Pop-up classes are short, one-credit hour courses designed to allow students to dive into emerging industry trends and gain skills to prepare them for future careers.
Pop-up classes are open to all UNL students. Register in MyRed.
JOMC 191.951 : Getting Started with AR/VR
FEB. 21 TO MARCH 19, THURSDAYS, 5-8 P.M.
The course will provide a unique experience to begin thinking about how immersive media is used to tell stories with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Throughout the course you will work to develop elements, design functionality, strategize ways to engage audiences, using emerging platforms. Given the nature of the environment, students will even be developing new ways of tackling challenges with AR/VR.
Faculty: Adam Wagler
JOUR 491/891.952: Visualizing Floods
FEB. 21, 4:30-8 P.M., FEB. 22, 12-5 P.M. AND FEB. 23, 12-5 P.M.
This course will explore different methods for visualizing floods. We'll start by exploring available data on river water levels and water on the ground. Then we'll both map and graph the data! The end product will be an interactive web visualization. The course will use html and R, with opportunities for catch-up for students who haven't used it before. This is a great opportunity to advance coding, mapping and web skills.
Faculty: Olga Pierce
ADPR 291.951: Media Sales & Account Management
FEB. 8&9, 10 A.M. - 6 P.M.
Love coming up with great ideas and solutions, but find yourself always the one who makes sure every little detail is completed with the best possible result? Then this is your opportunity to put those talents and skills to work and explore the world of media sales and account management.
This interactive, fast-paced session will explore everything from the skill set needed to succeed in the world of media sales and account management to developing and closing a multimedia plan for a local business.
Faculty: David Thieman, sales director, Greeley Tribune
ADPR 491/891.951: Creative Problem Solving by Archrival
FEB. 28, 5-8 P.M., FEB. 29, 10-5 P.M. AND MARCH 6, 5-9 P.M. | THIS CLASS WILL BE TAUGHT AT ARCHRIVAL
Perhaps there is no greater skill than creative problem solving. Learn how to take a challenge and turn it into an opportunity through strategy, critical thinking and creative passion. After a series of quick hits, we'll work on a real project and take you through the Archrival school of hard knocks. Briefs. Insights. Strategy. Execution. Presentation. At the end of an intense two weeks, you'll have to pull it all together into a final pitch for a panel of judges. Good luck with that and be prepared to bring your A game.
Faculty: Clint! Runge, founder and CEO, Archrival
JOMC 391.951: History of Women in Advertising, Broadcasting, Journalism and Sports
2:30-5:30 P.M., MARCH 6, 13, 20 AND APRIL 3 &10
The course will discuss the history of women in advertising, broadcasting, sports, and journalism. While students may have some knowledge of women in these professions, this course will dive in deeper to the history of women in the profession especially those taking leadership roles. Women also played roles far earlier than many of us realize and often failed to receive the full credit due for their roles. The course will include looking at women of color in the professions. The course will answer the questions: Who were the trailblazers? Who had accomplishments many may not know about? How did women in the profession get the ground they have? What can we learn from these women and their contributions?.
Faculty: Katie Krcmarik
JOMC 491/891.954: 360 Video Storytelling
WEDNESDAYS, 5-8 P.M., APRIL 1-29
In traditional video storytelling, it's easy to focus a viewer’s attention in order to further the story: Simply point the camera at the action. Framing excludes any extraneous content. In the 360 video environment, the storyteller can no longer control the frame: the viewer does. How must the story change to accommodate for this? How does a storyteller direct attention without a frame? What types of stories work, and what types do not, in a 360 environment? We will take a practical approach to answering these questions by creating short stories using 360 video.
Faculty: Alan Eno
Learn more and see all the pop-ups at https://journalism.unl.edu/pop-up.