AVC 248, Course Schedule

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This course is built around two through-lines that run every week: interview skill scaffolding and resume development. Interview practice builds from written responses early in the semester to recorded OBS sessions to a full mock interview in Week 13. Resume drafts are spaced every other week to allow for instructor feedback. ★ Render is your personal career launchpad, you’ll add to it throughout the semester and leave with everything you’ve built in one place. In the final weeks you build your Career Agent, and your final Render export now includes a portable career-agent and personal-learning-plan .md file you keep and keep improving on your own AI tool after the course.

Written practice (IP1–IP6)

OBS / Big Interview (IP7–IP12)

Mock / Final

★ Render, career launchpad

Grading week

Wk	Theme	Interview Practice	Resume	★ Render	Work This Week	Notes
First Half, Building Your Foundation
1	Getting Started	IP1, Written response After Career Services Overview video	,	Setup account Goals & dream job Tool logins	Technology Login Challenge Part 1, Adobe, OBS, Miro Technology Login Challenge Part 2, Behance, LinkedIn, Discord Discussion: Career Services Overview Watch: Career Services Overview video	First week is intentionally light, students are setting up 5+ platforms.
2	Goals & Marketplace	IP2, Written response	1st Draft due	Job Search #1 Target market	Personal Goals & Identity Statement Discussion: Industry Job Posting #1 Market research, who are you targeting?	Resume 1st Draft due. Instructor grades in Week 3.
3	Goals & Marketplace (cont.)	IP3, Written response Watch: Interview Research video first	Grading	Job Search #2 Company research notes	Instructor grades Resume 1st Draft Refine target company list from Wk 2 Watch: Part I, Conducting Research for the Interview	Grading week for instructor. Students watch research video and do IP3.
4	Resume + Cover Letter	IP4, Written response	2nd Draft due	,	Resume 2nd Draft, incorporate Week 3 feedback Cover Letter, begin draft Discussion: Portfolio Inspiration #1	Heavy production week, resume draft + cover letter + IP4.
5	Identity & STAR Method	IP5, Written response Watch: Interview Question Types video first	Grading	Identity Statement	Instructor grades Resume 2nd Draft Identity Design Brief Watch: Part II, Interview Question Types Discussion: AI Resume Experiment & Reflection	STAR method introduced in writing before any recording.
6	Identity & Self-Presentation	IP6, Written response Watch: How to Practice video first	3rd Draft due	Elevator Pitch Business Card	Resume 3rd Draft, design pass begins Business Card, design and produce Elevator Pitch, written draft Watch: Part III, How to Practice	Last written IP before first OBS recording next week.
7	Midterm Prep + First Recording	IP7, First OBS recording Low stakes, same setup as midterm	Grading	Leave-Behind	Instructor grades Resume 3rd Draft Leave-Behind Concept Midterm Portfolio Preparation Plan OBS setup check, face, background, lighting	First recording intentionally low stakes so students are comfortable before the midterm.
8	Midterm	IP8, Midterm Portfolio Presentation Presenting work on camera = interview practice	,	,	Midterm In-Process Portfolio Presentation, 2–3 min recorded video Portfolio / Reel Plan, strategy for second half Discussion: Portfolio Inspiration #2	Midterm week. Instructor grades presentations.
Second Half, Launching Your Career
9	Business Practices	IP9, Big Interview gccaz.biginterview.com, first AI session	4th Draft due	Job Search #3 Marketing Plan	Resume 4th Draft, polished, design-complete Freelancing Resources & Warnings Watch: Career Conversation, Virtual Interviews Cover Letter, final polish	First Big Interview session. Students use the platform again in Week 13 for the full mock.
10	Business Practices (cont.)	IP10, OBS recording	Grading	Freelance Plan Contract template	Instructor grades Resume 4th Draft Project Brief with Contract Spec Sheet Discussion: Industry Job Posting #2, freelance lens	Contract and freelance plan work. AIGA standard contract linked from this module.
11	Networking & LinkedIn	IP11, OBS recording	,	LinkedIn profile link Mentor contact	Learning LinkedIn for Students LinkedIn Content, posting professionally Finding a Mentor, outreach practice Portfolio Check-In, progress review Discussion: Portfolio Inspiration #3	Finding a Mentor introduced here; follow-up in Week 12.
12	Networking & LinkedIn (cont.)	IP12, OBS recording Watch: Questions to Ask video first	,	Job Search #4	Updated LinkedIn Profile Watch: 20 Questions for End of Interview Finding a Mentor, follow up	Last OBS practice before the full mock in Week 13.
13	Full Mock Interview	Mock Interview + Big Interview Culmination of all 12 prior practices	,	Interview prep notes Job search schedule	Interview Research, review Types of Interview Questions, review How to Practice, final review Mock Job Interview, Canva deck, self-directed Big Interview, gccaz.biginterview.com Code: GCCMARICOPA · Assignment: cea436	12 practices before this week. Students are ready.
14	Copyright + Final Package begins	,	,	Build Your Career Agent Personal learning plan	Copyright for Digital Media Artists, librarian module Copyright basics, fair use, licensing, AI & rights Replaces Fair Use quiz from old Week 1 Module 9, Build Your Career Agent, capstone begins Dream job + gap reflection, then generate your study plan Final Resume, begin Final Identity Package, begin Final Leave-Behind, begin	Copyright module in development with GCC librarian. More meaningful after a full semester of making work.
15	Final Package, due	Final Portfolio Presentation Polished 2-min recorded video, all semester skills on display	,	Final Resume Final Cover Letter Final Portfolio Final LinkedIn Export career agent .md ★ Complete, submitted	Final Resume, submit Final Identity Package, submit Final Leave-Behind, submit Updated Portfolio, Behance or equivalent Final Portfolio Presentation, polished OBS video Updated LinkedIn, final Career Agent, finish and export your learning-plan .md	Render submitted as part of the final package. Students leave with a fully populated career launchpad and a portable career-agent .md learning plan they own and keep improving after Canvas access ends.