Course Duration: 8-24-20 to 12-12-20
Online Section #30075
Face to face section, delivered online #34718

The class will work on Canvas.
You can access Canvas by first logging into Pipeline, then look for the Canvas link on the TOP_RIGHT of the homepage in Pipeline. It is a red circular logo.
Once you get to Canvas you should see the name and section number of your class (among all other classes that you might be taking, each one as a little square block. You should be able to click on our class and get to the homepage, where you will see the list of Modules with dates and activities, organized by weeks.

Class Description: Introduction to multimedia, including production processes, tools, techniques, trends and opportunities. Includes industry overview, societal issues, cultural implications, visual literacy and career opportunities.
(TR: CSU/UC)
*SKILLS ADVISORY: Eligibility for English 100, 103.

To take this class you should be able to read articles and essays and be able to construct your own thoughts around them, after we have talked about them in class. DSPS students will work with accommodations for those readings.
Instead of writing papers, we will develop basic multimedia presentations, that use images and short pieces of text to present concepts and ideas. There are no exams (there are some very simple Quizzes, just for you to remain active with the content).

This is not a hands-on class working with specific software. It is more of a "theory class", since we will work with ideas and information. For different assignments, we will use diverse software (of your choice, since we are not specifically teaching software here).

We will use a graphic editor to crop/resize and compress some images. Adobe Photoshop preferred. Contact me if you don't have access to Adobe software.
We will use a text editor to preview the text in your posts and write text content of your presentations. You can write directly on Canvas, (Copy your post before you submit, so you can save the text in case there is a problem after you click to submit in Canvas). You could work with Google pages.
We will use a presentation software to put together our Midterm and Final presentations. Microsoft PowerPoint, any document saved as a PDF file (included Google slides), or a Prezi file (free Cloud software that you work with over the Internet) will work as a software for presentations.

Upon Successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

1. Define multimedia and be able to use multimedia terminology.

2. Identify occupations/career paths in multimedia.

3. Identify hardware and software technologies used to create multimedia products.

4. Identify and describe steps involved in designing and producing a multimedia project,
---from story-boarding to formative evaluation.

5. Articulate the aesthetics and principles of multimedia, related to its functionality.

6. Use a functional file-management system in your projects.

SLO 1 - MEDIA PRESENTAT - Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to Make short media-presentations combining visuals and text that shows a basic understanding of the theme, basic graphic composition and visual display, referred to a chosen topic in Electronic Media theory.

SLO 2 - MEDIA TERMINOLOGY. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to use media terminology, basic technical, visual and project-development concepts to comment and dialog on current media production and its social implications.

We will work around the readings to assimilate fundamental concepts in multimedia.
Discussion groups and Quizzes will help you reflect on the text's content and give you points towards your final grade.

You will also put together several assignments throughout the course. These will prepare you with the necessary skills to put together your 2 research/presentation projects: a Mid-Term and a Final project.

Your research projects will be delivered as multimedia presentations, combining images and text.
A multimedia presentation is very different from a paper with pictures.

Your text in the presentation should be clear, short and specific; something that you can quickly read on a screen.
As for the images, you can create your own images in PhotoShop, or appropriate images from the internet if you don't know how to process or compress digital images.
Your images should be around 800x600 pixels to 1440X 900 pixels for an image that covers the whole screen.
They should always be compressed as .jpg or .gif so your file size doesn't get out of hand.

You can see examples of successful previous research projects in the help website.
http://soma.sbcc.edu/users/ajarabo/intro_Multimedia/introMultimedia_links.htm

Make sure that you keep a copy of all your work in your local computer. You can use the GOOGLE DRIVE associated to your school Gmail account (something@pipeline.sbcc.edu) to organize and store your files.
Files stored in your google-drive can be reached by you from any device where you can run a web browser.
You can also use a USB thumb drive to store a safe copy of your files. Please make sure you have copies of your work. Save different versions of a project if necessary

You need to keep track of your work, organizing files within folders of similar media types, inside project folders.
You need to use clear, short names. Always begin your assignment file-name with your name. Get used to use underscores instead of spaces in your file-names (ex. alejandra_picture1.jpg, alenjandra_picture2.jpg). File extensions (.jpg in the previoius case) are very important when  you upload files to a server.
File Management will be graded and it is a requisite to pass this class.
Please ask me about those issues if you dont completely understand them.

Calendar. School Calendar for 2010-2021 semesters.
Last day to add or drop, and receive a refund: September 5.
Last day to switch to Pass/ No pass (you will not get a grade): September 25.
Last day to withdraw from classes without a letter grade: October 23.

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:
Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) coordinates all academic accommodations for students with documented disabilities at Santa Barbara City College. If you have, or think you might have, a disability that impacts your educational experience in this class please contact DSPS to determine your eligibility for accommodations. DSPS is located in the Student Services (SS) Building, Room 162. Their phone number is 805-730-4164.
If you are already registered with DSPS please submit your accommodation requests via the ‘DSPS Online Services Student Portal’ as soon as possible.
Once submitted and confirmed please visit with me about your specific accommodations.
Please complete this process in a timely manner to allow adequate time to provide accommodation.