NM2203 - Digital Storytelling

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to all students

Digital storytelling is the development and telling of stories using digital technologies. In this subject students will explore aspects of story development including concept articulation, emotional content, visual and aural themes and relationships, storyboarding, production techniques, sequential composition, editing and outputs. Further investigations will be made as to the place of digital story telling as applicable to educational settings.

Learning Outcomes

• understand the role and scope of digital storytelling;
• demonstrate an understanding of dramatic/thematic principles that underpin successful story development;
• demonstrate an ability to research, dramatise, and organise the sequential composition of materials within a storyboard as a basis for digital storytelling;
• demonstrate confidence and ability in the use of digital technologies to conceive and produce original stories via digital means;
• design a digital storytelling project suitable for educational settings.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coord/Lect:	Mr Robin Gauld.
Contact hours:	39 hours - Expected time of access to LearnJCU site (3 hours per academic week).
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	multi-draft production of two digital stories (50%); assignments (20%); online contributions in learnjcu (10%); design of digital story telling project applicable to educational settings (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.