TGJ 20 COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
LOYOLA CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL
Open Course, 0.5 Credits, 8 weeks duration
This course introduces students to communications technology from a media perspective.
Students will work in the areas of TV/video and movie production, radio and audio production,
print and graphic communications, photography, and interactive new media and animation.
Student projects may include computer-based activities such as creating videos, editing photos,
working with audio, cartooning, developing animations, and designing web pages. Students will
also develop an awareness of environmental and societal issues related to communications
technology, and will explore secondary and postsecondary education and training pathways and
career opportunities in the various communication technology fields. Prerequisite: none
This course is broken down into the following areas of study:
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Safety in the Communication Classroom
Photographic Composition & Photography Fundamentals
Using Digital Cameras
Enhancing and Manipulating Photos
Desktop Publishing
The Objectives
Why are you taking this course?
 To learn skills that will help you as a responsible adult later on in life: capturing vivid family and travel photos;
editing them to enhance their features; documenting the process used; seeing the art within the technology;
 To gain insight into the career destinations associated with communications technology
 To learn technical skill in using digital cameras;
 To learn technical skill in using the Photoshop software package (through Photoshop Elements)
 To have a fun elective on your timetable that will energize you and provide you with a creative outlet
The Assessment
Dufferin Peel CDSB Assessment Criteria:
 70% Term Mark consists of Independent Activities, Assignments, Quizzes and Tests
 30% Final Assessment consists of 30% culminating task (completed during class time) and 0%
examination. Please note: our Board Policy is to not have any examination in Communication Technology;
however, this means that the Culminating Task Assignment is worth a very large percentage of the final mark.
Students must be present in class to complete the Culminating Task. It cannot be completed outside of school.
The designated Culminating Task dates are: June 2-6th; June 9-13th; June 16-17th; and, on our exam day, June
18th, you will be presenting your portfolio of work for Communications Technology.
 Strands are weighted:
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20% Knowledge & Understanding
20% Thinking
 Closing dates for all projects are 3 days after the original due date
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20% Communication
40% Application
For your organizational purposes, please use this chart to keep track of assignments and tests:
Description
Start Date
End Date
Closing
Unit 1 Activity
Assignment
Test
Unit 2 Activity
Assignment
Test
Unit 3 Activity
Assignment
Test
Unit 4 Activity
Assignment
Test
Culminating Task- Preliminary Work
June 9th (Monday)
Culminating Task- Final Submission
June 17th
(Tuesday)
Portfolio of Work
June 18th
(Wednesday)
Student Agenda Acknowledgement
The following is a parent/guardian and student acknowledgement that the Loyola Student Handbook, including
Assessment and Evaluation Policy as well as Behaviour Code of Conduct and Uniform Policy has been reviewed:
Signature
Parent/Guardian:
Student:
*School Policies and Procedures will be followed in class*
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Date
PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS
Your portfolio of work should include all sketches, planning ideas, or rough work as well as completed work that you
have finished throughout the semester.
It also should include a label to explain the following:
Each piece included in your portfolio should have a descriptive
paragraph to explain the piece. A typical description of a work
may include an excerpt as follows:
Title of Work: __________________
Date Created: __________________
For this project, I created a poster design
Media: ________________________
for the University of Wyoming talk with
Size: _________________________
special guest speaker Sarah Andrews. I
included the University branding (logo
information) as well as snapshot
photographs from Sarah’s travels. I
wanted to reflect the “natural” characteristic of her work as an adventurous
woman who writes and travels—so I mimicked the sky and desert horizon in
my typeface. I completed this poster layout using the Adobe Photoshop program.
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