Digital Media Skills Certificate

This general certificate in digital media skills provides the greatest flexibility for students interested in developing their skills in graphic and web design, as well as animation and interactive media platforms.

Students are able to customize their study while learning core skills in digital media. Courses emphasize design and creativity while providing in depth technical and software training.

Students will develop skills in digital content production, interaction design, and storytelling skills, while enriching their understanding of art, media, and culture. This certificate is not for university degree credit.

Choose minimum five courses required from the list below:

3D Animation Studio 2 - Intermediate Blender	International Art & Design Studio Prior Learning Assessment & recognition	Introduction to Designing Inclusive and Accessible Content	Introduction to Video Editing
Advanced Web Development, CSS and JavaScript Frameworks	Intermediate Adobe Illustrator	Introduction to Adobe After Effects	Introduction to Wearable Media
Basic Design Principles	Intermediate Adobe Photoshop	Introduction to Adobe Illustrator	Introduction to Web Analytics
Becoming a Content Creator: Advanced Social Media Marketing for Creative Entrepreneurs	Intermediate Sketch-Up	Introduction to Autodesk Fusion 360	Introduction to Web Development
Colour Theory for Digital Design	Intermediate User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Design	Introduction to Data Visualization	Introduction to 3D Animation with Blender
Editorial Design Studio	Introduction to Adobe Photoshop	Introduction to Design Thinking	Social Media Marketing for Creative Professionals
Gizmology: Introduction to Electronics with Arduino	Introduction to Adobe Animate	Introduction to Designing AI Applications	The Art of Type
Graphic Design: Past, Present, and Future	Introduction to Adobe Lightroom	Introduction to Digital Photography	Type and Image Studio
Indigenous Art & Design Studio Prior Learning & Assessment & Recognition	Introduction to Adobe InDesign	Introduction to Sketch-Up
	Introduction to Autodesk Revit BIM	Introduction to User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Design

Working with your OCAD U Account

As a student, you will receive an OCAD U user account, which will grant you access to the OCAD U learning management system, called Canvas.

Your Canvas account will be enabled one week prior to the start date of your course. Login at canvas.ocadu.ca.

Contact continuingstudies@ocadu.ca for assistance with using your Canvas account.

Other questions about Certificates and registration? We are here to help - contact cstudies@unbc.ca.

Qualifications

For online courses, students must complete and turn in all assigned material.
Instructors assess the student's work and issue a grade of pass or fail. Students must receive a passing grade in the course for the course to qualify for the certificate.
Students must complete five distinct qualifying courses within three years. One of these courses may be a qualifying course from any of the other OCAD U Continuing Studies certificates.
Successfully completed courses can be applied towards one certificate only.
Students must register with OCAD U to be eligible for the certificate program. Registration can be done at any time before, during or after completing the requirements.
When students have completed all certificate requirements within the prescribed time limit, they will be able to download a printable PDF file of their certificate.

This program is offered in partnership with
Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U).

Location

Online

Course Requirements

Students are responsible for purchasing their own supplies. Regular access to a computer with a webcam and microphone, high speed broadband internet connection, and a digital camera or smartphone is required.

Details

Course Cancellations

Please note that courses may be cancelled at any time due to low enrolment. Upon cancellation, registrants will receive a full refund.