Information Processing & Publishing

Subject Description

Information Processing and Publishing focuses on the application of practical skills to provide creative solutions to text-based communication tasks. Students create both hard copy and electronic text-based publications and evaluate the design process, with an emphasis on desktop publishing and electronic design skills.

Students use technology to design and implement information processing solutions, identifying, choosing, and using the appropriate computer hardware and software to process, manage, and communicate information in a range of contexts. The focus capabilities for this subject are communication and learning.

Students have the opportunity to learn about design for social media and create infographics using the latest online solutions, such as Canva and Infogram. They also have access to Adobe Creative Cloud to learn and work on industry-standard applications like Adobe InDesign, Acrobat Pro, and Figma (for mobile app prototyping).