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COURSE SYLLABUS 1. TITLE OF COURSE: Principles of Audio PREFIX/NUMBER: RTV 108 CREDIT HOURS: 3 2. PREREQUISITE: CNM 101, CNM 102 recommended, but not required with instructor approval. 3. RESOURCES NEEDED: TEXT: Television & Radio Announcing, 8th edition, Hyde. Audio in Media, 5th edition, Alten. The Radio Book: The Complete Station Operations Manual, 1995 edition, Rhoads SUPPLIES: (1) 100 MB Zip Cartridge 4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide students with a reasonably thorough grounding in digital audio production, and radio station operations. This course concentrates on the strengths every broadcaster needs to survive in a changing job market: digital production know-how. The skills you develop will help you compete for your first job and serve you well throughout your career. 5. COURSE GOAL: This course is designed to train students in the techniques and skills of basic digital audio production and will expose students to a variety of production environments. Upon completion students should be able to understand and operate digital production equipment and computer automation systems. 6. COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, students will (A) To introduce students to the software applications used to create and design web pages. (B) To introduce students to the programming and scripting languages used to add functionality to web sites. (C) To introduce students to the TCP/IP protocol and the standards for implementing and managing a web site. (D) To introduce students to the concepts of coordination and collaboration in the team approach to web site development. (E) To introduce students to the concept of usability and the design and interface issues that contributes to an effective web site. 7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES: Weekly written assignments 10% Quizzes 10% Projects (website analysis and design, website development) 40% Paper and presentation 15% Final exam 25% Grading ScaleRaw Score Range Letter Grade 90 to 100 A 80 to 89 B 70 to 79 C 60 to 69 D 0 to 59 F Special Remarks: 1. Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog. 2. Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies. 3. Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion. 4. Technical Paper: Students will be required to write a technical paper about some aspect of website design or management, subject to the approval of the instructor. This paper may be submitted on paper or, for extra credit, as a n electronic hyper-document. Each student will make a short oral presentation of the paper to the class. 8. COURSE OUTLINE I. Introduction To The World-Wide Web II. Hypertext And Hypermedia III. HTML Tutorials IV. Graphics And The Web V. Free Graphics Sites VI. Web Page Design VII. Adding Interactivity VIII Navigation IX. Macromedia Dreamweaver Tutorial X. Macromedia Dreamweaver Tutorial (Cont.) XI. Macromedia Flash Tutorial XII. Multimedia XIII. Javascript And DHTML XIV. Promotion And Marketing Of Your Site XV. Website Design Project XVI. Screen Completed Web Site For Class XVII. Final Exam 9. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities. 10. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor. 11. ADA NOTICE: Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information
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Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.
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Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies.
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Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion.
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Technical Paper: Students will be required to write a technical paper about some aspect of website design or management, subject to the approval of the instructor. This paper may be submitted on paper or, for extra credit, as a n electronic hyper-document. Each student will make a short oral presentation of the paper to the class.
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