Pat+Chadd


 * Patrick Chadd **
 * Design Document **
 * 26 February 2010 **

Creating Course Content: Optimizing Files for Course Content
 * Course/Program Title:**

The objective of this course is to explain how to optimize your digital files without diminishing the quality of your documents, presentations or images. In this course the learner will take some common digital file types that are used in both traditional face-to-face courses and online course materials and explain how to optimize these digital files without diminishing the quality of your documents, presentations or images. This course will train UMDNJ faculty, staff and students how to effectively reduce file sizes of images, PowerPoint presentations and PDFs with as little loss of original’s quality. File optimization allows for quicker delivery of course materials and takes into account all of the ways that students will be accessing course content from high-speed, high-bandwidth on campus connections to slower PDA and smartphone internet access from off-campus locations. This ability to optimize files is also important to keeping our LMS costs down as our ANGEL LMS is a hosted implementation and storage of course files online costs a premium.
 * Course goals:**

This course is for course program directors, faculty/instructors, CCOE trainers, course assistants and instructional designers who want to understand how to optimize their course materials to reduce file size. Audience should have a basic comfort level with technology.
 * Intended audience:**
 * 1) Prerequisites for this course will be a basic working knowledge of the following file types: .doc, ppt, .jpg, .gif and .pdf.
 * 2) Knowledge or experience with MS Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photoshop is required.
 * 3) Since this course is for faculty and staff at UMDNJ who are course editors for the ANGEL LMS //;// knowledge of the ANGEL LMS and how to place files within a course is assumed knowledge.


 * Delivery method:**
 * 1) Instructor-led asynchronous course delivered via the ANGEL LMS.
 * 2) There will be some optional synchronous sessions TBA via Wimba.


 * Instructional approach/strategies/methods:**
 * 1) Readings, discussion, examples, lecture, demonstrations, various individual activities individual project work.
 * 2) Learners will take some copies of their existing course file and learn how to optimize their files to reduce the file size.
 * 3) This course will use a range of interactive and collaborative techniques, as well as synchronous and asynchronous lessons.


 * Instructional materials:**
 * 1) Provided course presentations available via video, audio, PDFs, PowerPoint and Captivate.
 * 2) Web and other resources as provided during the course.


 * Lesson content outline **
 * **Lesson / Topic ** || **Goal/Objectives ** || **Activities ** || **Media ** || **Readings/Resources ** || **Assessment ** ||
 * **1. File Types ** || The goal(s) of this lesson are:
 * 1) Understand and Identify file types.

Upon completion, students will be able to:
 * 1) Understand the difference in file types and their associated software programs
 * 2) Be able to identify file types || //1. Online Tutorial //

//2. Supporting files// || //1. PPT/PDF Lesson

2. Audio/Visual Resources as needed//

|| // Readings/ Resources TBD // || //Quiz on lesson topic. // ||
 * **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. Image Files ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The goal(s) of this lesson are:
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Understand image files and their properties.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon completion, students will be able to: || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. Online Tutorial //
 * 1) Understand image file types and the difference between bitmap and vector image files.

//2. Supporting files// || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. PPT/PDF Lesson

2. Audio/Visual Resources as needed// || // Readings/ Resources TBD // || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Quiz on lesson topic. // ||
 * **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. Reducing Image File Size ** || //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The goal(s) of this lesson are: //
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Reduce image files size.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon completion, students will be able to:
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">optimize images for the web.
 * 2) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">create transparent images for the web. || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. Online Tutorial //

//2. Supporting files// || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. PPT/PDF Lesson

2. Audio/Visual Resources as needed// || // Readings/ Resources TBD // || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Quiz on lesson topic. // ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon completion, students will be able to:
 * **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. Reducing and optimizing .PPT and .PDF files for the web. ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The goal(s) of this lesson are:
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Reduce and optimize .PPT and .PDF files for the web.
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Take an existing .PPT file and optimize it for the web to reduce the file size.
 * 2) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Take an existing .PDF file and optimize it for the web to reduce the file size. || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. Online Tutorial //

//2. Supporting files// || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. PPT/PDF Lesson

2. Audio/Visual Resources as needed// || // Readings/ Resources TBD // || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Quiz on lesson topic. // || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon completion, students will be able to:
 * **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. Putting It All Together ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The goal(s) of this lesson are:
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Optimize a sample course file in either .PPT or .PDF form.
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Take an existing course file in .PPT format and optimize the images in the file.
 * 2) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Take the optimized .PPT file and create a .PDF file from it. || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. Online Tutorial //

//2. Supporting files// || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. PPT/PDF Lesson

2. Audio/Visual Resources as needed// || // Readings/ Resources TBD // || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Quiz on lesson topic. // || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon completion, students will be able to: //2. Audio/Visual Resources as needed// || // Readings/ Resources TBD // || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Comprehensive assessment on lesson topics covered in the course.. // ||
 * **//<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. Assessment //** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The goal(s) of this lesson are:
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Find out if course objectives were met.
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Answer basic questions about file types.
 * 2) <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Answer questions about how to optimize file types. || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Online Assessment // || //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. Captivate/Presenter Assessment //