ALJ715 - Multimedia Storytelling
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Christopher Scanlon |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALJ710, ALJ712 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week (recordings provided) |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Extend your core journalistic skills to new modes of news reporting and distribution through the art of multimedia storytelling. You will hone your skills, identifying stories that are made for multimedia treatment, and then use a judicious combination of text, images, sound, video clips, graphics, data visualisations and/or interactives to bring them to life. You won’t just report a story, but create an immersive, sensory-rich digital story package that will captivate audiences and set you apart as a master storyteller.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Research, critically analyse and develop story ideas for multimedia storytelling | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Identify and make informed decisions about media, platforms and technologies to effectively communicate complex information | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Plan and storyboard a multimedia project in order to communicate engaging and informed ideas, problems and argument | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Record, edit, create, curate and publish multimedia content in a variety of modes across a range of professional communication contexts | GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Audio Pitch | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Video promo for multimedia story | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3: Multimedia Story | 3000 words or equivalent | 60% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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