Multimedia II - Standards

I. Content Standard: Audio Productions
The student will create, edit, manipulate, and save audio from the computer and the Internet for authentic audiences and use in other software programs.
Performance Standards
A. Record audio using external sources.
B. Transform and edit audio to produce a desired sound.
C. Export audio for use in other software programs.

Essential and Enduring Knowledge
(What the student must know . . .)
A. Audio capture techniques, including recording from audio CDs and recording voice with microphones.
B. Audio editing techniques, including amplification, mixing and transformation effects.
C. Audio exportation techniques, including saving audio files in various file formats for use in other software programs.

Essential Skills
(What the student must do . . .)
A. Identify terminology and know basic concepts associated with an audio software program.
B. Perform audio techniques to create, edit, and integrate digital sounds using software and peripherals to produce an audio.
C. Export audio files in a variety of formats for use in other software programs.

II. Content Standard: Graphic Development
The student, using effective design elements and principles, will import, create, edit, manipulate, save, and export images, buttons, and animated gifs for use in other software programs.
Performance Standards
A. Import images and animated gifs from external sources.
B. Transform and edit images, buttons, and animated gifs.
C. Export images, buttons, and animated gifs for use in other software programs.

Essential and Enduring Knowledge
(What the student must know . . .)
A. Digital image capture techniques, including using a scanner and digital camera.
B. Digital image editing techniques, including importing, manipulation, and exporting.
C. Digital exportation techniques, including saving files in various file formats for use in other software programs.

Essential Skills
(What the student must do . . .)
A. Identify terminology and know basic concepts associated with a graphic software program.
B. Perform techniques to create and edit using software and peripherals to produce images, buttons, and animated gifs.
C. Export audio files in a variety of formats for use in other software programs.

III. Content Standard: Interactive Multimedia Development
The student, using effective design elements and principles, will create, edit, save, and publish/package multimedia presentations that combine graphics, sound, animation, and text to be communicated to authentic audiences via the web or CD-ROM.
Performance Standards
A. Design and create interactive multimedia presentations for authentic audiences.
B. Import a variety of media formats for use in interactive multimedia presentations.
C. Publish/package interactive multimedia presentations via a stand-alone computer, the web, or CD-ROM.

Essential and Enduring Knowledge
(What the student must know . . .)
A. Interactive multimedia presentation creation techniques, including importing a variety of media format.
B. Interactive multimedia presentation editing techniques, including importing, manipulation, and exporting.
C. Interactive multimedia presentation exportation techniques, including publishing/packaging files in various file formats to be communicated to authentic audiences via a stand-alone computer, the web, or CD-ROM.

Essential Skills
(What the student must do . . .)
A. Identify terms associated with interactive multimedia software programs.
B. Perform techniques to create and edit using software and peripherals to produce interactive multimedia presentations.
C. Perform pre-production, production, and post-production skills using software and peripherals to produce interactive multimedia presentations.

IV. Content Standard: Effective Multimedia Design
The student will use knowledge of the principles of design and typography to create and publish/package multimedia presentations for authentic audiences via the web or CD-ROM.
Performance Standards
A. Use effective typography.
B. Use effective design elements and principles.

Essential and Enduring Knowledge
(What the student must know . . .)
A. Appropriate use of typeface techniques, including identifying typeface classifications.
B. Appropriate use of design guidelines, including alignment, repetition, proximity, and contrast.

Essential Skills
(What the student must do . . .)
A. Identify terminology and know basic concepts associated typography and design.
B. Demonstrate knowledge of the appropriate use of type (e.g., Font, size, style, alignment, and category) for a specific task.
C. Distinguishes between typefaces and recognizes and resolves conflicts that occur from combined usage.
D. Knows how to incorporate the elements of page design into a product suing basic design principles.
E. Knows how to apply basic design principals to develop, organization, and strengthen the unity of a product.