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Certificates: Certificate "Media design with vocational German language support"
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Additional Certificates: Certificate "Vocational German language support for the commercial/technical sector"
Certificate "Media design - with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro CC" -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
Certification exam for vocational German language support -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 16 Weeks
Job-related German language support for the commercial/technical sector
General language skills (approx. 1 day)
Repetition of important grammar topics and application of complex linguistic structures of German grammar
Reading and understanding texts from different areas, global and selective reading comprehension
Improving listening comprehension
Correspondence in a professional environment (approx. 2 days)
Layout and letter design
Contemporary salutations and letter introductions
Customer-oriented letters and e-mails
Reporting
Cover letters according to DIN 5008
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)
Confident communication in the company
Forms of communication in teams
Meetings and presentations
Conflict management
Staff appraisals
Job interviews
Sales and consultation meetings
Writing offers
Trade fairs and product presentations
Complaints
Business career field (approx. 6 days)
Human resources, management and labor law
Finance and controlling
Payroll accounting
Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)
Advertising
Market analysis and market research
Online marketing and e-commerce
Company processes (approx. 9 days)
Restructuring, process management, process changes
Digital transformation
Changes in energy management and environmental protection
Project management
Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)
production
Purchasing
Delivery and transportation
Retail trade
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)
Media design with Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Acrobat Pro (Adobe CC)
Adobe Photoshop CC (approx. 10 days)
File formats and color modes
Working with Adobe Bridge
Fill layers, patterns and brushes
Changing and optimizing image qualities (view, resolution, image size, workspace)
Transforming image elements
Content dependency
Selecting and masking
Working with layers
Layer styles, blending modes and opacity
Image composition with layer masks
Smart objects
Using color corrections effectively
Working with colors, gradients, Color CC
Repairing and retouching images
Filters and effects
Camera Raw and Bridge
Automating processes
Animation (frame, video sequence)
Outputting and sharing images (digital, print)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Adobe Illustrator CC (approx. 6 days)
Creating and editing artboards
Guides, rulers and grids
Draw and edit paths
Draw objects
Selecting, transforming and editing objects
Shaper tool, blending tool (blending)
Interlacing
Place, link and embed images
Converting images into vector graphics (tracing)
Working with colors and contours
Color palettes with Adobe Color
Color gradients and transparency
Layers and masks
Patterns, brushes and symbols
Filters and effects
Texts, typography and Adobe Fonts
Use of the perspective grid
Creating and designing diagrams
Use of libraries
Print preparation and PDF output
Data export and transfer for web and video
Adobe InDesign CC (approx. 12 days)
Page and document layout
Guides, grids, rulers
Creating page layouts with text/graphics
Frames, pen and pencil tools
Text editing, typography
Adding Adobe fonts
Tabs, bulleted lists and numbering
Master pages, nested master pages
Automatic page numbers and section markers
Working with formats and templates
Generating tables of contents
GREP, libraries, snippets
Placement of text, import/export options
Placing, linking and embedding images
Image import/export options
Table design in InDesign
Colors and gradients
Use of layers
Data merging for layouts (book)
Flow around objects (text flow)
Export via "Publish Online" as HTML
Export e-book as EPUB
Alternative layouts, liquid layouts
Create interactive PDF documents
Set up bookmarks
Hyperlinks, buttons, animations
Data check with preflight, soft proof
Print PDF export in detail
Integrate movie and audio files
Adobe Acrobat Pro (approx. 2 days)
Check PDF conformity (e.g. PDF-X3 standard)
Create PDF from file
Merging files
Editing text and images in PDF
Bookmarks and comments
Notes and stamps
Crop or rotate a PDF file
Manage pages
Page transitions and full screen mode
Protect PDF files
Create portfolios
Adding multimedia content to the PDF
Create interactive objects (e.g. buttons)
Project work (approx. 10 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
Once you have completed the course, you will quickly and confidently master the use of Adobe Systems' Creative Cloud and thus have professional knowledge of the industry-standard software for modern media design. You will process images, graphics and texts into a representative and sophisticated layout.
The course also includes work-related German language support. Here you will learn how to draft business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and how to communicate confidently both internally and externally. The theoretical content from the most common business fields is supplemented by language components to ensure integration into the German job market.
Media designers, graphic designers, web designers, professionals from artistic professions, public relations, communication and marketing as well as architecture and photography who want to update their skills in the creation of media products (digital and print), taking into account an integrative part.
Your future area of application can be in the print and digital sector, but above all in the creation of advertising media. The skills you acquire are in demand across all design and graphics sectors. With the appropriate know-how, self-employment is also an interesting prospect.
The course also provides you with work-related German language training to enable you to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and to communicate confidently both internally and externally.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).