| 1.00 | Apply knowledge of the visual design industry. | 10% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 1.01 | Identify the purpose, audience, and audience needs for preparing images. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 1.02 | Communicate with colleagues and clients about design plans. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 1.03 | Identify the type of copyright, permissions, and licensing required to use specific content. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 1.04 | Build knowledge of key terminology related to publications. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 1.05 | Utilize knowledge of basic design principles and best practices employed in the design industry. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 2.00 | Apply project setup and interface. | 10% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 2.01 | Carry out developing a document with the appropriate settings for web, print, and mobile. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 2.02 | Navigate, organize, and customize the application workspace. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 2.03 | Use non-printing design tools in the interface to aid in design or workflow. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 2.04 | Import assets into a project. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 2.05 | Manage colors, swatches, and gradients. | 1% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 2.06 | Manage paragraph, character, and object styles. | 1% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 3.00 | Apply document organization. | 5% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 3.01 | Use layers to manage design elements. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 3.02 | Manage and modify pages. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.00 | Construct and modify visual elements. | 25% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.01 | Utilize core tools and features to lay out visual elements. | 4% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.02 | Select and manipulate text using appropriate typographic settings. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.03 | Build, manage, and edit selections. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.04 | Experiment with digital graphics and media within a publication. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.05 | Utilize basic reconstructing and editing techniques to manipulate document content. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.06 | Construct the appearance of design elements by using effects and styles. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.07 | Develop interactive or dynamic content or media within a project. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 4.08 | Construct and edit tables. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 5.00 | Apply publishing principles for digital media. | 5% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 5.01 | Prepare documents for publishing to web, print, and other digital devices. | 3% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 5.02 | Export or save documents to various file formats using Adobe InDesign. | 2% | C3 Apply Procedural |
| 6.00 | Understand the role of InDesign in print design and advertising. | 15% | B2 Understand Conceptual |
| 6.01 | Understand basic differences between designing with InDesign for print or web. | 4% | B2 Understand Conceptual |
| 6.02 | Understand how other Adobe products integrate into the InDesign workflow. | 4% | B2 Understand Conceptual |
| 6.03 | Understand advertising strategies, proposals, headlines, slogans and text copy for various types of design used in advertising. | 4% | B2 Understand Conceptual |
| 6.04 | Demonstrate writing copy for print, electronic, and broadcast advertising using Adobe InDesign. | 3% | B2 Understand Conceptual |
| 7.00 | Create multi-faceted designs in InDesign, while integrating supporting raster and vector software. | 30% | C6 Procedural Knowledge - Create |
| 7.01 | Create complex print publications utilizing a combination of vector graphics created in Adobe Illustrator, raster graphics created in Adobe Photoshop, and layout in Adobe InDesign. | 24% | C6 Procedural Knowledge - Create |
| 7.02 | Build procedures to publish, export, and archive layouts using InDesign, Illustrator, and Photohsop. | 6% | C6 Procedural Knowledge - Create |
