Neelin High School 

Course Outline / Assessment

Course Title

Student Work

Seeking help in order to become self-reliant and independent learners

  • F1 the online help for the program, in our case Adobe Illustrator
  • A book about the subject matter for which you  seek knowledge
  • The internet with a very specific search criteria using different search engines
  • ask the expert (peer or teacher)

Course Units

Rationale: This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to communication and digital  media through use of software applications, hardware and various text and internet resources. Digital communication and media are ubiquitous in today's society and acquisition of  skills in this area are essential to become a productive member of the twenty-first century. 

Timeline
  • Approximately  85 classes 

Assessment/Evaluation
  1. Unit Class Assignments and Projects
  2. Team Dynamics/Team/Project Participation 
  3. Practical Quizzes & questions worksheets
  4. Final Project

  1. 60 % of  Total mark

  2. 10% of  Total mark

  3. 10% of  Total mark

  4. 20% of  Total mark

  

Note:

This course is done entirely in-class on the PCs. It is imperative that students attend regularly since lost activity, project and instructional time will be hard to make-up. Too much missed time will be detrimental to the students  understanding of important computer media concepts. As well, they will miss vital practice time which could negatively affect their projects and grade.

Resources
  • Instructor
  • Online Microsoft, Adobe and other hardware and software help files
  • Appropriate educational websites, tutorials, and documents supplied by the instructor
  • Classroom library of texts for each unit (Classroom in a Book, Visual Quickstart, Illustrator Wow, etc..)
  • In-class DVD tutorials