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K12-COMPUTERS-DIGITAL-MEDIA

Let’s polish your digital media skills and help you learn all about web design. Incorporate your creative ideas into websites and discover the basics of marketing to understand how your work can be used effectively. You’ll also explore the world of podcasts and audio editing to construct a solid foundation from which you can pursue a career in this exciting field.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

· GarageBand (Mac) or Audacity (any platform)

· Account with Wix.com

· Presentation software, such as Google Slides

· Account with Canva (or other image creation software)

REQUIRED MATERIALS

To complete this course, students will need these materials that Stride does not provide:

· Headphones

· Smartphone

· Smartphone app that records audio

Unit 1: The Net and the Web

Unit 2: Connecting with Your Web Audience

Unit 3: Digital Rights, Ethics, and Security

Unit 4: Creating and Editing Digital Audio

Digital Media: Producing for the Web Midterm Exam

Unit 5: Digital Media Equipment: Best Practices

Unit 6: Creating and Editing a Podcast

Unit 7: Planning and Designing a Website

Unit 8: Putting It into Practice: Create a Microsite

Digital Media: Producing for the Web Final Exam

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Discover your talent for building digital media applications using text, graphics, animations, sounds, videos, and more! Learn about the elements that make impressive media, such as typography, color theory, design, and manipulation. Explore careers to apply your digital media skills and find your place in this fast-paced and exciting field!

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Word processing software (Microsoft Word, Google Docs, etc.)

Google Drive

Google Slides

Vecteezy account; Vecteezy is not compatible with Chromebooks.

Powtoon account

Canva account

GIMP or Adobe Photoshop

Optional: iMovie or WeVideo

Optional: YouTube account

REQUIRED MATERIALS

To complete this course, students will need these materials that Stride does not provide:

Computer with internet access

Digital camera or smartphone

USB cable

Unit 1: Digital Media: Current Issues & Careers

Unit 2: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: Introduction to Digital Images

Unit 3: Creating Digital Images: Photographs and Graphic Images

Unit 4: Editing and Distributing Digital Images

Introduction to Digital Media Midterm Exam

Unit 5: Creating Animations

Unit 6: Digital Video—Pre-Production

Unit 7: Digital Video: Production and Post-Production

Unit 8: Putting it All Together: Multimedia Presentations

Introduction to Digital Media Final Exam