It's a meat and potatoes course, teaching students the basics of capturing and editing audio, video and still shots, and creating a Web site to hold their work.
Students work with Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Soundslides.
"This class offers a lot of technology because in today's world, you can't specialize," said assistant professor Joe Murray, who teaches the course. "Students need better technology skills."
Murray and professor Fred Endres developed the course.
"It's important that freshmen get involved with multimedia as soon as possible," Endres said. "They need to develop both a multimedia mindset and skill sets."
For News majors, the course |
'This class is using current media but also
is exploring what else
is to come in 21st century journalism'
Joe Murray,
Course instructor |
provides the foundation to move into Multimedia Newswriting, where students learn to write for online, broadcast and print organizations. They also produce an individual and a collaborative multimedia project.
"We are ahead of the curve," said Murray. "This class is using current media but also is exploring what else is to come in 21st century journalism." |
