Undergraduate Course: Elective: integrated digital media (ARCH09012)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Summary of contents
Through a combination of lectures and practical workshops, this course will provide students with the critical and technical skills to support the presentation of their work using digital media. Through the practical workshops students will work on a creative project involving preparing & importing files from a range of media into a layout using Adobe InDesign page layout software, and develop a short digital video using Adobe After Effects. Students will be encouraged to incorporate non-digital elements such as sketches & drawings and to keep a notebook or log / blog showing the development of their ideas. The main packages used in the course will be InDesign and After Effects at an introductory level.
Aim of Course
The course will emphasise the integration of digital media across image based media (Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign) to time-based media (After Effects), together with non-digitally generated work such as drawings & sketches, in ways that communicate design work clearly, appropriately & creatively.
Mode of delivery
Lecture and demonstration in IT workshop. |
| Course description |
Through the practical workshops students will work on a creative project involving preparing & importing files from a range of media into a layout using Adobe InDesign page layout software, and develop a short digital video using Adobe After Effects. Students will be encouraged to incorporate non-digital elements such as sketches & drawings and to keep a notebook or log / blog showing the development of their ideas.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
none
Co-requisites
none
Prohibited combinations
none |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 15 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 33,
Online Activities 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
63 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students will be assessed on the production of two pieces of coursework: digital portfolio (50%) and digital video (50%).
Students must pass all learning outcomes. The aggregation of failed Learning outcomes with passing learning outcomes to generate an overall pass mark is not permitted. Failure of one learning outcome will result in a Forced Fail (FF) outcome. Students are permitted two attempts to pass this course. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
(
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 98,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students will be assessed on the production of two pieces of coursework: digital portfolio (50%) and digital video (50%).
Students must pass all learning outcomes. The aggregation of failed Learning outcomes with passing learning outcomes to generate an overall pass mark is not permitted. Failure of one learning outcome will result in a Forced Fail (FF) outcome. Students are permitted two attempts to pass this course. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of selected digital media software.
- integrate the use of different software packages in relation to workflow patterns.
- inter-relate the functionality of different visualisation methods
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Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
See lecture handouts and software manuals |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design, transferable skills. |
| Keywords | WORKFLOW, COMMUNICATION, IMAGE, VIDEO, DESKTOP PUBLISHING |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Pierre Forissier
Tel:
Email: P.Forissier@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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