Digital
Media Communication 9
This class is
a locally developed survey course. Its intent is to familiarize you with
digital terminology, software, and concepts that
you can use in your other classes at Seycove. These
are also skills you will use throughout your life.
This
classes main purpose is to teach you the critical thinking skills needed to
solve problems by yourself.
DM9 will also
familiarize you with procedures and software used by teachers at Seycove to disseminate and collect information. It will
have a strong emphasis on visual content and the design process. As such, it is
a partial continuation of
Visual Arts 8.
Creative
Commons and intellectual property rights are also discussed.
The inclusion
of the design process is important because it offers the student a
framework to guide them through a project before starting. It also guides in
assessing their own, and their peer’s work after completing the final product.
The design process provides students with a vocabulary with which to discuss
and critique their own and their peer’s work. The visual
elements are referenced throughout the
Click here for the
Design Checklist PDF
Programs/applications
covered will include:
- Image Capture
- Adobe Premiere Pro CC20XX
- Adobe Photoshop CC20XX and/or
Elements 6
- Microsoft
PowerPoint/ Google Presentations
- Microsoft Word/Google Docs
- Various Google Drive sub
applications
- Many more!
I
would like you to come to this class with your agenda, and a pen and pencil.
There is also a very strong organizational component to this course.
Modules may not be presented in class in the order in which
they appear below
Module
1 Introduction
- Drawers will be allotted
- Booklets created
(class time allotted)
- Introduction
to class procedures, attendance, due dates, etc.
- Downloading and
uploading of images using online apps (Google Photos, etc.)
- How to use Image
Capture (click here)
- Safety around the school will be
discussed
- Correct
procedure for submitting files for marking
- Proper way to
save files, and where to save them (see below)
1.”Save
Here” on
the computer desktop
2.
An online storage account like Google Drive, Dropbox.com
3. Seycove
Dropbox (on the Seycove server)
Module 2 Visual Elements
Module
3: PhotoMerge and Panorama
- Introduction to Photoshop
- Look at previous students work
- Introduction to Panorama
Project
- Tripods- proper use and care
- Introduction to Photomerge
project. Click here to see project
- Due for Module 3: Panorama and Photomerge projects due
Module
4:
Get Info and Collage project
- Quick Commands sheet
- Get Info
commands Click here for Get Info Worksheet
- .jpg versus .psd
(notes)
- Introduction to Collage project. Click here for the assignment
- Introduction to Flickr and
Creative Commons
- Scanning Click here for a tutorial
- Due for Module 4: Collage and Get Info sheet
Module
5 Understanding Pixels
- Basic understanding of pixels
(Picture elements) and sub pixels. Each Pixel is subdivided into 3
segments (RGB)
- Pixel viewing of actual live
pixels in their natural habitat
- Introduction to
bits (Binary digit) and
bytes (Capital B = byte) There are 8 bits in a byte, this means that there
are 256 possible combinations of bits (2 to the 8th power)
in each channel
- There are three colour channels
(Red, Green, Blue)
- 256 times 256 times 256 equals
over 16 million colours
- A pixel with the
value 0 is black, one that is pure colour is
value 255
- Pixel
Worksheet 1.1 assigned
- Due for Module 5: Pixel Worksheet 1.1
Module
6: Stop Motion Film Making
- Introduction to Stop-motion
Animation
- Preview of White
Stripes Video (click here)
- Neighbours video
(click here)
- *****Horizontal shooting******
- Look at previous students work
- Expectations for
stop-motion video
- Due for Module 6: Stop
Motion Video
Module
7: Microsoft and Google suites
- Introduction to PowerPoint/ Presi/ Slides
- Introduction to
Excel/Spreadsheets
- PowerPoint
Project assigned,
click here to see
- Bringing text forward in
PowerPoint/Slides
- Animation in PowerPoint/Slides
- Hyperlinks
- Due for Module 7: PowerPoint
Module
8: The Rather Fun Project