Industry professionals recognize Sheridan as the best interactive multimedia college in Canada. The Coordinator of the Sheridan Interactive Multimedia Graduate Certificate Program, Dan Zen, was named “Educator of the Year” at the 2008 Canadian New Media Awards for his pioneering curriculum in interactivity, social media, mobile technology, and Flash programming.

The same spirit of creative innovation typifies all interactive multimedia courses at Sheridan. You’ll develop superior new media skills in this intensive one-year graduate program, learning to combine graphics, text, animation, audio, and video to produce: Games and puzzles, Web and Mobile applications, Artistic and experimental work, Rich media, Simulations for education and entertainment, Interactive television

Build Environments from the Ground Up: Students learn to build interactive multimedia environments from the ground up, using the latest versions of software such as Flash, DreamWeaver, PHP, MySQL, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and After Effects. The curriculum covers traditional digital media as well as emerging technologies and alternative interfaces such as mutitouch, gesture capture, and mediated reality.

Students acquire valuable experience by working with real-world clients, managing a complete project through all phases - from needs analysis to conceptualization, visual design, prototyping, development, testing, and on-time delivery. Past clients have included the Canadian Football League (CFL), Ontario Block Parent, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and the Miss Canada Pageant.

Classes are small and intimate, ensuring plenty of direct student-instructor interaction. There’s no better place to prepare for an interactive multimedia career. Come see why Sheridan is widely recognized as the best.

• Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
• The Halton Region
• Queen's University
• Sapient
• Autodesk
• Shaw Communications
• IBM
• Cossette
• Trapeze
• Blast Radius
• Epiculture
• Critical Mass
• MacLaren 
• McCann
• Xenophile Media
• TVO

• Postsecondary diploma or degree and/or Demonstrated competence through related work and/or educational experience 
• Students are expected to have computer literacy skills prior to admission (Microsoft Windows, image editing software, Web page tools).
• Demonstrated competence through related work and/or educational experience and Response to a questionnaire Review of portfolio which may include: Design or visualization work (such as graphic art, posters, paintings, drawings), Programming work (such as sample code in JavaScript, ActionScript, etc.), Website work (such as HTML and interface work) 
• Preferably, the work should be on CD or DVD. If you have collaborated on work then please outline what you did. If you have managed or provided marketing or editorial elements of websites or discs, please provide details. The portfolio will be returned if requested. 
• Postsecondary transcripts, indicating courses completed to date, must be submitted to ontariocolleges.ca at the time of application. 
• Applicants who do not meet the admission requirements for this program will be assessed and advised individually and may be considered for other, related programs.

Term 1

• IMM Web Authoring 1
• IMM Web Application Development 1
• IMM Web Design 1
• IMM Multimedia Pioneering 1
• IMM Audio Video 1
• IMM Project Management 1
• IMM Visual Design

Term 2

• IMM Web Authoring 2
• IMM Web Application Development 2
• IMM Web Design 2
• IMM Motion Graphics
• IMM Multimedia Pioneering 2
• IMM Audio Video 2
• IMM Project Management 2