Official Course Description:

The practices of digital storytelling bring the digital creation tools of the current age together with the varied traditions of storytelling. Digital storytelling connects the creative energies of the author-artist to the digital media techniques through which the artist expresses their creativity. Students in the course will exercise their creative energy in telling stories digitally as they develop their ability to use relevant digital (hardware and software) tools. Digital storytelling encompasses storytelling through sound, video, image, the intersection of word and image, and more. Accordingly, it lends itself well to the topics-based approach. PODCASTS TOPIC: Focuses on the techniques involved in telling engaging audio stories: Story structure, interviewing, sound capture, mixing, and editing. Students work individually and collaboratively to pitch and produce a variety of shorter- and longer-form audio stories. Meets the Core Creative Arts Expression and electives in Art and Design Media, Communication and Media Arts, English, and Writing. 3.000 cr.

Student Course Description:

In this course students are expected to create 14 podcasts over the 15 week period. Students learn how to use editing software such as Garage Band and learn how to upload their podcasts to a website called transistor. Students also learn how to create and manage their own eportfolio websites. Students listen to their peers podcasts during class time and give critiques on areas where their classmates could potentially do better in future podcasts. There are a wide array of prompts for the podcasts and students are encouraged to take the prompt and add their own creative touch on them. This class helps students get comfortable with storytelling and the interviewing process. Overall this course helps students work on their skills in communicating, storytelling, editing, interviewing and peer review.