By reviewing main course of the establishment of digital media discipline and based on the people- oriented education idea, the work discusses the connotation of digital media discipline ontology, introduces the concept of multiple talent training, and firmly develops a new training mode. By recombing the key elements of digital media discipline, the basic principles and thinking modes of redesign are put forward and the redesign model is refined to reveal the internal relationship between digital media and design. The design philosophy and guiding principles of design thinking are discussed. It emphasizes that the digital media discipline should be integrated into the academic track of design redesign by taking advantage of the opportunity of continuous improvement of digital media discipline, to stabilize the digital media specialty and prepare versatile smart new talents for the new forms and new industry of the new century.