Digital Arts

Model and create characters while learning professional animation techniques from the pros, bringing your ideas to life with an animated film. Learn how to create 3D character animations with Maya. Bring characters to life by learning professional techniques to make animation fun and easy. Develop an understanding of the storytelling and character animation process with the industry-standard 3D software, Autodesk Maya. 

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

In this introductory course you'll develop an artistic style using Autodesk Maya and CGI to master the basics of modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering and animation for 3D film production. Create 3D models, sculpt characters, and build environments as you explore complex modeling techniques that focus on proper model topology. Learn professional workflows as you work with Autodesk Maya.

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

In this course, students will learn how to develop their very own products from concept to 3D printed prototype using an Ultimaker 2+ 3D Printer and Autodesk Fusion 360. They will act as designers and will be given real-world design challenges.

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

Creating has undergone an incredible evolution in the last decade as 3D printing capabilities continue to rapidly evolve. Whether fixing your favorite toy’s broken part or building your 3D printed city, this course will empower students with the fundamental understanding and experience with the software and hardware that are responsible for custom 3D printing.

Age: 9-12

Style: Teacher-Led

Incorporate classical animation principles and understand the importance of animation in TV, film and games history. Develop expertise in Adobe Animate for Flash animations and character testing.

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

With nearly one billion daily active users combined, YouTube is the established player while Instagram and TikTok have crashed onto the digital content scene like a tidal wave. Get social, learn from experts, and share your new skills with your world. Learn the fundamentals of the creative digital arts and develop your skills with mobile apps, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. 

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

Ever wonder how the objects we use every day have changed over time? How about what these objects would look like in the future? Learn about the changes in the designs we use and design your own versions in the future. In this course, young students will investigate the way design has changed over time by examining the objects and places that influence our day-to-day lives

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

This course will give you the opportunity to learn about and practice all different kinds of design. Whether you're interested in fashion, technology, product design, architecture, or play spaces, you can build your design skills and knowledge by tackling a series of design challenges. You can even have the opportunity to share your design solutions with others.

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

In this course, you will combine your creative genius and 3D designs to create an original play space. Youll start with simple structures and then use the design process to envision and start building a world for fun, play, and exploration.Designing Play Spaces takes learners on a journey that begins with inspiration and ends with an exciting project-based design activity. 

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

Cities are amazing, complex places. Helping so many people live healthy, happy lives in one place is part of the work of urban designers and architects. Use your talent and creativity to create unique urban spaces that make city living better for everyone. In this course, students will explore the role of designers, architects, and urban planners in making cities better places to live. 

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

Take your drawing and illustration skills from paper to digital, understanding the principles of life-drawing (utilizing clothed digital poses and anatomy), perspective (1, 2 and 3-point) and composition. Understand how to design backgrounds and characters that work well when animated. Develop the art of storytelling by thinking sequentially to create storyboards.

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

Professional shooting techniques combined with hands-on learning show you how to use your DSLR camera to take world-class photographs. Master your DSLR camera as you learn professional workflows and manual camera controls like aperature, shutter speed, and ISO speed settings. Use Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop to edit your photos before creating a professional portfolio.

Age: 13-18

Style: Teacher-Led

Do you like watching cartoons and animated movies and wonder how pictures can be made to come to life? Learn how some of your favourite shows are created!

In this course students will be exposed to three types of animations that are most commonly seen on TV and movies today and explore how each of them are created by professionals in the field. They will then learn to create their own simple animations using the flip book method as well as using a program to create animation.

Style: Self-Paced

Learn how to draw and edit illustrations and how to take and edit photos to use in creative projects for fun and for an audience. Learn basic photography techniques (zoom, shadow, composition, etc) to understand some of the ways that photographers can create a narrative as well. Analyze how different elements of a picture convey meaning. Plan a story you  want to tell and use a collection of images (drawings, found images, and your own photos) to tell a story.

Style: Self-Paced

In this course, students will learn about the ways in which images are used to tell stories. Already familiar with picture books, they will use this knowledge as a springboard to analyze how different elements of a picture convey meaning. They learn how to use different online drawing programs to create digital illustrations for specific purposes. As a final step, they will plan a story they want to tell and use a collection of original digital illustrations to tell their story.

Style: Self-Paced

Students will learn about the ways in which images are used to tell stories. Already familiar with picture books, they will use this knowledge as a springboard to analyze how different elements of a picture convey meaning. They will then learn basic photography techniques (zoom, shadow, composition, etc) to understand some of the ways that photographers can create a narrative as well. They will plan a story they want to tell and use a collection of images to tell a story.

Style: Self-Paced

Watched an animation on TV or in the movies? Learn about how professionals like the ones from Pixar create storyboards to plan out their ideas. Explore the common types of animation that are featured on TV and movies. Discover that no matter what type, a good animation depends on good planning. Professionals use storyboarding to plan out their work before creating their animation and students will have an opportunity to try it using a web-based tool called StoryboardThat.

Style: Self-Paced

Take this course to learn about the art of storytelling and try your hands on creating a story using helpful hints from professionals! In this course, students will learn about the ways in which images are used to tell stories. Already familiar with picture books, they will use this knowledge as a springboard to analyze how different elements of a picture convey meaning.

Style: Self-Paced

This course will give you the skills to find stories to tell, and to reach an audience. It’s your moment, it’s your world, so help shape it. In App Designer Studio, students will design, create, and market an app that meets the needs of a defined user group. Through this process, you will explore the diverse range of applications created for mobile devices including social networks, health informatics, sports science, fintech, resource sharing, and recommendation algorithms.

Style: Self-Paced

Ever wonder how the objects we use every day have changed over time? How about what these objects would look like in the future? Learn about the changes in the designs we use and design your own versions in the future.

Style: Self-Paced

This course will give you the opportunity to learn about and practice all different kinds of design. Whether you’re interested in fashion, technology, product-design, architecture, or play spaces, you can build your design skills and knowledge by tackling a series of design challenges. You can even have the opportunity to share your design solutions with others.

Style: Self-Paced

Cities are amazing, complex places. Use your talent and creativity to create unique urban spaces that make city living better for everyone. In this course students will explore the role of designers, architects, and urban planners in making cities better places to live. They will then use their own ideas and research to design an urban space that seeks to improve urban life by addressing specific urban issues.

Style: Self-Paced

Learn some techniques and tricks that graphic designers use. Apply your new skills and knowledge to create your own websites, book covers, logos and more. Learn about accepted principles of graphic design and their influence on media ranging from print design to app design. Explore the ways that colour scheme and layout affect the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) in many the devices and programs we use every day.

Style: Self-Paced

This course will introduce students to the world of 3D modeling in our global society before creating 3D models using the polygonal method of modeling. These models can then be viewed and shared in a digital environment or printed using a 3D printer. With the basic skills the student learns in this course, they will be able to start exploring a variety of education paths to working in the 3D modelling industry in other areas of interest.

Style: Self-Paced

Learn some techniques and tricks that graphic designers use. Apply your new skills and knowledge to create your own websites, book covers, logos and more. Participants in this course will learn about accepted principles of graphic design and their influence on media ranging from print design to app design. Throughout the course, participants will analyze, remix, and create original work for target audiences that reflect these essential concepts of design.

Style: Self-Paced

Combine your creative genius and 3D designs to create an original play space.  An opportunity for learners to combine design thinking, 3D modeling skills and creativity as they design and build (with software) a public play space of their choice. The course begins with students discovering the different types of careers  as architect-designers while they learn the skills that help them build virtual spaces inspired by their own ideas and of the designers who inspire them.

Style: Self-Paced