Reply: You’re aware that the course title of Journalism 122 you took at UP CMC is “Publication Design and Layout.” The latter could have a dash (e.g., “lay-out”) though my personal preference is without one. If you want to give a seminar titled “Designing and Laying Out Publications,” I think there’s nothing wrong with that. Hope this helps.

Reply: Whether used as a noun or a verb, the word still doesn’t sound right to me, though I have to admit that, in the future, it will be deemed grammatically correct due to its wide usage, very much like “prioritizing.”