Interactive Digital Media, Associate of Applied Science

The Associate of Applied Science degree in Interactive Digital Media prepares students for careers in the fields of multimedia design and production. The program is interdisciplinary in nature, integrating specialized knowledge and skills from three academic areas at Raritan Valley Community College: computer information systems, communications, and commercial art.

Graduates are able to:

• define multimedia and relate its components to traditional presentation techniques
• identify hardware, software, and underlying technologies used in interactive multimedia and Internet communications
• recognize and identify the features of well designed interactive multimedia presentations
• understand and implement modern user interface and human-computer interaction best practices
• discuss the use of text, graphics, sound, video, and animation in multimedia and understand their technological underpinnings
• create and present multimedia presentations in multiple mediums using appropriate text, graphics, sound, video and animation software
• identify the system resources required for various types of multimedia and web presentations
• interpret current copyright laws concerning multimedia
• locate resources on the Internet that are used in creating multimedia presentations
• open, convert, and electronically transfer computer files with various file extensions and sizes
• demonstrate proficiency in using the computer to collect, prepare and present documents that summarize and synthesize information used in making decisions
• apply knowledge of other disciplines to problem-solving and decision-making
• recognize the ethical issues surrounding the expression of information and ideas via interactive digital media
• analyze data and create presentations and other documents that communicate ideas effectively
• recognize the commonalities and differences in values, perspectives and behaviors of diverse people in the development of multimedia presentations