Note: this course site is for Dr. Straight’s fall 2020 section.
Course Description
Anyone with a digital device can instantly share world views on issues relevant to individuals and societies via video with a global audience within any context, humor, hate, compassion, utilitarian, and love. Applying social action, e-learning, media design, and communication theories and principles students will critically analyze the intended and unintended messages prevalent in public video clips, webcasts, and broadcasts. As an added means to interpret meaning and increase media literacy, students will explore digital presentation concepts by examining and participating in the essential elements of effective digital presentation development including audience, agenda, scriptwriting, storyboarding, viewpoint, presentation, interview, audio and video recording, compositing, special effects, motion, editing, publishing, and criticism.
Course Overview
The main focus of this course is to help you develop a greater foundation of media literacy so that you are better able to critically analyze digital media for its intended and unintended message, quality, and effect. We will do this by analyzing media, applying theory, presenting digitally, and creating media. There are many “naturals” in regards to presenters, but maintaining the same effect in digital media requires a great deal of purposeful design and development in order to help you reduce random outcomes in the end product. Satisfaction and clear take-aways by the viewer are important for optimum media. The topics we will cover will help you develop your media literacy by examining and participating in the essential elements of effective digital presentation development. Regardless of your major, or your intended profession you will find plenty of opportunity to apply the content we will cover during this Interpreting and Presenting Digitally course.
We will cover many topics in this class, we will find ourselves in many places and times, and we will be both historians and futurists. Any study of the intersection of technology and education requires a foray into myriad topics, including psychology, sociology, media studies, gender studies, geo-politics, security, futurism and more. Be prepared to become both consumers and creators. Bring your passion to this collaborative experience and we will all benefit greatly.