Multimedia: the combination of various audio/visual disciplines that surrounds us every day, usually in combination to create a singular experience that is intended to truly stimulate the senses of the observer. During the early days of common computer use, multimedia was touted as the next great stage of technological evolution, though today it is so often disacknowledged because it has always been there. Thus, it is also often misunderstood and the typical user mystified as to how it actually works.

In this course, the student will become acquainted with the inner workings of how Multimedia is created, assembled, and packaged in such a way that their end product reaches their intended target, with their intended product providing the end result to said target audience.

Objectives of Multimedia

• Learn the fundamentals of design
• Exercise the "Create-on-Demand" discipline
• Master design/software organizational procedures and strategies
• Develop/Design end-products for a prospective client by meeting client demands
• Advanced study of image-manipulation
• Application of sofware suite functionality
• Expression of the self through a visual medium
• Use file sharing for collaboration with other students, via the school network, in order to enhance efficiency
• To establish an understanding of technological impacts and capabilities, as well as observe trends and changes, in the design/visual medium world

How this course works and functions

Every aspect of this course is built around a two-pronged discipline.

1. Skill/Tool Building (Follow the leader)
   
   Whether it is an individual assignment, or the entire scope of the class, the Skill/Tool Building portion of everything we do is designed to give you new abilities and insights in how digital/computer tools work, respond, and perform. Sometimes, a tool can be used for multiple purposes. It is important to be able to identify how these tools benefit you in what you want/need to accomplish.
   
   
2. On Your Own (Lead the way)
   
   After tools/skills are learned (or even mastered) it is time to put the tools/skills to use. What good is it if we learn something if we do not actually put it in practice? At this stage of the class (or, even life itself), you decide how to use the tools you've learned to manipulate. 

1. Navigate to your student drive in Windows Explorer/File Explorer. This student drive should appear the same as your login name (example: GarnChE)
2. Create a New Folder and name it Multimedia
3. Double click on the Multimedia folder. This will navigate you to the inside of the folder. 
4. Create a New Folder and name it Classroom Policy
5. Read the Classroom Policy. 
6. Create a new Google Doc document and write a 6-8 sentence statement declaring which classroom policy you feel is your personal favorite, the most important, or maybe even has the most long-term effects on your immediate future (Be sure to use proper sentences, punctuation, spelling, etc). When you are done, select File and then Download and select PDF Document. This will download your word doc into y our Downloads folder. 
7. Your new download file will show up in the upper right hand corner of your web browser (Chrome/Edge). Click on the folder on the downloaded file. This will open the Downloads folder. 
8. Right click on the downloaded file and select Cut.
9. In Explorer, click on your Student drive and then your Multimedia Folder and then the Classroom Policy folder. 
10. Right click in the white area and select Paste. This will move your document into the proper location.
11. Your file name is probably saved as "untitled." Right click on this and select Rename. Rename the file to the appropriate title of Classroom Policy

• Create a new folder alongside your Classroom Policy folder and label it “Grading Policy”
• On the menu bar at the top of this webpage, click on the “Home/Resources” tab and then select “Grading Policy”
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and read the "The Grading Policy (Communications/Multimedia)" section
• Create a new Google Doc document and write a two sentence statement that describes which Excused Absence work will be accepted.
• Download your Google Doc document as a PDF Document" and make sure that it gets in your "Grading Policy" folder

• Create a new folder alongside your other two folders and title it "Save Your Work"
• Read the following webpage regarding Save Your Work (Where/What/How)Save Your Work - How
• Create a new Google Doc document and answer these questions
  • What file type are Adobe Illustrator files supposed to be saved as (natively)?
  • What file type are Adobe Photoshop files supposed to be saved as (natively)?
  • Write a short answer essay on what the difference is between a "project" file and a "rendered" file - do not copy and paste these answers. Your original and authentic response will illustrate your true understanding of the question.
  • Write a short answer essay on why we "import" and "export" files.
• Download your Google document as a PDF Document and make sure that it gets into your "Save Your Work" folder.

When you are done, you should have three folders in your Communications folder that look like this (Inside those folders, you should see your documents that relate to Assignments 1, 2, and 3):