DA 298, Capstone, provides students with the opportunity to employ their cumulative skills and talents in a chosen area of focused study. Each student must declare an area of interest that will be the basis of a unique product, requiring a series of scheduled tasks to complete. Products created in this course shall be identified as the first of four of the student’s graduating pieces.
- Teacher: Nichola Lytle
- Teacher: Kerry Pagdin
DA 220: Film and Audio Production allows students to integrate the skills gained in DA 122: Introduction to Video and Audio to explore best professional practices as applied to the pre-production, production and post-production process of creating and delivering a short film. Students will also explore more advancedtechniques relevant to sound recording, editing and mixing for web, presentation and digital video.
- Teacher: Amy Bohigian
- Teacher: Brian Lye
DA 101 Foundations of Digital Art introduces students to the fundamental principles, tools, and techniques of digital media. Through hands-on projects and guided lessons, students explore an overview of topics that include colour theory, typography, video editing, motion graphics, print design, industry best practices, and the history of digital art. Students will build confidence using industry-standard tools while developing projects that merge artistic expression with technical precision. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify and apply core design concepts, demonstrate basic proficiency in digital tools, and develop creative works that reflect both historical and contemporary digital art practices.
- Teacher: Daryl Jolly
DA 233: Portfolio Development provides students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience using a number of online and open source platforms to create dynamic web content. Students will practice platform and theme installation and configuration, plugin and module installation, and content creation. Students will utilize their skills to build and publish an online portfolio to showcase their work.
- Teacher: Tomoko Okochi
DA 131 - HTML, CSS & the Foundations of Web introduces the core technologies in web development. Topics include web site planning, design, coding and deployment in addition to accessibility, best practices and web standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium. Emphasis is on the use of progressive enhancement, adaptive design, semantically correct HTML and CSS to create effective and attractive web sites. Other topics include how to register a domain name, purchase hosting, and publish and maintain a website.
- Teacher: Geoff Gibbs
DA 122: Introduction to Digital Video and Audio grounds students in concepts and skills related to video and audio production. Students will explore the steps required to produce a short documentary or narrative film including: writing, shooting, editing, and mastering. Students will also explore the theory and practical application of sound in the contexts of web, presentation and digital video.
- Teacher: Amy Bohigian
- Teacher: Geoff Gibbs
DA 121: Introduction to Animation introduces students to basic animation theory and mechanics. Students are challenged to demonstrate the principles of animation by creating animated sequences with believable characters. Students will explore the steps required to produce a short animated film including: brainstorming, script writing, storyboarding, creating an animatic, character development, animation, and production.
- Teacher: Zen (Zheng) Wang
Character Design & Animation takes an exhaustive approach to character design, character creation, rigging and animation. Students explore character design and assembly, rigging, and voice and mouth-shape synchronization. They use various methods of character animation to produce professional-quality animated shorts.
- Teacher: Zen (Zheng) Wang
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop focuses on colour correction techniques, image editing, working with layers, filters and effects, and becoming proficient with different selection tools. This course prepares learners for more advanced projects in DA112 and DA113.
- Teacher: Brian Lye
DA 104 – Introduction to Digital Photography provides an overview of the digital camera and related equipment, digital workflow and basic image manipulation in Adobe Photoshop. A strong emphasis is placed on how to compose compelling photographs using frame and perspective. It introduces shutter speed, aperture and exposure as a means of manipulating the creative outcome of an image. Topics also include light, depth-of-field, focal length, ISO and white balance. Students must have a digital camera with aperture (Av or A), shutter speed (Tv or S), AND manual (M) modes.
- Teacher: Brian Lye
Professional Practices provides students with the essential tools and insight to prepare them for a career in digital arts. This course has been developed in accordance with the professional standards set in place by the AIGA (The Professional Association for Designers) and the GDC (The Society of Graphic Designers in Canada). This course will provide students with the essential tools and insight to prepare them for a career in the digital arts. Topics covered in this course include: client relationships, self-marketing and promotion, proposal and contract writing, copyright law, project management, business registration and tax collection and remittance.
- Teacher: Nichola Lytle
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- Teacher: Geoff Gibbs
- Teacher: Daryl Jolly
- Teacher: Nichola Lytle