SEA235 - Digital and Media Applications

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Subject Title
Digital and Media Applications

Subject Description
Digital and Media Applications examines the significant role of technology in animating events and amplifying social media campaigns. Students learn about the importance of marketing content strategy, and create digital video content for online event promotion and social networks. As a vital part of the event marketing campaign, students will learn how to create, promote and engage users with online video content. Students will explore digital marketing strategy, sharable video content, storyboarding, and videography through real-world examples and a client field project. This course also introduces students to various established and emerging event-related technologies. Students will create a professional online portfolio that showcases their work.


Credit Status
One Credit

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

  1. Explain how the industry is leveraging various established and emerging technologies to animate event experiences and social media campaigns.
  2. Develop the Creative Brief for an online marketing campaign for an event property.
  3. Create a video that incorporates the essential elements of good storytelling, to promote an event's marketing campaign.
  4. Produce posters and infographics using Photoshop and other resources to promote events on social media along with the proper posting strategies and hashtags.
  5. Develop a social media marketing calendar with specific times and dates to publish posts.
  6. Create an online portfolio to market personal brand and showcase skills.
  7. Recommend a digital content strategy for an event that includes market-ready promotional concepts.


Essential Employability Skills

    •  Communicate clearly, concisely and correctly in the written, spoken and visual form that fulfils the purpose and meets the needs of the audience.

    •  Use a variety of thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems.

    •  Analyze, evaluate, and apply relevant information from a variety of sources.

    •  Interact with others in groups or teams in ways that contribute to effective working relationships and the achievement of goals.

Academic Integrity
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Please visit the Academic Integrity website http://open2.senecac.on.ca/sites/academic-integrity/for-students to understand and learn more about how to prepare and submit work so that it supports academic integrity, and to avoid academic misconduct.

Discrimination/Harassment
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Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
The College will provide reasonable accommodation to students with disabilities in order to promote academic success. If you require accommodation, contact the Counselling and Accessibility Services Office at ext. 22900 to initiate the process for documenting, assessing and implementing your individual accommodation needs.

Camera Use and Recordings - Synchronous (Live) Classes
Synchronous (live) classes may be delivered in person, in a Flexible Learning space, or online through a Seneca web conferencing platform such as MS Teams or Zoom. Flexible Learning spaces are equipped with cameras, microphones, monitors and speakers that capture and stream instructor and student interactions, providing an in-person experience for students choosing to study online.

Students joining a live class online may be required to have a working camera in order to participate, or for certain activities (e.g. group work, assessments), and high-speed broadband access (e.g. Cable, DSL) is highly recommended. In the event students encounter circumstances that impact their ability to join the platform with their camera on, they should reach out to the professor to discuss. Live classes may be recorded and made available to students to support access to course content and promote student learning and success.

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