Digital Communications III & IV
Digital Communications III: Digital Media is hands-on course spanning one-semester that focuses on the creative and technical skills necessary for Web design and animation. Students will create visual effects and animated graphics for video, web, and other types of media using computer software. Students learn the fundamentals of Web design and HTML, explore techniques used in building media for the Web, along with learning to develop content and publish media-based Web sites to the Internet.
Digital Communications IV: Audio/Video Production is a one-semester course in which students are introduced to digital audio and video. They will capture, create, and edit audio and video files for media productions and various delivery formats. This course allows the student to build digital audio and video making skills by having them conceive, storyboard, record, edit, and finalize projects in various media formats. This is a hands-on course that teaches students how to use audio and video editing software to edit audio and video.
We will use Adobe's Design Collection (InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4) and Microsoft's Office 2007 and/or 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, & Publisher) and a variety of on-line and video editing applications toward the accomplishment of the above goals.
Students will be expected to submit assignments and projects on time. Students will also be expected to care for the classroom, textbooks and equipment in a responsible manner.
Evaluations will cover projects, vocabulary, ExamView tests, quizzes and on-line assessments.
August 19-23
Introduction - Rules - Procedures
Elements of Media
Software for Digital Media
Copyright Unit
Terminology (Frayer Model for Vocabulary)
August 26-30
Copyright presentation
Template for Frayer Model for Vocabulary Use
Research free sources of software & apps and create presentations with findings (on-going to Sept. 3)
Sept. 3-6
Complete and Show Presentations
More to come...
Digital Communications IV: Audio/Video Production is a one-semester course in which students are introduced to digital audio and video. They will capture, create, and edit audio and video files for media productions and various delivery formats. This course allows the student to build digital audio and video making skills by having them conceive, storyboard, record, edit, and finalize projects in various media formats. This is a hands-on course that teaches students how to use audio and video editing software to edit audio and video.
We will use Adobe's Design Collection (InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4) and Microsoft's Office 2007 and/or 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, & Publisher) and a variety of on-line and video editing applications toward the accomplishment of the above goals.
Students will be expected to submit assignments and projects on time. Students will also be expected to care for the classroom, textbooks and equipment in a responsible manner.
Evaluations will cover projects, vocabulary, ExamView tests, quizzes and on-line assessments.
August 19-23
Introduction - Rules - Procedures
Elements of Media
Software for Digital Media
Copyright Unit
Terminology (Frayer Model for Vocabulary)
August 26-30
Copyright presentation
Template for Frayer Model for Vocabulary Use
Research free sources of software & apps and create presentations with findings (on-going to Sept. 3)
Sept. 3-6
Complete and Show Presentations
More to come...