Electronic Publishing
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Course code
INT6041.DT
old course code
INT6041
Course title in Estonian
Elektrooniline kirjastamine
Course title in English
Electronic Publishing
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
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lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To create presuppositions for acquiring knowledge on the forms of electronic publishing, different types of electronic publications, about the formats and standards in electronic publishing; the content management systems used for publishing electronic publications
To support the acquiring of practical competence for publishing different web publications
Brief description of the course
The concept of e-publishing. Electronic publications, their types and features. The impact of electronic publishing on reading.
The formats and standards of electronic publications (text, graphics, multimedia). Software and hardware for reading e-books, E-paper and e-ink.
Copyright in the electronic environment. Open Access. Open content licences.
The creation of an electronic publication with MS Word or MS Publisher and its conversion to pdf or ePub. The creation of an electronic publication The web-based e-publishing platforms.
Web 2.0 as publishing environment. The features of reading and writing on the web. Content management systems for creating websites, blogs and wikis.
Marketing and sales of an e-publication.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the different forms of electronic publishing, their specific features and options of usage;
- is able to consider legal and ethical aspects of e-publishing;
- orients among the different modern publishing options including Web 2.0;
- is able to publish a web publication.
Teacher
dots Aile Möldre
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