Test Name: Digital Media 1B  #811

Number of Test Points by Standards

6:8, 7:3, 8:7, 9:11, 10:6, 11:2, 12:3, 13:1

STANDARD 6

Planning, Design, & Development: Students will demonstrate proper planning and design by utilizing an instructional design model such as ADDIE, Adobe Professional Design, Rapid Deployment Model, and so forth in the development of digital media projects.

Objective 1: Understand and use the ADDIE Model.

a. Analyze -- gather and process contextual information affecting the goals, structure, purpose, content, audience, and design of a project.

b. Design-- plan the general look an scope of the application and the media it will use, along with the budget, tools, objectives, outline content, storyboard, and schedule.

c. Develop – collect & create digital media content and testing of the application

d. Implement – publish the finished project and make it available to its audience.

e. Evaluate -- assess the effectiveness of the project with the target audience and make

adjustments in future revisions.

Objective 2: Understand and use the Adobe professional design and development process

a. Define -- Goals, target audience, content, and delivery requirements

b. Structure – Flowchart to portray the overall structure and screen views of the project

c. Design – design of comps, review with client, redesign from client feedback, and production

storyboard

d. Build and test – project production based on storyboards, technical and usability testing, revision, and final project presentation

e. Launch – launch and publish project

STANDARD 7

Team Activities: Students will participate in individual and team (group) activities.

Objective 1: Demonstrate the ability to work individually in the completion of digital media projects. a. Demonstrate oral, written, and/or technological communication skill

b. Apply management skills in finding solutions to project problems

c. Demonstrate personal initiative in problem solutions

d. Complete projects according to specified deadlines

Objective 2: Demonstrate the ability to work as a team member in the completion of digital media projects.

a. Demonstrate oral, written, and/or technological communication skills b. Apply management skills in finding solutions to project problems

c. Utilize organizational skills

d. Demonstrate leadership ability

e. Demonstrate willingness to compromise to meet team objectives

f. Function as a responsible team member

g. Describe the roles and responsibilities of members of a digital media team (i.e., project manager, programmer, graphic artist, audio/video specialist, subject matter expert (SME), animator, etc.)

STANDARD 8

2D Animation -- Students will produce and utilize 2D animation.

Objective 1: Animations -- Create, manipulate and appropriately use animations.

a. Identify animation file formats and their appropriate use (e.g., MOV, SWF, FLV, GIF, FLA, WMV,m4v, etc.)

b. Perform changes to position, scale, color, and properties of an animated object

c. Utilize Timeline animation (Frame-by-frame, Tween)

d. Create Keyframe animation

e. Create Tween Animation (motion, shape, path)

f. Utilize Symbol/Instances

g. Utilize internal and external libraries

h. Import/Export assets

i. Publish/Packaging appropriately for delivery medium

Objective 2: Animation Techniques -- Effectively use animation techniques

a. Recognize and apply major principles of animation (squash and stretch, anticipation, timing, etc.)

[see 12 principles of animation]

b. Effectively use storytelling techniques

c. Include appropriate audio

STANDARD 9

Digital Video: Students will plan, create, edit, and publish digital video.

Objective 1: Plan Pre-Production of creating digital video a. Utilize a script

b. Create a Budget

c. Create a storyboard

d. Build a shot plan

e. Create an asset list

f. Define necessary cast

g. Adhere to Fair Use for classroom projects and copyright for all student published work

h. Define team member roles

i. Organize "field shoot" and assign "field shoot" roles (Gapher, Grip, Camerman, Director, Anchor

etc.)

Objective 2: Production stage of creating digital video

a. Produce a Setup/cleanup list

b. Utilize appropriate video equipment (tripod, mic, lights, etc.)

c. Demonstrate proper shooting techniques (camera settings, composition, lighting, pov, fov, etc.) d. Use a shot plan

Objective 3: Post-Production stage of creating digital video

a. Capture video (Downloading to computer)

b. Use appropriate codec and resolution settings

c. Define asset management processes (naming conventions, cataloging, storage, compression) d. Edit video (transitions, audio/video effects, titling (safe area), aspect ratio, credits, clips, etc.) e. Export for appropriate use CD-ROM, DVD, mobile device or Internet (compression settings, codecs, menus, etc.)

f. Recognize and use appropriate video settings i.e.: resolution, Regional standards such as ATSC, NTSC, PAL (e.g., frame rates, frame size, compression, etc.)

g. Identify video formats (e.g., HD, AVI, MOV, SWF, WMV, MP4, m4v, FLV, VOB, etc.) and

broadcast formats

h. Publish a digital video project

STANDARD 10

Digital Audio: Students will plan, produce, edit, and publish digital audio.

Objective 1: Plan and create digital audio

a. Prepare a script and record digital audio

b. Capture sound from an original or existing source

c. Recognize and use appropriate types of sound (voice over/narration, music, sound effects)

Objective 2: Edit digital audio a. Edit sound

b. Apply special effects to audio files

c. Create audio envelops

d. Manipulate pitch, sampling rate, amplitude

Objective 3: Export and publish digital audio

a. Identify audio formats (e.g., WAV, MID, AU, MP3, AIF, RA, AAC, MP4, M4A, M4B, etc.)

b. Add appropriate metadata

c. Import, Export, and convert audio in different formats (Radio, CD quality)

d. Publish an audio project

STANDARD 11

Web Technologies: Students will create basic Web pages or documents.

Objective 1: Plan, create, edit, and publish a basic Web site.

a. Plan a basic Web site of multiple pages that includes digital media or links to digital media objects b. Apply principles of good design in the Web site

c. Create the Web site with interactive links

STANDARD 12

Digital Technologies: Students will explore new and digital technologies

Objective 1: Develop an awareness of digital and collaborative technologies

a. Explore emerging technologies

b. Share Bookmarking: save and share your best web content.(del.icio.us) c. Utilize document sharing and collaborating

d. Discuss social networking, blogs, and Wikis in a digital media context e. Explain various digital storage tools

f. Describe video conferencing, webinars, etc.

g. Describe podcasting, vodcasting and their relationship to RSS feeds

STANDARD 13

Digital Portfolio: Students will design and develop various projects to add to an digital digital portfolio.

Objective 1: Select their best work to create an digital archive that adheres to copyright and fair use guidelines and justify their choices.

a. Include 2D raster and vector digital graphics b. Include Animation sequences

c. Include Digital video

d. Include Digital audio

Objective 2: Output projects to an appropriate delivery medium

a. Determine if appropriate for Computer Based delivery (CB)

b. Determine if appropriate for Web Based delivery (WB)

c. Determine if appropriate for deliver using DVD, Blue-Ray, MP3 Players, CD Players, portable digital devices, cell phones, etc.