This course enables students to further develop media knowledge and skills while designing and producing projects in the areas of live, recorded, and graphic communications. Students may work in the areas of TV, video, and movie production; radio and audio production; print and graphic communications; photography; digital imaging; broadcast journalism; and interactive new media. Students will also expand their awareness of environmental and societal issues related to communications technology, and will investigate career opportunities and challenges in a rapidly changing technological environment.

Prerequisite: Communications Technology, Grade 11, University/College Preparation

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By the end of the course students will:

• demonstrate an understanding of advanced concepts, techniques, and skills required to produce a range of communications media products and services;
• describe different types of equipment and software and explain how they are used in creating communications media products;
• demonstrate an understanding of technical terminology, scientific concepts, and mathematical concepts used in communications technology, and apply them to the creation of media products;
• demonstrate an understanding of and apply the interpersonal and communications skills necessaryto work in a team environment.

By the end of the course students will:

• apply project management techniques to the planning and development of communications media projects;
• apply a design process or other problem-solving processes or strategies to meet a range of challenges in communications technology;
• create products or productions that demonstrate competence in the application of creativeand technical skills and incorporate current and evolving standards, processes, formats, and technologies.

•  demonstrate an understanding of and apply safe work practices when performing communications technology tasks;
• demonstrate an understanding of and adhere to legal requirements and ethical practices relating to the communications technology industry;
• demonstrate an understanding of career opportunities and career development in a rapidly changing technological environment, and maintain a portfolio of their work as evidence oftheir qualifications for future education and employment.

UNIT 1:	The Social and Economic Context of Communications Technology
UNIT 2:	Audio Visual Production - Music Video
UNIT 3:	Illustrated Print Publication and 3D animation
UNIT 4:	Multimedia Production
UNIT 5:	Putting It All Together

The Ontario Curriculum, Program Planning and Assessment 2000 specifies that the mark for the course is to be based upon ongoing or term work (70%) and a final assessment (30%) that will include a final culminating activity and a final exam.

The ongoing or term work will include small written assignments, reports, career research and presentations, video projects , quizzes and unit tests. The final assessment will include a video projects, and a final exam. The last unit of the course will be part of the final assessment.

Within these two areas, marks will be obtained using the four categories specified in the Ontario Curriculum Grades 11 and 12: Technological Education.

Please refer to St. Edmund Campion's Evaluation Policy for further details
regarding assessment and evaluation.