ITC216 Online Multimedia (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Computing (COMPU)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject introduces the student to the rapidly expanding field of multimedia and its ability to improve the quality of presentation and communication of information in electronic publications.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
| Internal | CSU Study Centre Melbourne |
| Internal | CSU Study Centre Sydney |
| Distance | Albury-Wodonga | Session 3 |
| Internal | CSU Study Centre Melbourne |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ITC216
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Enrolment restrictions:
Restrictions: ITC389 or ITC589 Prerequisites: ITC125 or ITC105
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- recognise the importance of content and instructional design;
- demonstrate an awareness of multimedia design and documentation;
- distinguish between online multimedia development/prototyping, evaluation methodology and procedure;
- analyse the characteristics of each media type and describe their application and procedure for using on the Internet;
- develop interactive Web pages that incorporate a variety of digital media, including text, graphics, animation, video, sound, etc.;
- be able to edit the different types of media to generate a composite document;
- show how to script interactive multimedia clips and identify the techniques available to do so;
- evaluate the protocols, standards and representation techniques appropriate to the storage and transmission of multimedia information;
- recognise the implications of copyright in the use of multimedia; and
- describe the current and future trends in online multimedia development.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Standards - MIME types, text & hypertext, sound, animation, video, graphics, - Production methods - authoring, image acquisition, graphic design, scripting methods, compositing, rendering, preparation of all types of documents to include multimedia components, - MM Data Storage - CD, DVD, HDD - types, formats, production, - Broadband - video, audio, conferencing, - On-line multimedia - scripting languages, compression techniqures, - Case Studies - examples drawn from current industry practice.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.