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ITC216 Online Multimedia (8)

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 Location

Session 1
InternalAlbury-Wodonga Campus
InternalCSU Study Centre Melbourne
InternalCSU Study Centre Sydney
DistanceAlbury-Wodonga Campus
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.

Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Computing and Mathematics

Enrolment restrictions

Restrictions: ITC389 or ITC589 Prerequisites: ITC125 or ITC105
Incompatible subject(s)
ITC389 ITC589

Learning Outcomes

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.

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The information contained in the 2014 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 13 September 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.