This course introduces students to the fundamental practice-led research and creative design principles, processes, skills and media production techniques required for use with and across a variety of digital media formats. It provides an essential foundation in learning interactive media and web design programs in addition to video and serious game design. Using industry standard photographic editing, web design, animation and presentation software, students will create a basic composite digital media presentation in Dreamweaver that includes text, graphics, animation, video and sound.
Intended Learning Outcomes
- Understand the history of digital media, and the internet, along with the implications of that history for the present and the future
- Identify current trends within the digital media industry and appropriate career opportunities.
- Research and determine career opportunities in digital media.
- Understand how different digital media languages can be used creatively
- Recognize the social and cultural impact of the web and its developments
- Understand the concept of digital literacy
- Master knowledge of key emerging standards in the field as well as key technologies
- Recognize the techniques used to grab and maintain the users attention online
- Understand how the design of different digital platforms is developed, and with what purposes and impact