Information Technology
Web & Digital Design Pathway Description
Information is valuable only when it is understood and utilized. Workers in digital media bring ideas to life through technology, whether creating a web site, a training video or designing the latest computer game or mobile application.
Careers in web and digital communications involve creating, designing and producing interactive multimedia products and services, including the development of digitally-generated or computer-enhanced media used in business, training, entertainment, communications and marketing. Sample interactive media occupations include web designer, webmaster, 3D animator, virtual reality specialist, multimedia producer and graphic artist.
Organizations of all types and sizes use digital media to communicate with existing and potential customers, to track transactions and to collaborate with colleagues. Interactive media experts can find employment opportunities in organizations of all sizes and types due tot he rate of technology change in business and reliance on mobile technology.
Job prospects in the motion picture and video industry are excellent for multimedia artists and animators, film and video editors and others skilled in digital filming and computer generated imaging.
Most primary occupations in the field will have numerous job openings in coming years. The web is fast becoming a way of life for most of the world. Therefore, the industry is continually looking for bright, well-educated individuals to develop faster and more efficient processes for creating and delivering information.
Introduction to Digital Technology is the foundational course for the Web & Digital Design pathway. It is designed for high school students to understand, communicate, and adapt to a digital world as it impacts their personal life, society, and the business world.
Using Web design as the platform for product design and presentation, students will create and learn digital media applications using elements of text, graphics, animation, sound, video and digital imaging for various format. Digital Design is the second course in the Web and Digital Design Pathway.
Web Design
Can you think of any company that does not have a web presence? Taking this course will equip students with the ability to plan, design, and create a web site. Students will learn how to write code and progress to designing a professional looking web site using graphical authoring tools that contain multimedia elements. Web Design is the third and final course in the Web & Digital Design pathway.