103-100 Working with New Media

This subject was previously titled "Computer Applications". Students who have completed "Computer Applications" are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

In this subject students will learn to work with information in the form of digital text, images, video, and sound. Through a series of hands-on workshops, students will work with new media files through all stages of a production cycle - from locating and acquiring existing media; through editing, transforming and manipulating new media; to creating original examples of new media; storing and retrieving new media; and distributing or publishing new media files. Balancing these practical skills is a series of lectures that provide a comprehensive introduction to the ethical, legal and technical principles that underlie working with new media. The subject is pitched at an introductory level, and does not require previous experience in working with digital media.

• Develop skills in written and oral communication;

• Develop skills in the use of media other than text;

• Develop skills in contemporary computer use;

• Form defensible judgements based on a critical evaluation of conflicting arguments.

• Exercise skills in creative expression.

A practical assignment on each of the media taught in workshops, to be completed as homework throughout the semester, each being of equal value, with a total equivalent of 3000 words (75%), and an essay based on lecture material, 1000 words (25%), due during the examination period.