Welcome to West Highland College UHI
We are delighted you have chosen to join us here on the NC Computing & Digital Media Courses
Lewis
Lewis will be your main point of contact and will teach your classes, you can contact him at lewis.sturrock.whc@uhi.ac.uk (It’s a good idea to save this now)
Lewis holds a BA(Hons) in Animation from UWCN
In an emergency you can contact the college by phone on 01397 874 000
Timetable
This is your timetable, you have a short break at 10:45 and a longer one for lunch at 12:30. Classes are on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.
First Period Thursday Morning you will need to dial into VC code 53928 with Mike Pitt for Communications .Some of you will learn in person and some of you will connect over the internet
Important Information
For all of your units you will be required to back up your own data
This includes using OneDrive when possible and emailing all of your work to Lewis
You should backup your data regularly to both cloud services and your USB
We must evidence work that we have completed - links, files and screenshots should all be submitted in an orderly format
You should give all of your files meaningful names - it is advisable to create folders each time we start a new unit
Do not dump all of your files onto the Desktop
Level 5
This is a combined class and includes students who are studying level 5 and level 6
At level 5 you will study;
Semester 1
- Computing: Computer Hardware and Systems
- Digital Media: Still Images
- Computing: Website Design Graphics
- Digital Media: Audio Editing
- Digital Media: Video Editing
- Information literacy
- Social Media Literacy
- Network Literacy
Semester 2
- Animation Fundamentals
- 3D Modelling and Animation: An Introduction
- Computer Games: Media Assets
- Computer Games: Design
- Computing: Applications Development
- Computing: Project
Level 6
This is a combined class and includes students who are studying level 5 and level 6
At level 6 you will study;
Semester 1
- Computing: Computer Hardware and Systems
- Digital Media: Still Images
- Computing: Authoring a Website
- Digital Acquisition and Editing: Audio
- Digital Acquisition and Editing: Video
- Network Literacy
- Ethical Hacking
- Computing: Academic Skills
Semester 2
- Computer Games: 3D Modelling and Animation Skills
- Games Programming
- Computer Games: Design
- Computer Games: Development
- Computing: Applications Development
- Computing: Project
Online
If you are studying remotely then you will need to access BlackBoard Collaborate
Open
You will not need a password
Videos
Additional video materials will be available to watch from
YouTube