Certificate III in Screen & Media 

Units 1 and 2 students learn the key skills to produce digital works and explore a range of Adobe CC software. They use;

• Photoshop to prepare images for the web and advertising.

• Illustrator to explore digital drawing techniques, and illustration.

• Animate to create animations based on a brief.

• Dreamweaver to update and maintain websites.

Units 3 and 4 offers a scored VCE assessment contributing to an ATAR, as well as a VET Certificate. It includes assessments that cover 2D animations, writing content for media, web design and digital graphic design. This is where the students get to work for real and fictional clients and put all their creative thinking and software skills to use.

VCE Exam

If taken as a VCE subject you will sit an exam at the end of year 12. This exam is predominately practical and sat on a computer. It includes approximately 20 multiple choice questions, 13 short answer question. The practical component requires you to fix a broken website, create a simple animation and write or edit content for the website. Finally placing the content and the animation on the website.

Pathways / Career Opportunities:

The skills learnt during this program can be used in almost any career and are sort out by employers. Whether it be making your own business cards, creating and updating your employer’s website, taking photos to advertise a business or making menus for your family’s restaurant. With additional training and experience, potential employment opportunities may include: graphic designer, web designer, games designer, animator, Illustrator or digital artist.

Contribution to VCE / VCE VM & VPC

These credits must be confirmed with the VET Coordinator at your school.