Hands-on Digital Media

Hands-on Digital Media

Program Overview

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Television, video and multimedia industries require personnel who are able to work as a member of a production team and as a self-starting individual who takes initiative and responsibility for production work.

During the Hands-on Digital Media program students will learn what it's like in a working multimedia production environment as well as how to get started in the Digital Media industry.

Students will learn basic technical skills in photography, photo editing, audio recording and editing, video production as well as website creation. Because communication is a vital part of the Digital Media industry, students will also take on the roles of writers, interviewers, interviewees, and project planners.

Throughout the program students will practice organizational strategies such as brainstorming, mind mapping, and story-boarding. They will be encouraged to work both in groups and as individuals.

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Week 1: Introduction to Hands-on Digital Media

  • Introductions
  • Gather information from students
  • Background of Learning Agents Inc and Staff
  • Showcase projects
  • Capture interviews (Benchmark)
  • Program Overview
  • ePortfolios
  • Take in some resources to show what we will be working with.


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    Related Links:
    Lori Dyck, Interactive Director/Business Owner
    Chris Clarke, Creative Director/ Business c-owner



    Week 2: Basics of digital photography

  • Terminology activity
  • Anatomy of a camera (slides)
  • Megapixels
  • Digital vs Optical Zoom
  • Framing and taking pictures
  • Editing (Software: Picnik.com, Photofiltre)

    Local photographers ePortfolios:
    Ian McCausland
    Wendell Phillips
    William Au
    Curtis Carlson
    Tim Hellsten

    Free Stock photos here: http://pstutorialsblog.com/44/free-stock-photos/

    Free online photo edit editing software: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10170333-2.html

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    Week 3: Basics of audio editing

  • Recording and editing
  • Microphone placement
  • Recording devices
  • Editing software (Audacity, Garage Band)
  • .wav vs .mp3
  • Working with ambient sound
  • Placing background music under a single voice
  • Getting rid of unwanted words and dead air (ums and awes)
  • reference based files (.aup files)
  • Importing, editing, export/save as


    • Download an Interview with Kyle Chamberlain for practice editing: right click and save as here.

    For extra tutorials and lessons for Audacity, visit Audacity Manual - Tutorials or Guides and Tutorials - Audacity.

    Download Audacity from Download.com

    You will need to also download a LAME file from http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/

    A list of sound effect sites can be found at http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html

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    Week 4: Basics of video

  • Terminology activity
  • Use of video: Broadcast vs. web
  • Video vs. Film
  • Editing (Windows Movie Maker)
  • Edit sample video
  • Save and export


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    Week 5: Intro to Web 2.0

  • Terminology activity
  • Internet safety
  • Digital identity, online communities, ePortfolios
  • Critical thinking
  • ePortfolio examples
  • Interview (2nd benchmark)


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    Week 6: Basics of HTML

  • Terminology activity
  • Basics
  • Searching, key words
  • Different Browsers
  • Intro to HTML coding
  • Example sites
  • Tools of the trade
  • Directory based structure
  • Paper design of web site
  • Gather content, write about me, resumes ready


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    Week 7: Basics of HTML (cont)

  • Career Destination website
  • See examples and get ideas
  • Worksheet (treasure hunt)
  • CDMB Interviews and workflow
  • Practice interviews


    • For online lessons on HTML, you can visit IPL KidSpace and/or HTML Basics 101

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    Week 8: Career Destination Production

    The class will be split into three groups and will take part in profile production for Career Destination: Manitoba (CDMB)

    Production will include:

  • Interviewing profile subject
  • Recording the audio from the interview
  • Taking photos of the profile subject in their work environment
  • Being sure that all documentation is complete


    • *For the classes following production, the first half of the class will be spent working on CDMB materials. The second half of the class will be spent working on students ePortfolios.

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    Week 9: Post-production CDMB / ePortfolio

  • Elevator speeches
  • Work on CDMB script writing, prepare audio for transcription
  • Develop ePortfolio content (digitizing of documents may occur)
  • Come next class with drawn plan for web site / ePortfolio
  • Yonas Zewude Transcript
  • Samuel Allie Transcript
  • Mark Simpson Transcript
  • Youth Script Template
  • Youth Script Process - How To
  • Yonas Zewude Audio (MP3)
  • Samuel Allie Audio (MP3)


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    Week 10: Post-production CDMB / ePortfolio (cont)

  • Continue work on CDMB scripts
  • HTML tables and data
  • Navigation creation
  • Template creation
  • Plug in content


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    Week 11: Post-production CDMB / ePortfolio (cont)

  • Final draft of scripts
  • Make selects of audio
  • Embeding and uploading
  • Interview (benchmark)


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    Week 12: Post-production CDMB / Career Exploration

  • Edit CDMB audio
  • Photo selects and edits
  • Brian Fawkes guest speaker
  • Class discussion / reflection


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    Week 13: CDMB Post-production / Career Exploration (cont)

  • CDMB audio normalization (boost)
  • Kevin Hnatiuk guest speaker
  • Class discussion / reflection
  • ePortfolio uploading and publication


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    Week 14: Last Class

  • Students present their ePortfolios to class
  • Reflections
  • Class evaluations


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