Multimedia Bootcamp 2019
Course Description
This is a required two-day multimedia training workshop at the beginning of the Fall semester to equip all first-year graduate journalism students with basic knowledge of digital storytelling techniques as well as the use of multimedia equipment and editing software to produce multimedia content. The objective is to train all students—regardless of their planned area of specialty—with some foundational digital skills to be applied during their reporting for the school’s local online news sites in the J200 Intro To Reporting class. The concepts and skills taught during the workshop also will be reaffirmed and expanded over the semester in J200.
All presentations for lessons can be downloaded here. (Request passcode from instructors)
Schedule
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9:00 - 10:30Introduction to Interactive Storytelling
- Koci Hernandez
This is an overview of the transition to digital journalism and multimedia storytelling techniques. -
10:30 - 10:45Break
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10:45 - 12:00Photo Techniques
- Koci Hernandez
A lesson on how to take good photos, with an emphasis on lighting, moments, and composition. -
12:00 - 1:00LUNCH (on your own)
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1:00 - 2:30Overview of Canon 70D Cameras
- Koci Hernandez, Chris O’Dea, and Fellows to help
Students learn how to operate Photo cameras -
2:30 - 4:30Photo Assignment
- Students go around campus to take photos of a variety of subjects based on a checklist given to them.
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4:30 - 5:30Ingest photos on to your laptops
- Koci Hernandez
Instruction on how to ingest the photos from the memory cards onto your laptops. -
5:30 - 6:45WORKING (Dinner Provided) Photo Assignment Review
- Koci Hernandez | Jeremy Rue
Review photos from scavenger hunt among the whole class. Instructors will offer critiques and constructive feedback on improving photography. -
7:00 - 8:30Multimedia Storytelling tools and techniques
- Koci Hernandez
Introduce students to various online tools and techniques that they will use throughout J200 -
9:00 - 12:00Multimedia Assignment
- Koci Hernandez
Students will put into practice what they learned by using handout assets to create a multimedia story which they will later present. -
12:00 - 1:00LUNCH (on your own)
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1:00 - 2:30Photoshop
- Jeremy Rue
The session covers how to adjust photos in Photoshop, and a tutorial on making a simple locator map using Google Earth. -
2:30 - 2:45BREAK
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3:00 - 4:00Open Lab to Finish Projects - Setup Library
- Students can work around the building to finish their projects for the final presentation. We may need to clear out the library for setup of the final presentations.
Submit your final project at the following URL: -
4:00 - 4:30Dinner provided
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4:30 - 6:30Final Presentations
- Each student shows off their story and briefly describes it.