


Course
High School: Digital Media Lab: Content Creation & Animation for Today's World
ENG-90048
A makerspace is a community space where people get together to learn how to think, make, and create. In this course, students will use the Sally Ride Science (SRS) Makerspace to explore the software and hardware necessary to create engaging, professional digital media content. Students will explore the creation of short- and long-form videos, utilize digital animation software and produce media to facilitate an exciting product pitch.
What you'll learn
- Students will familiarize themselves with concepts and skills necessary to storyboard, create, and edit digital media content
- Students will be able to identify and create digital content for scenarios such as the workplace, consumer/marketing scenarios, and social media audiences
- Students will create short- and long-form videos
- Students will be introduced to green screen and animated video techniques
- Students will be used digital media content and animation as part of a product pitch and development process
- Students will strengthen their problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Course Information
In-Person
1.50 units
$320.00
Course sessions
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Instructor:
Cathy is from Oceanside, California, where she grew up and fostered her love for the beach and the outdoors. She spends most of her free time traveling across the national parks, rock climbing, going to concerts, and playing board games. Outside of that, she spends lots of time working in the research world at UCSD, with an emphasis in NanoMedicine and Philosophy of Science.
With a love of the environment, she is now focused in research for sustainability in Medical Devices and bringing Sustainable Engineering to the youth.
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Section ID:
189450
Class type:
This is a traditional classroom setting.
All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.
All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.
Textbooks:
All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 5/31/2025
- 1st meeting mandatory
- Early enrollment advised
- No UCSD parking permit required
- No visitors permitted
Schedule:
Date | Day | Start | End | Location |
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7/14/2025 | Mon | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 207, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
7/15/2025 | Tue | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 207, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
7/16/2025 | Wed | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 207, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
7/17/2025 | Thu | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 207, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
7/18/2025 | Fri | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 207, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
Instructor:
Cathy Cao

Cathy Cao
With a love of the environment, she is now focused in research for sustainability in Medical Devices and bringing Sustainable Engineering to the youth.