Unit 5 Desktop Publishing

AO4
Use drawing tools included with DTP software to create basic shapes for inclusion in your completed publication

Evidence for this assessment objective will be in the form of your completed desktop published article and screen shots demonstrating certain skills that are not clear from your printed publication.

For this Assessment Objective you will demonstrate your ability to use graphic tools within your desktop publishing software.

Drawing tools include:

• using a range of 2D shapes
• use tools to cut and paste, copy and crop
• use monochrome and colour fill and shading
• use lines of different styles and colour
• layering items to create a clear graphic
• use a range of text styles and effects, including reverse and
  artistic text
• grouping

Assessment Criteria
Pass
Basic use of a limited range of facilities* to produce shapes which are not always accurate. Some limited evidence of layering.

Merit
The majority of listed facilities*, which will include layering and grouping, will have been used to produce accurate drawings. Candidates will have combined different shapes to create a more complex whole.

Distinction
The full range of listed facilities* will have been consistently used to create complex shapes which clearly suit the needs of the brief and the intended audience. Lines and borders will have been included in the completed document.

* facilities include:

• using a range of 2D shapes

• use tools to cut and paste, copy and crop
• use monochrome and colour fill and shading
• use lines of different styles and colour
• layering items to create a clear graphic
• use a range of text styles and effects, including reverse and artistic text
• grouping

Activity 1
Follow this guide to using drawing tools included with DTP software to create basic shapes for inclusion in your completed publication.

Portfolio Activity
Evidence the following use of drawing tools in your publication:

• using a range of 2D shapes
• use tools to cut and paste, copy and crop
• use monochrome and colour fill and shading
• use lines of different styles and colour
• layering items to create a clear graphic
• use a range of text styles and effects, including reverse and
  artistic text
• grouping

Some of your evidence will come in the form of your completed publication. Others, that are less clear e.g. grouping and layering need to be evidenced using screenshots.