Can be found on the course's Moodle platform

Exam retakes

It is not possible to retake the course (there is no exam).

Learning environment

Mukkulankatu campus and the course's Moodle platform.

Student time use and work load

The 135 working hours of the 5-credit course are divided as follows: contact teaching about 70 hours, independent work about 65 hours (about 2 weeks).

Contents

Basics of using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign software, basic concepts of visual software, basics of vector graphics, creating a PDF file, printing.

Assessment criteria

Exercises, learning tasks and attendance.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

• Repeated absences from lessons and teaching situations
• Poor knowledge of the professional knowledge and skills relevant to the course
• Absence of key course assignments

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

• Ability to work according to instructions
• Can generate ideas for the implementation of the assignment
• Can identify and describe the main methods of the course in a guided manner
• Participates in a guided learning discussion
• Can search for professional information in their field

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

• Is able to apply a wide range of options to his/her working process
• Can implement assignments in a guided and independent manner on the basis of their ideas and develop them on the basis of feedback
• Can independently identify and compare the methods used
• Can assess and justify competence and set objectives for development in terms of content and/or technology
• Able to follow and describe the professional debate in their field

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

• Can apply and develop a variety of options in their working process
• Can use what they have learned in a planned and creative way when carrying out assignments and apply feedback received
• Can apply the methods used and analyse their relationship to the task
• Able to assess, develop and extend content and/or technical competences
• Able to participate in professional debates in their field 

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

• Repeated absences from lessons and teaching situations

• Poor knowledge of the professional knowledge and skills relevant to the course

• Absence of key course assignments

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

• Ability to work according to instructions

• Can generate ideas for the implementation of the assignment

• Can identify and describe the main methods of the course in a guided manner

• Participates in a guided learning discussion

• Can search for professional information in his/her field

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

• Is able to apply a wide range of options to his/her working process

• Can implement assignments in a guided and independent manner on the basis of their ideas and develop them on the basis of feedback

• Can independently identify and compare the methods used

• Can assess and justify competence and set objectives for development in terms of content and/or technology

• Able to follow and describe the professional debate in his/her field

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

• Can apply and develop a variety of options in their working process

• Can use what they have learned in a planned and creative way when carrying out assignments and apply feedback received

• Can apply the methods used and analyse their relationship to the task

• Able to assess, develop and extend content and/or technical competences

• Able to participate in professional debates in his/her field