For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Getting Started

1. Read Course Syllabus thoroughly.
2. Complete the Canvas Student Orientation for Penn State.

Lesson 1: What Is Multimedia?

1. View MM 1.1.
2. Take QQ 1.1.
3. Submit Assignment 1.1.

Lesson 2: How Do People Get the News?

1. View MM 2.1.
2. Take QQ 2.1.
3. Submit Assignment 2.1.

Register for Packback

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 3: Innovation - Learning From Mistakes

1. View MM 3.1.
2. Take QQ 3.1.
3. Take QQ 3.2.
4. Submit Assignment 3.1.

Lesson 4: The Evolution of News - Print

1. View MM 4.1.
2. Take QQ 4.1.
3. Submit Assignment 4.1.
4. Take QQ 4.2.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 5: The Evolution of News - Photojournalism

1. View MM 5.1.
2. Take QQ 5.1.
3. Submit Assignment 5.1.
4. Submit Assignment 5.2.

Lesson 6: The Evolution of News - Radio

1. View MM 6.1.
2. Take QQ 6.1.
3. Take QQ 6.2.
4. Submit Assignment 6.1.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 7: The Evolution of News - Television

1. View MM 7.1.
2. Take QQ 7.1.
3. Take QQ 7.2.
4. Take QQ 7.3.
5. Take QQ 7.4.

Lesson 8: Test 1

1. Take Test 1

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 9: Story Arc

1. View MM 9.1.
2. Take QQ 9.1.
3. Take QQ 9.2.
4. Submit Assignment 9.1.
5. Submit Assignment 9.2.

Lesson 10: The Innovation Challenge

1. View MM 10.1.
2. Take QQ 10.1.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 11: Distributed and Branded Content

1. View MM 11.1.
2. Take QQ 11.1.
3. Submit Assignment 11.1.
4. Submit Assignment 11.2.

Lesson 12: Intellectual Property Law

1. View MM 12.1.
2. Take QQ 12.1.
3. Take QQ 12.2.
4. Submit Assignment 12.1.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 13: Test 2

1. Take Test 2

Lesson 14: Aggregating and Curating the News

1. View MM 14.1.
2. Take QQ 14.1.
3. Submit Assignment 14.1.
4. Submit Assignment 14.2.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 15: Crowdsourcing and User-Generated Content

1. View MM 15.1.
2. Take QQ 15.1.
3. Submit Assignment 15.1.
4. Take QQ 15.2.
5. Take QQ 15.3.
6. Submit Assignment 15.2.
7. Take QQ 15.4.

Lesson 16: Ethics in a Digital World

1. View MM 16.1.
2. Submit Assignment 16.1.
3. Take QQ 16.1.
4. Take QQ 16.2.
5. Take QQ 16.3.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 17: Midterm

1. Take the midterm

Lesson 18: Breaking News, Part 1 - Boston Marathon Bombing

1. View MM 18.1.
2. Take QQ 18.1.
3. Submit Assignment 18.1.
4. Submit Assignment 18.2.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 19: Breaking News, Part 2 - Boston Marathon Bombing Aftermath

1. View MM 19.1.
2. Take QQ 19.1.
3. Take QQ 19.2.
4. Submit Assignment 19.1.

Lesson 20: Case Study - Not Forgotten

1. View MM 20.1.

Lesson 21: Test 3

1. Take Test 3

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 22: Using Detail to Tell Stories

1. View MM 22.1.
2. Take QQ 22.1.
3. Take QQ 22.2.
4. Submit Assignment 22.1.
5. Submit Assignment 22.2.
6. Submit Assignment 22.3.
7. Submit Assignment 22.4.
8. Submit Assignment 22.5.

Lesson 23: Data Scraping and Data Visualization

1. View MM 23.1.
2. Take QQ 23.1.
3. Take QQ 23.2.
4. Submit Assignment 23.1.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 24: Alternative Story Forms

1. View MM 24.1.
2. Take QQ 24.1.
3. Take QQ 24.2.
4. Take QQ 24.3.
5. Take QQ 24.4.
6. Submit Assignment 24.1.

Lesson 25: Test 4

1. Take Test 4

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 26: Long-Form Journalism

1. View MM 26.1.
2. Take QQ 26.1.
3. Submit Assignment 26.1.
4. Submit Assignment 26.2.

Lesson 27: Journalists Making Documentary Films

1. View MM 27.1.
2. Take QQ 27.1.
3. Take QQ 27.2.

Packback question and responses

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 28: Student Storytellers

1. View MM 28.1.
2. Take QQ 28.1.
3. Take QQ 28.2.
4. Take QQ 28.3.
5. Take QQ 28.4.
6. Submit Assignment 28.1.
7. Submit Assignment 28.2.

Lesson 29: How Journalists Learn New Skills

1. View MM 29.1.
2. Take QQ 29.1.
3. Take QQ 29.2.
4. Take QQ 29.3.
5. Take QQ 29.4.
6. Submit Assignment 29.1.

Packback question and responses

Submit SEEQ Student Evaluation

For each lesson, you will read commentary, view videos, listen to podcasts, and read online articles.

Lesson 30: Connecting the Dots

1. View MM 30.1.
2. Submit Assignment 30.1.
3. Submit Assignment 30.2.
4. Submit Assignment 30.3.

Lesson 31: Final Exam

1. Take the final exam

Packback question and responses