SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentInternational Master's Program in International Communication Studies, First Year International Master's Program in International Communication Studies, Second Year
Course NameDigital Content Marketing in Social Media
InstructorYANG MEN-GCHIEH
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Week 1



Lecture/Discussion



History of the Web



How the Web Works



Hands-on



HTML I



 



Week 2



Lecture/Discussion



The rise of Unser-generated content and Social Media



Hands-on



HTML II



 



Week 3



Lecture/Discussion



Project 1 Presentation



Principles of Digital Photography



Story Telling with Digital Photography



Hands-on



Canva



Photoshop I



 



Week 4



Lecture/Discussion



Photos, Images, Infographics Design for the Web and for Social Media



What are the traditional and cutting edge tools for image creation?



Hands-on



Adobe Online Tools



Photoshop II



 



Week 5



Lecture/Discussion



Design Principles:



The traditional media, the Web, and the Social Media



*Term Project Announced



Hands-on



What is Cascading Stylesheet?



CSS I



 



Week 6



Lecture/Discussion



Project 2 Presentation (Photoshop)



How to Create a Photo Story for the Web and for Social Media



*Term Project Topic due



Hands-on



What is Cascading Stylesheet?



CSS II



 



Week 7



Lecture/Discussion



Term Project Presentation and Discussion



Group & Individual consultation time



 



Week 8



Lecture/Discussion



Online Video



YouTube, TikTok, Facebook Watch, Instagram Reels, etc.



Video Creation for the Web and for the Social Media



Video Creation for YouTube



Hands-on



Video Shooting



Video Editing I



 



Week 9



Midterm



 



Week 10



Lecture/Discussion



Online Video Marketing Techniques



Understanding YouTube Analytics



Hands-on



Video Editing II



Creating the Thumbnail Image



Uploading your video the right way



 



 



Week 11



Lecture/Discussion



Website Construction in 2022



Various Platforms for Web Creation



Hands-on



Google Sites



Google Analytics



WordPress I-



Create your Personal Website



Site setup



 



Week 12



Lecture/Discussion



Writing for the Web and for the Social Media



User Interface



Digital Story Telling and Data



Hands-on



WordPress II

Content Types- Pages vs. Posts



Menu Setup



 



Week 13



Lecture/Discussion



Digital Content and Online Marketing Strategy



Branding: Personal Branding and Branding for Small Business/Organizations



Hands-on



WordPress III



Themes & Design



Social Media Integration



 



Week 14



Lecture/Discussion



Social Media Branding: Facebook and Instagram



Branding, name, tagline, description, etc.



Hands-on



Deciding the “Brand name” and “tag line” for your term project



Creating Social Media Accounts for your Term Project



Creating a WordPress Site for your Term Project



 



Week 15



Lecture/Discussion



Social Media Design



Banner image, profile image, etc.,



Hands-on



Creating branding-related images for social media



 



Week 16



Lecture/Discussion



Social Media Worldwide: Twitter, Telegram, Line, Linked-in



Hands-on



Create two additional social media profiles for term projects



 



Week 17



Work on Term Projects



Group and individual Consultation



 



Week 18



Term Project Presentation



 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

This will be announced during the first weekly meeting.


Requirement/Grading

Attendance: Attendance is required in this course. If students must miss classes, they are allowed no more than two absences. Any more than that, students’ course grade and overall participation grade will suffer.



HTML Project: 10%



Photoshop Project: 10%



CSS Project: 10%



Term Project Presentation: 10%



Video Project: 10%



Midterm: 20%



WordPress Site: 30%, including but not limiting to site design, content creation, and social media intergration.

 




  • Students are allowed to use AI for:



1.     Revise and enhance their writings, but not to have AI write the content for them.



2.     Interact with AI and ask questions while researching on a specific topic.



3.     Any form of AI-assisted coding to help with Web languages is allowed.


Textbook & Reference

There is no assigned textbook for this class. There will be journal articles and online readings for each week, as well as multimedia assisted materials, such as online videos.


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