This course will cover the basics of producing multimedia journalistic stories for distribution on the Web. This is an intensive production course, and students should plan to spend at least three hours a week working on assignments outside of class. Students are assumed to have limited knowledge of digital media production, and a richer knowledge of journalism practices.
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Required Textbook
Castro, Elisabeth, HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide, 6th Edition, Peachpit Press, ISBN: 0321130073
Computer Labs
Students should use the Tech Center to complete their assignments that are due outside of class. The hours for the Tech Center are as follows:• Monday-Thursday – Open 24 hours
• Friday – 12am-7:30pm
• Saturday – 9am-6pm
• Sunday – noon to 12am
There will be some lab hours available in the MURL Lab at TUCC. These hours will be posted later in the semester.
Storage Media
Students will need to purchase storage media for their production projects. Student files may not be left on the computers in TUCC 101 or the Tech Center. I strongly recommend that you get yourself the following if you don’t already have one.
A portable USB drive - Get at least 512MB of storage (under $20 at Staples)Blackboard and WordPress.comThis class will utilize both Blackboard and WordPress.com.
Blackboard. All students have been auto-enrolled into the class Blackboard site. If you have problems accessing this site, please call the Help Desk at 215-204-8000.
WordPress. All students should create a free WordPress.com account. You will use your account to post your reading responses and class projects to the class blog (which you are reading) . I will also post course lecture notes and references on this blog. The previous entry describes how to create a free WordPress.com account. There is also a document on Blackboard under COURSE DOCUMENTS that explains how to set up an account.
