COSC 3323 – Fundamentals of Digital Media

Overview

This is a course for students from all disciplines interested in learning the foundational concepts and basic techniques in digital media production. Topic areas: capturing and editing digital images, capturing and editing digital audio, capturing and editing digital video and interactive multimedia. The course will consist of project based assignments, quizzes and a portfolio project to showcase student work. Web cam and microphone required.

Course Documents

Syllabus – Spring 2017

Required Textbook

Digital Media Primer – 3rd Edition | Yue-LingWong | Prentice Hall | ISBN-13: 978-0-13-405428-5

Social networking area for this class:

• http://online.mylearningcommunity.us/ow/

Software needed for this course

You will need to download and install the following software to complete the class assignments. All software is available at no cost.

• Jing http://jingproject.com/
• GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
• Audacity http://www.audacityteam.org/
  

Course Content

• Unit 1 – Background on Digital Media - Click to begin
  
• Unit 2 – Fundamentals of Digital Imaging - Click to begin
• Unit 3 – Capturing and Editing Digital Images - Click to begin
• Unit 4 – Fundamentals of Digital Audio - Click to begin
• Unit 5 – Capturing and Editing Digital Audio - Click to begin
• Unit 6 – Fundamentals of Digital Video - Click to begin
• Unit 7 – Digital Video: Post-Production - Click to begin
• Unit 8 – Portfolio and Multimedia - Click to begin