Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Rtv 3260 Multimedia Production I Special Topic: Sea Level Rise In South Florida, Kate Macmillin

Course Syllabi

Multimedia Production I is designed to introduce students to the basic elements of multimedia production: audio recording and editing, basic photography, video production and editing, interactive infographics, and the basic functions of a Web platform. These will be presented on a comprehensive multimedia Website (in this course, we will be using Wordpress). During the first two weeks of the semester, we will be discussing the many facets and opportunities presented by multimedia storytelling; at the end of these two weeks, each student will be responsible for turning in a one-page proposal for their website, which will focus on a sea …

Mmc 4936 Web Gis For Journalists, Susan Jacobson, Zhaohui Fu, Boyuan Guan

Course Syllabi

Web GIS is a special topics course designed to give students a solid foundation in Web publishing and Web GIS. By the end of the semester, students will:

• Learn the basics of HTML5 and CSS3.
• Learn the basics of JavaScript and JQuery
• Produce a new layout for the Zen Garden project.
• Participate in a crowdsourced project on King Tide Day.
• Produce an interactive photo slideshow with HTML5/CSS3.
• Participate in a mobile-social reporting project on Election Day.
• Produce a multimedia map story with HTML5/CSS3.
• Learn how to give and receive constructive criticism.

Rtv 4101 Advanced Writing For Television, Kate Macmillin

Course Syllabi

This course is intended to introduce the student to various types of writing for television and Internet/Journalism videos. This will include storytelling for short videos and short documentaries. Class time will be divided between lectures, guest speakers, shooting and video editing workshops. This course will be devoted to various approaches to ONE TOPIC: Sea Level Rise. There will be all kinds of opportunities for serious reporting on this issue.

Jou 4341c Senior Multimedia Project, Juliet Pinto

Course Syllabi

This capstone course is designed to teach students to cover the news using multimedia formats and is the culmination of the skills and concepts they have learned in previous journalism studies.

Students are expected to produce multimedia news stories of local interest using storytelling skills in print, video and audio/visual formats.

Jou 4341c Senior Multimedia Project, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Course Syllabi

Students will use this course to collaborate with community members, faculty, and other students in setting an editorial agenda for the Eyes on the Rise project. Students will also create original content that will be considered for publication with media partners and on the forthcoming project website, eyesontherise.org. From this experience, students will experience the basics of community journalism, media management, and will express their knowledge about media through assessment, interaction, and production. Because this is the final class for the major, students are expected to treat the course as a job. Students should also be aware of the minimum …

Jou 4001 Visual Storytelling Production, Susan Jacobson

Course Syllabi

JOU 4001: Visual Storytelling Production is designed to enhance the skills that students learned in Multimedia Production 1. By the end of the semester, students will:

• Understand some of the legal and ethical issues facing journalists and other communication professionals who work with digital tools on the Internet.
• Learn how to give and receive constructive criticism.
• Further their understanding of audio-visual production techniques.
• Improve their abilities to research multi-media news stories
• Produce an extended infographic on the class themes.
• Produce an audio slideshow on the class themes.
• Produce multi-source video with B-Roll on the class themes.
• Produce two multimedia packages. …