Course Catalog
Journalism
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Details
| Course Code: AVJOUR |
Provider: Aventa Learning Note:
This course has additional technical requirements. See below for details. |
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| Subject: Language Arts |
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Credits: 0.5 (High School) | Level: Standard |
| Course Features: | - NCAA: The online provider has applied for NCAA approval. Use the NCAA code below and check the DLD NCAA Eligibility page for information on the status of the provider's courses. NCAA High School Code: 030618 NCAA Eligibility Information |
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| Terms Available: |
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| Completion Time: | Approximately 90 instructional hours per semester | ||
Costs
| Course Cost: | $284.00 |
| Materials Cost: | $57.65 -Introduction to Journalism(Required) |
| Total Cost: | $341.65 |
Special Notes
State Course Code
11101
Requirements
Technology Requirements
The school or student is responsible for providing:
General Workstation/Laptop Requirements:
We strive to minimize the technical requirements for our courses. Our multimedia is almost exclusively flash-based to minimize the need for plug-ins. Other requirements include:
Browser:
- Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) is recommended for stability, but both the ESR and final release channel are supported (both Mac and Windows)
- Internet Explorer 8 or 9 (Windows) (Must not be in compatibility mode)
- Safari 4 or higher (Mac OSX)
- Google Chrome stable channel (both Mac and Windows)
- Popup Blocking Disabled
- JavaScript Enabled
OS:
- Windows XP, Vista, and 7
- Macintosh OS X 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7
RAM:
- 512MB or higher
Resolution:
- 1024 X 576 or higher
Media:
- Soundcard and Speakers/Headphones
- Microphone required for certain courses
Plugins:
- Sun Java 6 (Blackboard 9.1 does not work properly with Java 7)
- Flash Player Version 10 or higher
- QuickTime Version 7 or higher
- Real Player required for certain courses
- Jaws 11 or higher (for accessibility)
Third Party Applications:
- Google Earth 6.0
Network Requirements
The school or student is responsible for providing:
Aventa will provide a complete list of external sites that require access upon request to individual districts/schools.
Special Technology Requirements
These are course-specific requirements that go above and beyond the Provider Baseline Technical Requirements.
The school or student is responsible for providing:
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Before enrolling in this course, you should be familiar with basic touch-typing fundamentals and have some experience working in a windows environment with a mouse. Obviously, you must have a good word processor like Microsoft Word. |
Materials to be ordered via the DLD
The DLD Registrar may order the following materials via the DLD upon registering the student:
- Introduction to Journalism: $57.65 (Required)
Description
Standards Alignments
Syllabus / Outline
Course Introduction and What is Journalism?
• Reading Course Information
• Activities Intro Assignment
Finding Journalism Sites on the Web
• Reading Assignments Area
• Activities Journalism Sites Assignments
The Challenge of Journalism
• Reading Chapter 1, pages 1-13
• Activities Challenge of Journalism Assignment
Laws, Ethics and Policy
• Reading Chapter 2, pages 14-32
• Activities Censorship Writing Assignment
• Study Guide
• Unit Exam
Types of News and Story Ideas
• Reading Chapter 3, pages 33-42
• Activities Defining the News Worksheet
• Press Rating Assignment
• Unit Exam
Sources for News
• Reading Chapter 4, pages 43-62
• Activities Sources Worksheet
• Internet Site Evaluation
• Unit Exam
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Wishram High School Student - 04/30/08 
I really like journalism class, how it's set up, my instructor,the subject everything is great.