Spring 2027

Introduction to Digital Media Production

Introduction to Digital Media Production teaches skills to produce, engage with, and understand emerging technologies for communication and creative expression, fostering critical consumption and production of digital media.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Eric Hoyt4.4/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Eric Hoyt

Students reported that exams and assignments were fair. One student noted that even harder concepts like coding were made enjoyable and accessible through the instruction.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Employ aesthetic and design principles in the creation of digital media

  • Integrate ethical and legal considerations in the creation of digital media

  • Create works of digital media through the bringing together of concepts, aesthetic choices, and technical execution

  • Analyze how stories are constructed and told across forms of digital media

  • Critically reflect on the relationship and communication dynamic between artistic self-expression and audience engagement

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Professors

Spring 2027

Eric Hoyt

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.71/5 from 56 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 4.9/5 raw quality · 2.5/5 difficulty · 12 reviews

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Past student reviews · Eric Hoyt

Eric Hoyt taught engaging and fun lectures, often making difficult concepts like coding enjoyable. Students described his exams and assignments as fair, noting that projects helped them gain working knowledge of various software. Many reviewers emphasized his passion for teaching and genuine care for students, with some stating the class influenced their academic majors.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.86 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=118 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.90 GPA, 95.3% A/AB (n=127 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 92.8% A/AB (n=111 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ERIC HOYT is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1280
LAB 304Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 307Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 308Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 305Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 303Classroom Instruction0 / 160

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Eric Hoyt

Professor Hoyt delivers engaging, fun lectures that students found hilarious and interesting. Reviewers noted his passion for digital media and teaching, with some calling the class a favorite.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 92.8% A/AB (n=111 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 83.6% A/AB (n=110 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.44 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=56 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Eric Hoyt

Students reported that exams and assignments were fair. One student noted that even harder concepts like coding were made enjoyable and accessible through the instruction.

Past student reviews · Eric Hoyt

Projects were described as interesting and useful, leaving students with working knowledge of various software. The class atmosphere was laid-back, with one student recalling the professor dancing during lectures.

Topics

  • New and emerging technologies in communication and creative expression.
  • Ethical and legal considerations in digital media creation.
  • Relationship between artistic self-expression and audience engagement.

Skills

  • Producing, engaging with, and understanding new and emerging technologies for communication and creative expression.
  • Employing aesthetic and design principles in the creation of digital media.
  • Analyzing how stories are constructed and told across forms of digital media.

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.13 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
COMARTS 155 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Digital Media Production

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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