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| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | COM202 | ||||
| Course Name: | Digital Storytelling | ||||
| Semester: | Spring | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Compulsory Courses | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. NEZİH ERDOĞAN | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Nezih Erdoğan | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | To prepare the students for storytelling by using digital design tools and applications, share their works on social media and interact with others in the same virtual community. |
| Course Content: | This course first examines the basic principles and methods of storytelling and then takes up the consecutive stages of digital storytelling (the story itself, character, the problem, conflict, motivation, etc.). As the term project, the students will produce a transmedia work in the form of video, graphic novel or photo-novel and verbal text telling their family story by using mobile applications and share it on the social media. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have a command of The basics of narrative communication 2) Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have a command of the structure and techniques of storytelling. 3) Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have a command of transmedia storytelling. 4) Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have a command of the scope and the basics of digital storytelling 5) Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have a command of Video design by the use of mobile apps. 6) Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have a command of the methods and procedures of sharing digital story works on social media. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | What is Digital storytelling? Basic terms and concepts. Narrative and narration. Narrative communication. Video: “What is Digital Storytelling? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIix-yVzheM exercise | |
| 2) | Story, character, problem, motivation, conflict, change/transformation, the stake, exercise 1, exercise 2 | |
| 3) | Research Topics | |
| 4) | Presentation I: from news to story | |
| 5) | Storyboarding, screenplay format, powerpoint exercise 1, exercise 2 | |
| 6) | Presentation II: story (graphic novel or photo-roman) | |
| 7) | Basic shooting techniques | |
| 8) | Basic editing techniques (iMovie and Movie maker software); Typography practice | |
| 9) | Presentation III: pitching (story proposal ) | |
| 10) | Telling the story (content, medium and the audience) | |
| 11) | Evaluation of the first drafts; Opening accounts on Facebook, Instagram and other social media | |
| 12) | Critique and revision of the video | |
| 13) | Critique and revision of the graphic novel and the verbal story. | |
| 14) | Review and Publish: Upon completion of the revisions works uploaded to social media. | |
| 15) | Presentation of the final works, grading and uploading |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Midge Frazel, Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators |
| References: | Bryan Alexander, The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media |
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| Program Outcomes | ||||||||||||||
| 1) By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life. | ||||||||||||||
| 2) It provides a critical perspective on mass media. | ||||||||||||||
| 3) With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources. | ||||||||||||||
| 4) Students will be an expert in front of the camera, behind-the-scenes, news center, light, sound, editing, directing, cinematography, screenwriting. | ||||||||||||||
| 5) Thanks to the media professionals, the students will be ready for the sector. | ||||||||||||||
| 6) Acquires production skills such as short and medium films, screenplays, documentaries and TV programs. | ||||||||||||||
| 7) Have the basic knowledge and experience of image technologies. | ||||||||||||||
| 8) Thanks to sectoral cooperation, professional business life will be started. | ||||||||||||||
| 9) Through an applied curriculum, students gain an interdisciplinary perspective on different media studies. | ||||||||||||||
| 10) With the technical training to be taken in studio environment, students gain experience in the sector. | ||||||||||||||
| 11) They will have skills such as negotiating with the group, taking initiative. | ||||||||||||||
| 12) Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics. | ||||||||||||||
| 13) Follow the developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | ||||||||||||||
| 14) Students use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | ||||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life. | |
| 2) | It provides a critical perspective on mass media. | |
| 3) | With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources. | |
| 4) | Students will be an expert in front of the camera, behind-the-scenes, news center, light, sound, editing, directing, cinematography, screenwriting. | |
| 5) | Thanks to the media professionals, the students will be ready for the sector. | |
| 6) | Acquires production skills such as short and medium films, screenplays, documentaries and TV programs. | |
| 7) | Have the basic knowledge and experience of image technologies. | |
| 8) | Thanks to sectoral cooperation, professional business life will be started. | |
| 9) | Through an applied curriculum, students gain an interdisciplinary perspective on different media studies. | |
| 10) | With the technical training to be taken in studio environment, students gain experience in the sector. | |
| 11) | They will have skills such as negotiating with the group, taking initiative. | |
| 12) | Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics. | |
| 13) | Follow the developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | |
| 14) | Students use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 1 | % 0 |
| Presentation | 4 | % 55 |
| Project | 3 | % 45 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |||
| Application | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Presentations / Seminar | 3 | 5 | 3 | 24 | |||
| Final | 1 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |||
| Total Workload | 113 | ||||||