{"id":25,"date":"2015-05-15T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T14:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-08-25T04:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:39:16","slug":"cis-271","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/cis-271\/","title":{"rendered":"CIS 271"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CIS 271: Digital Media<\/strong> \u2013 provides students with the opportunity to develop materials for implementation into web sites, mobile applications, multimedia presentations, and DVDs. This course focuses primarily upon the development of digital images and basic design principles, as well as digital audio and video materials. Students in this course need to devote significant time to working both in the lab and online during the term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note that the focus of this course is not merely the development of technical skills.<\/strong> Rather, this course is designed to function as an introduction to the theories of visual communication and media criticism. <\/p>\n<p><em>There are no prerequisites for CIS 271. This course is typically offered every term.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sources\">\n<strong>Resources for CIS 271:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CIS271_Syllabus_AU26.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AU26 Syllabus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/SanDisk-128GB-Ultra-Drive-Type-C\/dp\/B01EZ0X3L8\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2DFR47UDBT72D&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.N4775GTbE5EDZ7TJzeySupX1cV-Zku33f0FYeoR7zqgJDxsPR8qF80CZvUMDY82Gxw5QBdjSSFWSgFl1Sc0DnkcW133hz1K8ygzl5GZYwm3ORys_WfbgNF7CyIE2lBejfTlMYjT0iScyxsNGy_JLEhqJyriQ5UYlYC1Q0Zpvg20z1TEbQX2sChM55gYZoirrqzW5QHeA9QVsbXSOqVVX67iysP2LlW6HHry5VT_FYct6F6TznvabCfHtjKf06OVItmAlqd3rz9LfXBX5YM_e3MtM_QfkP-5CWGXgcoApczI.7uMNCnkfaxiPtprDGOHxx5X2Ljn2hsr54KjMaammApc&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;keywords=SanDisk%2BUltra%2B128GB%2BDual%2BDrive&#038;qid=1756258224&#038;s=electronics&#038;sprefix=sandisk%2Bultra%2B128gb%2Bdual%2Bdrive%2Celectronics%2C464&#038;sr=1-2&#038;th=1\">Dual USB Drive<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Design_HW.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re-design Exercise<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SM_MartkePlan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media Marketing Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<!--\n<a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/88a6Ltw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">USB Drive Recommendation<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/photoshop\/how-to\/ps-basics-fundamentals.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Adobe Tutorials<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pnv5iKB2hl4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Worst-Designed Thing You've Never Noticed<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TextDescript.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Example Text Description<\/a>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SocMediaProj_23.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Social Media Project Sheet<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WJ-Brand-Guidelines.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">W&J Brand Guidelines 2021<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SM_Report.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Social Media Report Template<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TwitterSP20.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter Data: SP20<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FB_SP20.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Graphic Data SP20<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Facebook_SP20.xls\">Facebook Raw Data: SP20<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EX_SMreport.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Example Student Report<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FB_AU2020.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Data AU20<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TW_AU20.pdf\">Twitter Data AU20<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FB_AU21.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Data AU21<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Twitter_AU21.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter Data AU21<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FBdata_SP22.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Data SP22<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Twitter_SP22.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter Data SP22<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/crystalro\/jon-snows-butt-is-so-perfect-it-fits-the-golden-ratio?utm_term=.opvw8mnEk#.dobrz5y0M\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Golden Ratio<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FB_SP19.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Data SP19<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CIS_TW_SP19.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter Data: SP19<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2018\/09\/04\/technology\/facebook-influence-campaigns-quiz.html\">Can You Spot the Deceptive Facebook Post?<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article\/digital\/yahoo-picked-a-18-year-brand\/243986\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Case Study: Yahoo\u2019s Logo Redesign<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/12\/technology\/elizabeth-warren-facebook-ad.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Dares Facebook With Intentionally False Political Ad<\/a>\n--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Readings<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/practicaltypography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Butterick\u2019s Practical Typography<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremo.co.uk\/typeterms\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Type Terms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photographylife.com\/the-importance-of-ethics-in-photography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Importance of Ethics in Photography<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/designshack.net\/articles\/inspiration\/10-tips-for-designing-logos-that-dont-suck\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tips for Designing Logos<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2019\/10\/21\/facebook-fine-tunes-disinformation-defenses-but-leaves-controversial-political-ad-rules-intact\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook takedowns show new Russian activity targeted Biden, praised Trump<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/21\/technology\/personaltech\/facebook-deleted.html#click=https:\/\/t.co\/DRAyZr0ISN\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I Deleted Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Color Assist<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/picular.co\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Picular<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/paletton.com\/#uid=1000u0kllllaFw0g0qFqFg0w0aF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paletton<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hexcolortool.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hexcolortool<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colorpicker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Color Picker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photoshop Resources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/photoshop\/using\/undo-history.html#using_the_history_panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using the History Panel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Brushes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Info Regarding Brushes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/photoshop\/using\/creating-modifying-brushes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe\u2019s Brushes Help Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/photoshop\/how-to\/photoshop-brushes-intro.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Brushes &#8220;How To&#8221; Video<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2008\/11\/10\/50-must-have-photoshop-brushes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smashing Magazine\u2019s Top Brushes List<\/a><br \/>\n<!--\n<strong>iMovie Resources:<\/strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/help.apple.com\/imovie\/mac\/10.1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Documentation<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UviYzKGFm4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iMovie '16 Video Tutorial<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7daKUZu79uY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moving a Project to an External Drive (video)<\/a>\n-->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIS 271: Digital Media \u2013 provides students with the opportunity to develop materials for implementation into web sites, mobile applications, multimedia presentations, and DVDs. This course focuses primarily upon the development of digital images and basic design principles, as well as digital audio and video materials. Students in this course need to devote significant time&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":131,"href":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samfee.com\/courses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}