Programme #3: Creative Media Production

About the Programme

Creative Media Production Programme is offered by THEi Learning Commons. This programme aims to enhance his/her knowledge and skills in creating design art piece for learning content and promotion material to support learning and teaching.

 

Target Participants

The programme is designed for all THEi staff and students.

 

Objectives

The programme objectives are as follows:

• To appreciate creativity, aesthetics and innovative use of media
• To practice knowledge and skills in the development of media content and media production process
• To articulate contemporary media content and inter-disciplinary basics to support learning and teaching

 

 Programme Learning Outcomes

It is intended that by the end of this programme, participants will be able: 

• To relate to creativity, aesthetics and media technology to areas of media design and production;
• To prepare effective communication pieces of media content in a culturally diversified workplace and learning environment.
• To analyze problems and create media content from creative risks by using people skills, design principles, and processes.

 

Programme Structure

Programme Structure

The programme is in modular-based to reflect on participants' learning and teaching. It is a face-to-face or online learning module.

 

Mode of Delivery

A range of teaching and learning activities such as online facilitation, webinar, lectures, experience sharing, discussions, and hands-on computer-based learning would be used.

 

Completion Requirement

Participating staff will be awarded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours and the record will be uploaded centrally by the HR.

Also, participants will be awarded an electronic Certificate of Attendance of the workshop.

 

Module Description

Module 1: An Introduction to Photoshop (Photo Editing) (Basic & Intermediate)

The Adobe Photoshop can easily edit, organize, store and share your photos from anywhere and Photoshop CC so you can transform your images into anything you can imagine.

 

Module 2: An Introduction to Illustrator (Drawing Tool) (Basic & Intermediate)

The Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard vector graphics application that lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography and complex illustrations for print, web, interactive, video and mobile devices

 

Module 3: An Introduction to InDesign (Editing Tool) (Basic & Intermediate)

The Adobe InDesign can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books and ebooks.

 

Module 4: An Introduction to Premiere (Video Editing) (Basic & Intermediate)

The Adobe Premiere Pro can help anyone edit video or make a movie from scratch. The editing software can create a video, correct color, add effects and titles, and more.

 

Module 5: An Introduction to VR Video Editing and VR Development

Virtual Reality allows a more accessible, reliable, and ultimately more immersive experience. It enables us to interact with the surroundings and get a 360-degree view of the environment, which helps to simplify complex situations in a safe and controlled area. Virtual Reality applications help to craft experiences that are far more efficient and reliable than traditional training approaches.

 

Module 6: An Introduction to 3D Printing (Basic & Intermediate)

3D printing allows students and teachers to make their ideas tangible, but also bringing their ideas to life by visualizing them in three-dimensional space. The Module describes the basic process and work-flow on 3D printing; use appropriate computer-aided design (CAD) software and 3D printer to produce a real 3D object.

 

Module 7: An Introduction to Autodesk AutoCAD (Basic & Intermediate)

AutoCAD is used in the industry, by architects, project managers, engineers, graphic designers, city planners and other professionals.

 

Module 8: An Introduction to Aerial Shooting (Photo & Video Shooting Using Simulation Drone)

Aerial shooting is using Simulation Drone. Professional photographer work on-site to shoot outdoor event, building exterior, environment, surveying and engineering investigation.

 

Module 9: An Introduction to Articulate Storyline 360 (Multimedia & Interactive Courseware Production)

Articulate Storyline is a foundational e-learning-authoring program for instructional designers, and Storyline 2 provides an improved user interface and interactive learning elements.

 

Module 10: An Introduction to Animation (Powtoon, Adobe Animate & Adobe Character Animator)

1. Powtoon

These days all the rage is in online services. So Powtoon was created strictly as an online application. That means that you don’t​ need to download any software to your computer, you don’t need to learn Flash, and you don’t​ need to learn Photoshop. ​ All you need to do is log in, drag and drop characters or props into the animation maker, and start animating your own cartoon.

 

2. Adobe Animate & Adobe Character Animator

• Animate is used to design vector graphics and animation for television programs, online video, websites, web applications, rich internet applications, and video game.

• Adobe Character Animator is a desktop application software product that combines live motion-capture with a multi-track recording system to control layered 2D puppets drawn in Photoshop or Illustrator. 

 

Module 11: An Introduction to Multimedia Production Tools (Headliner, Open Boradcaster, H5P, Sayeah!)

1. Headliner

It creates transcript of video clips in a number of languages, including Cantonese.

 

2. Open Boradcaster

Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is a free and open-source cross-platform streaming and recording program built with Qt and maintained by the OBS Project. There are versions for Windows, macOS and Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu.

 

3. H5P

H5P can help add interactivity to videos, presentations, and asynchronous eLearning courses. H5P can help add hotspots, supplemental text, or multiple choice and fill-in-the blank questions to a video. Troggering an interactive element can pause the video; responses can cause the learner to skip to the appropriate section of the video.

 

4. Sayeah!

Sayeah! Is a unique and interactive set of tools to transform the entire classroom experience.

 

Module 12: An Introduction to Adobe Captivate (Basic & Intermediate)

Adobe Captivate is an authoring tool that is used for creating eLearning content such as software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in Shockwave Flash (.swf, a.k.a. ‘Small Web Format’) and HTML5 formats.

The all-new Adobe Captivate now allows you to create immersive learning scenarios using 360° media assets, that your learners can experience using VR headsets.

 

Module 13: An Introduction to Python

Python can be easy to pick up whether you are a first-time programmer or you are experienced with other languages. Python is a general-purpose programming language. It is popular for data science to capture insights from big data.

 

 

Contacts

For enquiries, please contact:

THEi-Learning Commons

Tel: 3890-8026

E-mail: thei-lc@thei.edu.hk