Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
This course gives students hands-on instruction in how to use digital media tools to produce interactive and media rich online stories. Students will learn key concepts and design principles in Web technologies & programming (e.g., XHTML, CSS, JavaScript), Video editing and Animation. Students will develop a website that presents a multi-part investigative story, using slideshows, videos and animations. Students will learn how to capture engaging photo & video footage to create an effective multimedia experience in post-production.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Plan and develop investigative multimedia story that is well researched.
- Capture photo & video footage that is visually engaging.
- Create storyboard of video story to be produced.
- Create and upload XHTML Web pages that are standards compliant and contain relative and absolute links, tables, images and embedded video.
- Design external Cascading Style Sheets that control the layout and visual appearance of a set of Web pages.
- Understand the Basics of JavaScript to create interactive slideshow with concise captions.
- Edit video footage to produce well structured video in post-production.
- Create animation that presents information in a well timed and interactive way.