Give your students an elective they will genuinely enjoy, while giving yourself a course that is simple to implement and highly impactful. This fully developed, turnkey Digital Media semester course is designed for grades 6–12 and provides everything needed to teach from day one through finals with confidence. This is not a loose collection of projects or software tutorials. It is a complete, standards-aligned digital media curriculum that combines creativity, technology, and real-world digital communication skills.
Students do not just learn about digital media. They create, design, edit, and publish their own digital content while building a professional portfolio that showcases their skills. Every lesson plan, activity, project, assessment, guided note sheet, presentation, and teacher resource is fully organized, detailed, and editable so teachers can begin teaching immediately with no textbooks or outside materials required.
Why Teachers Choose This Digital Media Course
This course is designed to be both teacher-friendly and student-loved. It includes a structured roadmap for every unit, daily lessons, bellwork, projects, review activities, and curated tutorials, so no additional planning is needed.
The course is flexible and accessible. Students can use free online tools such as Canva, Photopea, and Audacity, or, if available, professional software such as Adobe Creative Cloud. This makes the course adaptable to any school technology setup without requiring expensive licenses.
Projects are engaging, creative, and meaningful. Students produce podcasts, infographics, personal logos, animations, and short videos that they are proud to share with classmates, families, and the school community.
All lessons are aligned with National and State Business standards, as well as ISTE standards, ensuring students develop career-ready skills in creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, and digital storytelling.
Students will learn and develop skills in these subjects:
Digital Media Introduction
Introduction
Digital Media Careers
Planning, Designing, and Developing Digital Media
Standard File Types and Formats
Organizing digital media creations and files
Digital Graphics
Plan, create, edit, and publish digital graphics
Different animation terminology
Correctly use camera equipment and software
Taking photos and using different photo angles
Creating different types of digital graphics
How to import, export, and convert graphics
Use all the different types of editing features
Digital Audio
Plan, create, edit, and publish digital audio.
Creating different types of digital audio
Correctly using equipment and software
Editing Sound
Recording Digital Audio
Writing a script for audio
Applying special effects to audio files
Common audio terminology
How to import, export, and convert audio
Different audio formats
Digital Animation
Create, manipulate, and use animations
Creating different types of digital animations
Correctly use equipment and software
Import items into animations
Create an animation storyboard
Drawing animations from scratch
Create and utilize timelines, keyframes, and scenes
Different animation terminology
Different animation formats
Digital Video
Plan, create, edit, and publish digital video
Creating different types of digital videos
Common video production terminology
Correctly use equipment and software
Create a storyboard for videos
Understand how to record and capture videos
Video recording angles
Different video formats
Import, Export, and Convert Video Files
True TURNKEY Semester Course
This is a complete semester-long Digital Media course with daily lesson plans created by experienced educators. Lessons combine direct instruction, guided practice, creative exploration, collaboration, and real-world application. Students demonstrate learning through projects, presentations, portfolios, and assessments that emphasize creativity, technical skill, and communication.
Course Highlights
One-time purchase with continued free updates
Shared Google Drive folder with organized access to all materials
Over 280 pages of instructional content
Six comprehensive unit plans
Fifty instructional days designed for 82-minute class periods
More than 25 activities
Fifteen projects with rubrics
Ten instructional presentations with guided notes
National and State Business standards and ISTE standards included
Designed for classroom, online, or blended instruction
Compatible with Google, Windows, and Mac
All documents are fully editable
Technology integration and real-world application are embedded in every lesson.
Differentiated instruction and mastery-based learning are built in.
What Is Included
This course includes 50 detailed daily lesson plans, each providing clear structure and instructional support.
Teachers receive:
ISTE, State, and National Business standards
Course objectives
Daily step-by-step teaching instructions
All student materials for each lesson
Instructional resources include:
Syllabus and course setup materials
Back-to-school teacher checklist and presentation
Software and app resource guides
Student organization and task tracking forms
Instructional presentations
Multiple styles of student notes
Practice activities and projects for each unit
Rubrics and student examples
Daily bellwork and closure activities
Final project and rubric
All materials are fully editable, allowing teachers to adapt instruction to student needs, pacing, and classroom preferences.
Designed for Flexible Technology Environments
This course is designed to work with a wide range of classroom hardware and software. Students can complete assignments using computers, tablets, or smartphones. Optional equipment, such as cameras, microphones, tripods, and headphones, can enhance the experience but are not required.
Teachers may choose how students create and submit work using Google Drive, Google Classroom, Microsoft Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint, or Google Slides based on classroom preferences.
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