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Hashtag Cyberstar (THTR30042)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Winter Term
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Overview
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#Cyberstar is the subject that guides the student to create, host, and promote the student’s artistic practice online. In #Cyberstar the student aims to build a complete online portfolio. The subject covers contemporary web design techniques, engages with design to build context around the work, covers methods for integrating social media into online portfolios, and explores techniques for preparing and presenting physical or performative work in an online environment. By the end of the intensive the student should have a complete, live, online portfolio and the skills to begin their web presence.
Intended learning outcomes
Planning Your Personal Online Portfolio.
On completion students should have demonstrated the ability to conceptualise and plan the structure and content of an online portfolio website, with an aim towards building meaningful context around their work and a consistent visual identity for their online portfolio website. The plan should demonstrate how the website will best suit the creative practice of the student, and integrate social media for promotional purposes.
Building Your Personal Online Portfolio.
On completion students should have demonstrated the ability to build a complete online portfolio, from conceptualisation, through design, to a finished live website. Students should demonstrate a completed portfolio that builds context around their work and showcases their creative projects, biography, current projects and events. The online portfolios should feature integration with social media for promotional purposes.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should possess:
- Experience in the planning and preproduction of an online portfolio.
- Competency in basic web design concepts and skills.
- Experience in preparing and hosting digital media for the web.
- Experience building a complete online portfolio.
- An understanding of methods for integrating social media into an online portfolio.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
THTR30040
Recommended background knowledge
Students should come to the subject with some completed creative work that they would like to include in their online portfolio. Basic computer skills required: students should possess some experience using a computer to move files around with the mouse, edit word documents to include images and formatted text, and manipulate images in a basic way that is roughly equivalent to sending photographs through the internet.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Participation, ongoing | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Portfolio Plan, Preparation and Sitemap Design - a collection of documents that demonstrate the student's plans for the structure and content of their online portfolio, this could take the form of a sitemap, annotated sketches or wireframe mock-ups; due at conclusion of intensive
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
Completed Online Digital Portfolio - the completed online portfolio website, the website will feature at least 5 pages including a biography, multiple pages of work, functioning navigation and social media integration
| 3 Weeks after the end of teaching | 50% |
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Coordinator Amanda Hitten Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours (6 x 6hr seminars - intensive delivery) Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 3 February 2020 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period there may be some preparatory tasks, reading and/or a student questionnaire. Teaching period 10 February 2020 to 21 February 2020 Last self-enrol date 4 February 2020 Census date 14 February 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 February 2020 Assessment period ends 6 March 2020 Summer Term contact information
- Winter Term
Coordinator Amanda Hitten Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours (6 x 6hr seminars - intensive delivery) Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 6 July 2020 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period there may be some preparatory tasks, reading and/or a student questionnaire. Teaching period 13 July 2020 to 24 July 2020 Last self-enrol date 7 July 2020 Census date 17 July 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 31 July 2020 Assessment period ends 14 August 2020 Winter Term contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Quota
This subject has an enrolment quota of 58 students, and places are limited. Places will be allocated until the quota is reached. Enrolment in this subject is not guaranteed.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Equipment Required: USB hard drive, with at least 16gb of storage.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 April 2024