Official Course Description: The practices of digital storytelling bring the digital creation tools of the current age together with the varied traditions of storytelling. Digital storytelling connects the creative energies of the author-artist to the digital media techniques through which the artist expresses their creativity. Students in the course will exercise their creative energy in telling stories digitally as they develop their ability to use relevant digital (hardware and software) tools. Digital storytelling encompasses storytelling through sound, video, image, the intersection of word and image, and more. Accordingly, it lends itself well to the topics-based approach. PODCASTS TOPIC: Focuses on the techniques involved in telling engaging audio stories: Story structure, interviewing, sound capture, mixing, and editing. Students work individually and collaboratively to pitch and produce a variety of shorter- and longer-form audio stories. Meets the Core Creative Arts Expression and electives in Art and Design Media, Communication and Media Arts, English, and Writing. 3.000 cr.
The course meets the Creative Arts Expression (CAE) requirement for either the CAS Core or the WCHP Common Curriculum. All undergraduates must complete at least one CAE for graduation.
My Course Description: It’s basically a class where we learn how to make podcasts. We get to use sound equipment and editing software to create our own stuff, like you mighy hear on Spotify or NPR. We learn how to tell stories using interviews, sound effects, music and use editing software to bring our stories to life. It’s hands-on, so we’re not just sitting through lectures, we’re actually making things. We work on both alone and on group projects to produce a number of different styles of podcasts.
