This is an example of my Capstone projects for my students who have taken a full course load of Film Production.  I begin by dedicating class time to teaching a three act structure, condensed storytelling and script formatting in CELTX.  Each of my students writes an original short to demonstrate their understanding of these skills.  Then they vote which one script to go in to Pre-Production with.  To stress collaboration, they each pick a role to play including everything you would expect EXCEPT for "director" (for power-tripping reasons).  They choose jobs from DP to Location Manager, etc...then they work together to cast NYC actors and shoot it.  Then I teach Adobe Premiere and they all get their hands in the editor's driver seat.