ALM102 - Making Video
Unit details
Year: | 2020 unit information |
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Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online) Note: Enrolment into this unit must be completed by the end of week 1 of trimester due to early assessment deadlines |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Adam Brown |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ALC105 |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2-hour seminar per week and extensive online interactions via social media equivalent to 1 x 1-hour class per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 2-hour seminar per week and extensive online interactions via social media equivalent to 1 x 1-hour class per week |
Content
This unit enables students to critically and creatively engage with present day digital media culture, with a particular emphasis on making videos. Highlighting the crucial importance of creating audio-visual content for different purposes and audiences, the unit guides students through various video-making practices and strategies. Emphasising the benefits of making videos in a wide range of industry settings, the unit allows students to develop their portfolios and learn how to use video to strategically build a dynamic online identity.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | ||
ULO1 | Explain, identify and evaluate the users, settings, and implications of social media innovation and concepts in a range of contexts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO2 | Actively contribute to an online community by engaging in a practical manner with various social media technologies | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy |
ULO3 | Create video content through legal and ethical video-making practices | GLO3: Digital literacy |
ULO4 | Apply audio-visual communication skills through creating video content in the context of digital media culture | GLO2: Communication |
ULO5 | Reflect on the reasons and decisions behind digital media making | GLO6: Self-management |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 2:Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 (Individual) - Online exercise 1 | equivalent to 800 words | 20% | Information not yet available |
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Online exercise 2 | equivalent to 1200 words | 30% | Information not yet available |
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Portfolio output | equivalent to 2000 words | 50% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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