PROJECT LIST:

Self-Portfolio:  Students will introduce themselves to the class by creating a personal multimedia self-portfolio presentation. This project will outline and storyboard information such as name, nickname, extra-curricular activities, family, college goals, hobbies, etc. Students are allowed to use familiar software and hardware.  PPTs need to be 15-20 slides; WMM files need to be one minute.

Audio Project 1: Create an audio file of music and other sounds to represent a story with various moods. Students will choose their �story� to be created. They can choose one already published or can write their own. They must submit a story outline for teacher approval.  Music and audio clips must represent mood changes in the story. This production must be at least 5-10 minutes long. Music clips must be 10-15 seconds in length. The recorded story will be a live feed. 

Audio Project 2: Create an audio file to represent information for a radio broadcast with appropriate background sound effects. Students will write a public service announcement for a radio broadcast. This announcement can be a product advertisement, a newsworthy item, etc. Students will be required to edit sound files needed for the final product. 

Interactive Presentation: Students will create a presentation which allows the viewer(s) to select the pathways of the presentations. Students will be allowed to choose the subject of their presentations. This presentation will be built for a predetermined audience containing build sequences, transitions, a variety of formats, audio and visual elements, and timings. Organizational tools will be needed to design and plan the layout of the interactive presentation.   

Movie Trailer: Students will create a movie trailer of their favorite movie. The length of the movie needs to be at least 30 seconds long but not longer than 60 seconds. This project needs to include audio clips, narrations, visual graphics, screen credits if available, motion shots, and transition effects. 

Video Scrapbook: Students will create a video scrapbook of their most memorable high school event. This can be a sporting event, a prom, a competition, etc. Teacher will entertain other ideas students may have. Students will produce a video scrapbook from scanned and digital pictures using video editing software.  All graphic files will be manipulated for best results. Audio and sound files will be used as background for images. 

Website Creation: Create an interactive Website on careers in Advanced Multimedia Applications. Users must be able to navigate this website. Students will create an interactive website that depicts Multimedia career opportunities. The website must include bulleted and numbered lists, marquee and scrolling text, animated gifs, an e-mail link, internal and external links, targets to move within pages, and page modified date. The site should also follow design strategies for layout, color usage, background, and graphics. The site should also be creative, easy to navigate, and error free.

Multimedia-Portfolio:  Students will create an interactive multimedia portfolio that demonstrates all their newly acquired technology skills. This portfolio will include three of their best projects with project descriptions. Students are expected to refine all their graded projects to perfection before submitting this final project for publication. 

Information about Projects:

• Project Rubrics will be given;
• Students will be required to explain how they got from point A to point B;
• Be prepared to share your work�we have a community of learning here in AMA.

Student Objectives

• Students will understand multimedia in respect to business, schools, home, education, and virtual reality;

• Students will understand the hardware and software needed to creative projects using creativity and organization to create them;

• Student will develop multimedia skills understanding the principal players of individual players in multimedia teams in developing projects;

• Students will work with the power of computer text and its language to control design and structure in project development;

• Students will work with all aspects of sound;

• Students will work with all aspects of images;

• Students will learn to create and manipulate animation;

• Students will create and manipulate video;

• Students will study different hardware systems;

• Students will study different software tools;

•  Students will  studying multimedia authoring tools;

• Students will study the Internet, its dynamics, and its design tools;

• Students will  learn the cost involved in multimedia planning, designing, and producing;

• Students will learn copyright laws associated with multimedia;

• Students will  learn ways to present their multimedia projects

Teacher Objectives:

• Teacher will deliver content to students in the following modes: Lecture, PowerPoint, Group Activities, and Library Activities;
• Teacher will be available before and after class for one-on-one student sessions;
• Teacher will provide ample resources for students to utilize and will direct students on the right pathways;
• Teacher will monitor students' successes and failures seeking to make the failures a learning experience and a growing opportunity; 
• Teacher will work with school and county technologists to make this class an ultimate learning experience;
• Teacher will visit schools and libraries with students when necessary;
• Teacher will provide all resources needed to schools, facilitators, and students for everyone to be successful. 

