The Film/Television/Media Department is building a new Digital Asset Management course for students that will teach them to archive media.
The D.A.M., course called FTVM75, will be available in a year to help incorporate new technologies for students to learn how to use server-based managing software.
A D.A.M. is set of database records. According to TechTarget, the D.A.M. is the development of an infrastructure to preserve and manage digital assets. It also contains a search function that allows users to recognize, locate and recover an asset.
Lead Faculty, Candice Larson of the FTVM department, spoke about how the class will implement new strategies.
“Everything is digital now, so we are training out students how to handle it on a server,” said Larson. “It prepares our students to work with directors and producers on how to archive material and get it into the system.”
FTVM75 would be worth three credits plus have two lectures and three lab hours. The new class would apply to an Associate Degree, and could be used as transfer credit to a California State University.
FTVM75 is waiting on state approval and equipment for the course.
For more information on the FTVM department, please click on the following link.
http://mcftvm.com/ Or call (805)-378-1490.
