If you join the GTA, you will get access to Career/Technical Education Electives that no other student on campus gets to take :D Your sophomore and junior year... you even get college credit!
CTE MULTIMEDIA DESIGN - Grade 10
CTE Multimedia Design is a year-long foundation course in digital art that provides students in the Business Technology Academy an introduction to the principles of graphic design, visual literacy, and image manipulation with Adobe Creative Cloud applications. This course is the first of a three-course CTE Art, & Media Entertainment Pathway with a Design, Visual and Media Arts focus, and employs project- based learning and interdisciplinary themes to encourage active learning and student engagement through the arts. Students are encouraged to complete the three-course Art, & Media Entertainment (AME) Pathway sequence in order to qualify for dual enrollment credit.
Coursework is designed to foster creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration skills while students produce media for a variety of professional scenarios that simulate industry practice. Small group projects allow students to explore various roles within digital arts industries and enable student experimentation with digital tools resulting in the design of posters, stickers and other industry-related marketing materials. Digital Arts projects challenge students to produce creative solutions to visual challenges that increase in complexity over the duration of the course. Course learning outcomes include beginning- level digital art production, knowledge of file management protocols, and image manipulation skills. The first semester of this course develop students’ familiarity with digital cameras, drawing tablets and a variety of Adobe Creative Cloud software applications. The second semester of this course provides opportunities to further develop digital art projects as well as an overview of video and audio production and editing with Adobe Rush, iMovie and GarageBand.
CTE ACAD MULTIMEDIA II– Grade 11
This course empowers students in the Business Technology Academy to gain knowledge and skills
in a variety of digital applications within the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications including Illustrator, and Photoshop, Animate, Premier Pro, Audacity and After Effects. Using projects as a means for developing creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking, students will analyze and produce media using digital photography, video, and audio recordings. Group projects and individual, in-class assignments will challenge students to apply visual concepts such as the principles of graphic design, the elements of visual art, as well as audio/video design theory. Students will work in design teams to apply their skills to develop a marketing plan, and targeted advertising to promote school events and local business. Design briefs will be assigned throughout the course, requiring students to increase proficiency with software while gaining practical experience producing work for clients. Students in this program will have an opportunity to partner with mentors from local businesses and develop
soft skills such as effective communication techniques, presentation skills, teamwork, and project management that will help them succeed in academics as well as in their future chosen profession.
This course is the second of a three-course CTE Art, & Media Entertainment Pathway with a Design, Visual and Media Arts focus, and employs project-based learning and interdisciplinary themes to encourage active learning and student engagement through the arts. Students are encouraged to complete the three-course Art, & Media Entertainment (AME) Pathway sequence in order to qualify for dual enrollment credit.
Over the course of the year, students will add a body of design projects to a digital design portfolio, showcasing their best work and work overtime within the Graphic Technology Academy.
ADVANCED ANIMATION ACAD– Grade 12
This course is the third of a three-course CTE Art, & Media Entertainment Pathway with a Design, Visual and Media Arts focus, and employs project-based learning and interdisciplinary themes to encourage active learning and student engagement through the arts.
In this course, students in the Business Technology Academy will develop two and three-dimensional animations. Students will develop digital drawing and animation skills using Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, and Blender. Using Adobe Animate, Photoshop, and blender, students will create game splash screens, game characters, game assets and more. In addition, students MAY CHOOSE to code computer games in various genres using JavaScript and HTML 5.
CTE Multimedia Design is a year-long foundation course in digital art that provides students in the Business Technology Academy an introduction to the principles of graphic design, visual literacy, and image manipulation with Adobe Creative Cloud applications. This course is the first of a three-course CTE Art, & Media Entertainment Pathway with a Design, Visual and Media Arts focus, and employs project- based learning and interdisciplinary themes to encourage active learning and student engagement through the arts. Students are encouraged to complete the three-course Art, & Media Entertainment (AME) Pathway sequence in order to qualify for dual enrollment credit.
Coursework is designed to foster creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration skills while students produce media for a variety of professional scenarios that simulate industry practice. Small group projects allow students to explore various roles within digital arts industries and enable student experimentation with digital tools resulting in the design of posters, stickers and other industry-related marketing materials. Digital Arts projects challenge students to produce creative solutions to visual challenges that increase in complexity over the duration of the course. Course learning outcomes include beginning- level digital art production, knowledge of file management protocols, and image manipulation skills. The first semester of this course develop students’ familiarity with digital cameras, drawing tablets and a variety of Adobe Creative Cloud software applications. The second semester of this course provides opportunities to further develop digital art projects as well as an overview of video and audio production and editing with Adobe Rush, iMovie and GarageBand.
CTE ACAD MULTIMEDIA II– Grade 11
This course empowers students in the Business Technology Academy to gain knowledge and skills
in a variety of digital applications within the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications including Illustrator, and Photoshop, Animate, Premier Pro, Audacity and After Effects. Using projects as a means for developing creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking, students will analyze and produce media using digital photography, video, and audio recordings. Group projects and individual, in-class assignments will challenge students to apply visual concepts such as the principles of graphic design, the elements of visual art, as well as audio/video design theory. Students will work in design teams to apply their skills to develop a marketing plan, and targeted advertising to promote school events and local business. Design briefs will be assigned throughout the course, requiring students to increase proficiency with software while gaining practical experience producing work for clients. Students in this program will have an opportunity to partner with mentors from local businesses and develop
soft skills such as effective communication techniques, presentation skills, teamwork, and project management that will help them succeed in academics as well as in their future chosen profession.
This course is the second of a three-course CTE Art, & Media Entertainment Pathway with a Design, Visual and Media Arts focus, and employs project-based learning and interdisciplinary themes to encourage active learning and student engagement through the arts. Students are encouraged to complete the three-course Art, & Media Entertainment (AME) Pathway sequence in order to qualify for dual enrollment credit.
Over the course of the year, students will add a body of design projects to a digital design portfolio, showcasing their best work and work overtime within the Graphic Technology Academy.
ADVANCED ANIMATION ACAD– Grade 12
This course is the third of a three-course CTE Art, & Media Entertainment Pathway with a Design, Visual and Media Arts focus, and employs project-based learning and interdisciplinary themes to encourage active learning and student engagement through the arts.
In this course, students in the Business Technology Academy will develop two and three-dimensional animations. Students will develop digital drawing and animation skills using Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, and Blender. Using Adobe Animate, Photoshop, and blender, students will create game splash screens, game characters, game assets and more. In addition, students MAY CHOOSE to code computer games in various genres using JavaScript and HTML 5.