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What you'll learn

Learners will be able to replicate the data-driven animation process from conceptualization to asset creation, data visualization, and composition.

Learners will be able to make informed decisions between available programs and techniques for visualizing data.

Learners will be able to distill the methods, results, and implications of scientific research into an accessible, succinct, and impactful animation.

Skills you'll gain

Style Guides

Animations

Adobe Premiere

Computer Graphic Techniques

Video Editing

Autodesk Maya

Technical Communication

Data Storytelling

Scientific Visualization

Adobe After Effects

Data Presentation

Data Literacy

Peer Review

Motion Graphics

Storyboarding

Graphics Software

Scripting

Visualization (Computer Graphics)

Post-Production

Data Visualization Software

There are 5 modules in this course

This course trains students in data-based storytelling that promotes research and science communication for the benefit of communities and policymakers on local and global scales. Students will draft a science writing script, create custom raster and vector graphics, data visualizations, and animations in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Autodesk Maya. For their final project, students will assemble these data-driven assets into an animated video abstract.

Week 2—Creating assets: illustrations & graphs

Week 3—2D Animation with Adobe After Effects

Week 4—3D Animation with Autodesk Maya

Week 5—Final Composition: Editing and Communication Strategy