Syllabus

6th Grade Technology Class

“Exploring Multimedia” with Mr. Hicks

Design and Technology Academy, Ed White M.S.

Our project-based curriculum offers students an introduction to several Adobe and open-source software packages, including Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, After-Effects, Illustrator, Sketchup, Blender and MIT App Inventor. Extensions to each project are provided for students with time to explore advanced features.

1st Grading Period

Folder and file management

"Favorite Things" Project

Advanced Google Image search settings

Document hyperlinks

Google Drive backups

Photoshop 

Tools, Panels and Windows

Image enhancement

Simple text effects

Layers and Adjustment Layers

Adobe Premiere 

Project and sequence setup

Importing assets

Timeline building

Keyframe animation

Transitions

Exporting

YouTube

Channel management

Uploading and sharing

2nd Grading Period

Illustrator

Vector v. Bitmap graphics

Paths, lines and shapes

"Sample Graphic" Project

Fills and Strokes

Solid and Gradient colors

“Emoji” project

Effects i.e. Pucker and Bloat

Ed Emberley drawing technique

3rd Grading Period

Sketchup 3D Modeling and Animation

Desktop v. Online versions

Navigating in 3D Space

Keyboard shortcuts

"Simple House" project

Entering precise measurements

Push/Pull extrusion tool

Exporting 3D formats

 Blender 3D Animation

“Simple House” animation project

“Sculpture” Project - modeling & animation

Frame-by-frame rendering

Adobe Premiere - Exporting frame renders

After Effects

“Animated Intro” project

Adobe Dynamic Linking

“Animated Backgrounds” project

CC Starfield Effect

Fractal Noise Effect

Greenscreen compositing project

4th Grading Period

MIT App Inventor

Kindle Fire and Samsung tablets

Design interface

Components, Media and Properties Panels

User Interface

Block Coding

Variables, logic and loops

Testing and debugging

Publishing apps