How to be Successful:

• Make sure you read all your course materials for useful materials.

• Stay on task by printing off your assignment sheets and keeping them in a notebook with a calendar.

• Print off all your completed assignments if possible, save them on a disk, and email them to yourself providing ample backup copies if needed.

• Plan ahead, and do not procrastinate. The dual enrollment classes are college classes. I DO NOT hound you for your work. This is a college class. If you do it, then you do. If you do not, then you do not. 

• You must stay focused and keep a steady pace, or you will fall behind. If you are serious about being successful here, then make sure your parents too have my contact information.  Working together, we can all see to your success! (I have three teenagers, so I know this works!)

• Expect technical difficulties. There are very few times the system will not work. Remember that technical difficulties happen with online courses. Here is what you do. You call my office. 276-859-0008. I will know where the problems lie, and we can go from there. 

Email Information:

I sign into school's email constantly throughout day but not on the weekends. I do not sit here all day waiting for email since I have other classes that I teach. If your email requires an answer and I have not returned your email in a few hours, do not go ballistic and end up in the emergency room taking nitroglycerin pills! I will get to it in the next twenty-four hours. You may leave me a telephone message at 276-859-0008 also if you need quicker attention. 

Emails written in chat language should be deleted and ignored immediately. Remember, I am an English instructor, and you are college enrolled and bound! Woo-hoo!

Do not apologize for bothering me when you email me because that annoys me to no end. Isn't answering questions my job?

Spell-check your emails.

When sending me email, make sure you are specific. Do not say, "I cannot get on that discussion board." Please tell me which discussion board you are having problems accessing. I need specific information from you in order to answer your questions accurately. 

Assignment Information:

I do not make surprise assignments. Everything is assigned upfront, and you have due dates for everything set forth on day one of this class. Occasionally if I feel you are not reading your assignments, then I will toss in some extra homework or pop quizzes; however, there is no excuse for late work. If there is an emergency, then someone needs to contact me via email or telephone immediately!

When you turn in an assignment, name it appropriately. For example: mwilson_narrative_council. There is a combination here. Your first initial and last name, assignment name, and school name.

Your guidance counselor and other teachers have recommended you to this class; therefore, I expect your academic performance to meet their recommendations and my expectations. 

I try to grade assignments quickly. I am not fond of grading late work, nor am I required to take it.

Do not email me and ask me what you need to complete unless you have been absent. You have your assignment. It takes you just as long as it does me to do this, and this is your responsibility not mine. BTW, if I use a word in an email to you and you do not know what that word means, then look it up! Do not send me an email and ask me what the word means. Use this as a learning opportunity!

Rarely, I offer some extra credit, and if I do, it is your job to keep me informed of the assignment's progress. I do not keep up with this stuff. If we agree on a due date and you miss it, then do not bother reminding me you were even allowed to do it. 

Keep all your assignments in a folder on your computer or on a jump drive. When I grade an assignment, save it too!!!!!!!!!  This is your responsibility to keep up with your work!

Class Policies:

• Attendance is required. The class operates by the Washington County Public School System's schedule.

• Participation is more than attending class. For each class login on time, bring the right text, and show that you have completed the assigned reading, writing, and or research by joining the discussion. Comment on class work. I want to hear that you are alert and interested. Everyone should speak out: give us the benefit of your views and life experience. Peer review of classmates' research is an especially important component of the course; always treat classmates and guests with respect. 

• Academic Honesty: This information is found on page ten of your student planner.

• Late work will not be accepted unless there is an emergency.

• Prepare your projects and homework the night before the assignment is due. Avoid having to explain that your disk malfunctioned or computer crashed just before class. Such explanations suggest you were not conscientious in completing your work; therefore, I will question its quality.

• All written work prepared should use Times New Roman using 12-point with one inch margins. This is my personal pet peeve, so set these margins and font as your default page setup settings.   

• Syllabus: Keep the syllabus handy and up-to-date.

• Academic Support: Contact me if you have problems with any aspect of this course. I will be available for you before and after class. You can call me or email me.