ICT Multimedia Essentials

Hours: 8 / Access Length: 12 Months / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced

Course Overview:

The ICT Multimedia Essentials course teaches students fundamental multimedia skills.

In this course, students will:

• Learn how to presentation software, graphics software, and other digital and multimedia tools create a slide presentation with titles, text and images
• Use transitions, animation and sound in the presentation
• Learn graphics topics including vector and bitmap images, file formats, and terms related to the creation of graphical images
• Use graphics software tools to create, enhance and modify and images
• Create a multimedia presentation that incorporates edited video, animation and sound, and that demonstrates good design, smooth transitions and effective message delivery

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Using Presentation Software

• Presentation Software Basics
• Creating Effective Presentations
• Storing Your Documents
• Presentation Software Overview
• Getting Started with Presentation Software
• Working with Slide Layouts
• Working with Slides
• Working with Slide Masters
• Finding and Proofing Content
• Working with Text and Objects
• Working with Transitions and Animations
• Working with Speaker Notes
• Viewing a Presentation
• Sharing a Presentation
• Publishing a Presentation to the Web
• Printing a Presentation
• Downloading a Presentation

Lesson 2: Using Graphics Software

• Working with Graphics and Graphics Software
• Getting Started with Pixlr Editor
• Using the Help Menu
• Using the Navigator Panel and View Menu
• Using the Image Menu
• Using the Tools Palette
• Using the Layer Menu and the Layers Panel
• Using the Adjustment Menu
• Using the Filter Menu

Lesson 3: Communication Using Digital and Multimedia Technologies and Tools

• Capturing Video
• Video editing
• Capturing and Editing Audio
• Creating Your Video
• Creating Your Presentation

All necessary course materials are included.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.