https://summersession.uconn.edu/summer-2023-courses/course/DMD/1060/

📕  DMD 2010: History of Digital Culture (#1118)
May Term: May 8 - May 26
WW - Online
Professor Matthew Worwood

This course will examine key episodes in the history of digital technology and digital media from the perspective of the values that (are said to?) adhere to digital culture, particularly as manifested on the web. In doing so, we will learn to view these technologies critically, as historical, cultural, human constructions that impact social systems in society. We will learn to be critical consumers and producers of digital media and to question received understandings of the role of technology in our public and private lives. 

• Required course for all Digital Media & Design majors.
• Counts as Content Area 1 and 3 of General Education requirements.

https://summersession.uconn.edu/summer-2023-courses/course/DMD/1060/

🔧DMD 3998  (#1968) / HRTS 3540 (#23) 
Human Rights Filmmaking: Producing, Impact, and the Film Festival Experience
May Term: May 8 - May 26
HB - Hybrid/Blended
Distance Learning MoTuWe 9:00am - 12:00pm (Online) and
In person (STORRS) May 19-21
Professor Heather Cassano

This course explores the role of human rights in documentary filmmaking via the screening and discussion of innovative human rights documentaries. Course participants will gain extensive knowledge of the principles of documentary filmmaking, including but not limited to the ethics of human rights filmmaking, representation, the role of the filmmaker and relationship to the subject(s), the use of documentaries for social change, and the translation of human rights documentaries into social action via awareness raising, community dialogue, and popular mobilization. Students will also participate in the first annual Northeast Human Rights Film Festival held in Storrs CT in May of 2023, gaining "behind the scenes" knowledge of curating and hosting a film festival. Participation in the film festival requires students to be on campus in Storrs, CT from Friday evening on May 19 through Sunday afternoon May 21. Please direct any questions about the class directly  to Professor Cassano at: heather.cassano@uconn.edu 

https://summersession.uconn.edu/summer-2023-courses/course/DMD/3998/

• Prerequisites waived for summer 2023 - OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!
• Laptop and Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop subscription required.
• Required course for BFA in Digital Media Design - Web/Interactive Media Design majors.

🔧  DMD 1101 Design Lab 1 (#1066)
Summer Session 1: May 30 - June 30
Distance Learning / Synchronous
MoTuWeThFr  9:00am-12:15pm
Professor Ting Zhou

Exploration of the creation, manipulation, and reception of digital images through project-based work using image-editing software. Through lecture, discussion, projects and critique, students will develop, refine, and evaluate digital images and understand their artistic, social, and ethical ramifications. In this project-based course, students are introduced to the core principles of digital media design, including color theory, typography, and layout when creating and designing digital graphics, with a particular focus on raster graphics using Adobe Photoshop. Students will also learn visual storytelling rules, offering them the tools to tell visual stories clearly and professionally by designing digital collages, posters, and gif animations. The fundamentals of visual design are discussed in critique to offer clear goals when developing three projects. Students also will learn how to document the design process and construct a public-facing document that presents their process and outcomes.

• Prerequisites waived for summer 2023 - OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!
• Laptop and Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop subscription required.
• Required course for all Digital Media & Design majors.

🔧  DMD 2200 Motion Design & Animation 1 (#1823)
Summer Session 1: May 30 - June 30
Distance Learning 
MoTuWeThFr  9:00am-12:15pm
Professor Sam Olschan

Introduction to concepts and strategies for creating motion designs, animations, and visual effects.

This studio course explores Motion, Design & Animation through hands-on production. Building upon the fundamentals introduced in Design Lab and Digital Foundation, Motion Design & Animation 1 is comprised of skills-based projects that will require creative interpretation as well as technical expertise.

The goal of this course is to help you a) improve your use of graphics, time, and motion as tools of visual communication and expression; and b) become capable of producing effective motion graphics and animations. 

• Prerequisites waived for summer 2023 - OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!
• Laptop and Adobe Creative Cloud subscription required.
• Counts as elective for Digital Arts Minor.

Selected student projects & examples from Motion Design & Animation 1: 
DMD 2200 Visual Sound Project Reel 
DMD 2200 Kinetic Typography Project Reel
DMD 2200 Course Showreel

https://summersession.uconn.edu/summer-2023-courses/course/DMD/2200/

Summer Session 2: July 10 - August 11, 2023

🔧  DMD 1102 Design Lab 2 (#1824)
Summer Session 12: July 10 - August 11
DL - Distance Learning
MoTuWeThFr  1:00pm - 4:15pm
Professor Steve Harper