Grade:  9-12 Length of Course: Semester

Description:  21st Century Journalism - Required for staff positions of the Bronco yearbook, Stampede website, Cavalry newsmagazine, and Imperial Ink lit/art magazine.  Emphasis is on print media skills and concepts.  Students will identify and apply appropriate writing styles, preparation of copy, proofreading and editing rules, and design concepts.  Practice in digital photography will be included. Students will learn and practice using appropriate design and photo editing software such as Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop.

Grade: 10-12  Prerequisite:  21st Century Journalism, Computer Applications.  Instructor approval is required.

Length:   Year

Description:  Student Publications is an elective course providing journalism experience in both newspaper and yearbook, though skills are applicable to all print and online media.  Preparation of news stories, editorials, features, sports stories, advertising, layouts, copy, photography, and graphic elements are done by students who fill editorial and staff positions.  Other topics include developing a production schedule, editorial chain, working as a team, utilizing composition principles, and embedding audio, video, or other content in print and digital formats.  Students will use software such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and online publishing software.  The end products will be multi-media projects intended for public presentation.  This course will require time outside of class, though students will have plenty of time for other extracurricular activities.  Being in Student Publications comes with many perks and benefits as well as vocational experience.

Grade:  9-12 Prerequisite:  None Length of Course: Semester

Description:  This is a course that provides a basic understanding of producing video for a variety of uses.  Topics include analyzing the pre-production, production and post-production process, as well as explore the equipment and techniques used to develop a quality audio video product.  Aspects of good videography will be addressed and applied to a wide variety of video segments to be made by students.

Types of videos created in the course include PSA, Interviews, Informational, Documentary and Short Films.  Students will be required to submit at least one video for public viewing during daily announcements.

Grade:  10-12 Prerequisite:  A/V Fundamentals Preferred Length of Course: Year

Description:  Video production applies the technical skills learned in Audio Video Production Fundamentals by allowing students to orchestrate projects from setting the objectives to the post-production evaluation.  The subject of the presentation may be determined in a number of ways, but must address an authentic need.  The complexity of the presentation is not the focus of the course, but the experience of the entire process such as planning the presentation, setting up the studio, acting as videographer and editor to make it fluid and seamless. Types of videos created in the course include PSA, Interviews, Informational, Documentary and Short Films.  Students will be required to submit at least one video for competition.