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Welcome to MM250 Advance Multimedia Project Development, everyone!

This class builds on skills you have learned in previous multimedia classes. It is intended to serve as a showcase of your ability as you prepare to graduate and begin your career, regardless of your chosen field.  

This is an online class only that takes place in D2L. We do not have a regularly scheduled class meeting. This online course guides you through the process of creating a culminating multimedia project that showcases your advanced skills in multimedia production. You will learn to plan, research, pitch, and execute a project that aligns with your professional interests and meets industry standards for accessibility.

In this course, you will produce an original multimedia project referred to as a capstone. It requires research and ongoing development and consists of a written story as well as video, audio, still photography, interactive graphics, and/or other digital elements. 

You've been building toward this throughout your time in our ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù Multimedia/VPEM program, you have learned different methodologies for producing stories. Now it’s time to take what you’ve learned and apply it to a single project that you will develop throughout this term, this can be in any digital media format that you choose. To complete your project, you will utilize the tools and knowledge acquired throughout the program to create a professional quality portfolio-worthy project that demonstrates proficiency in the method and project you choose to use. This will be broken up into smaller project assignments mixed in with weekly learning modules that you will access for actively working on your project goals and project completion.

When you pick your project, pick a project you are passionate about and a project you can feasibly complete in 10 weeks.

To learn more about this course, check out the website I created for this class:

To everyone who is taking this class, I'm looking forward to being on this journey with you.

Best,

Mary Anne

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Equipment and software needs vary depending on the type of capstone project you are producing.

• If you need gear to help you create your project, there are a few computers and cameras that you can check out from the ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù library: /library/equipment-for-checkout/
• Another suggestion for gear would be to become a member/producer at Open Signal, where you can check out cameras, recorders, and more: https://community.opensignalpdx.org/forms/inquiry-form
  • This would also provide you with the opportunity to showcase your projects on their cable channel and online streaming platform.

Check the Multimedia Technology specifications page for computer recommendations. Chromebooks or tablets are not recommended.  

If you do not have access to a sufficiently powerful computer our department provides access to Mac labs at the Cascade Campus during open lab hours. Please contact us to learn more and for a link to the current schedule.

Required:

• Regular access to a computer, Mac or PC, that can run Adobe Creative Cloud
• ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù offers student licenses for the Adobe CC Suite. Please watch your ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù email in the week before course start for information about how to access it.
• Recommended: an external hard drive, or have about 20-50GB open on your computer’s internal hard drive
• The use of Apple Cloud Desktop or other cloud storage is not recommended for working with digital media files. Such software automatically moves large files from your hard drive to iCloud, and deletes the local copy. You must have sufficient local storage to work on digital media files.