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INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY
"Your Place to Shine"

Introduction to GIMP (GIMP 1001)

Course Code GIMP 101
Course Title Introduction to Gimp
Course Discipline
Arts and Education- IMVU
Pre-requisite None
Semester of Offering Semester I (March 8th - 30th)
Course Coordinator iMrsFutur3TNR (Mrs. Turner)

Location and Class Time Innovative University

Wednesdays 7:00 PM EST - 8:30 PM EST
Thursdays 7:00 PM EST - 8:30 PM EST
Course Tools GIMP: http://www.gimp.org/
Deviantart Account:
http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/

Introduction
Introduction to GIMP, Gimpology is one of the core courses offered by the faculty of Arts and
Education. It is a foundation course for the understanding of photo editing programme GIMP and
contributes to the Departments commitment to supporting students in their quest to understand
the IMVU environment in which they live and to excel in adding value to this IMVU society one
student at a time. The course components include the foundation theories of basic photo editing
programme such as GIMP including tools and their functions, layers, image manipulation and
saving. The course begins with a description of the subject area, and continues to introduce the
basic concepts and theories that are used as the foundation of photo and texture editing. This
includes discussions and applications of the programme tools. The course will be taught using the
traditional lecture method. Students will benefit from an exposure to the basic underlying theories
of GIMP and understand the significance of good photo creation/manipulation and its overall
impacts.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate an awareness of the basic
elements of most photo editing programmes including tools, layers and saving concepts.
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Assessment and Assignments

Assessments are aimed at examining students' grasp of the course material and ensure that they
are familiarized with the tools and applications of the editing program GIMP. Coursework
assessments will be executed via the Innovative University Group thread. All assignments are to
be completed within the stipulated time frame or you will automatically fail the coursework. All
students should note, 40% of all coursework assignments will be added to your final grade. These
assessments will be graded automatically based on the grading scheme provided below.

*Assignment will be open at 12.05 PM (five minutes past noon) on the opening date of the
assignment and will close at 11.55 AM on the closing date of the assignment.
Students experiencing technical difficulties or other extenuating circumstances preventing the
completion of the assignments are asked to inform Mrs. Futur3 Turner at the very earliest but no
later than six (6) hours after the assignment is due. All communications must be formalized via
message to professor iMrsFutur3TNR and iT3CH the CEO, Dean Faculty of Science &
Technology.
The authorized marking scheme as of Academic Year 2014/2015 is as follows:
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Course Description
Teaching Weeks Contents
*Introduction to course and course overview.
Week 1 *Why choose GIMP?
March 8th *Photo manipulation and Copyrights
*Using Gimp
March 9th *Starting from scratch - Edits, Selects and Image
*Tools and Functions / Tools Shortcuts
*Starting from Scratch Photo on Photo
Week 2 *Cutting and Pasting
15th *Layers, Colors and Filter
*Multimedia presentation on GIMP
16th *Brushes
*Assignment #1
Due Sunday 19th March 2017
*Feedback for Assignment #1
Week 3 *Assignment #2 (teamwork)
22nd Due Friday 24th March 2017
*Taking hiresnobg photos
*Working with *hiresnobg's and backgrounds
*Downloading and Uploading of Images

23rd *Review of Course contents

*FINALS PRACTICAL PROJECT
Due Wednesday 29th March 2017

FINAL EXAMINATION
Week 4 Four Section Paper
29th (Questions, Answers, Project 1 & 2)

30th Class Appreciation & Awards

Thank you in advance for registering for GIMP 101 with iMrsFutur3TNR. I look forward to meeting
each of you as we embark on a journey of learning GIMP 2.8.