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 DESCRIPTION

Using Garage Band, which is an IOS application that you can only have on Apple devices that allows you to edit your own work, we were able to write and communicate inspired stories a digital way. We did this by being creative, original, and imaginative all on our own. We focused on digital story telling and given rubrics on how it was mean’t to be done. We did podcasts like interviews, sound scapes, audio playgrounds, and audio post cards.