Faculty : Faculty of Information Studies
Course : Diploma in Information Management
Subject : Multimedia
Code : SMM 208
Credit Hours : 3
Contact Hours : 3
Subject Status : Core
Semester : 3
Pre-requisite : Nil
This subject discusses through the theory an application of multimedia building blocks. It explores the techniques and skills in developing and producing in order to integrate all elements in multimedia building blocks. There are many software would be used to edit the entire media element component and there are so many step should be followed before all element media can be integrate through the software Director 6.
At the end of the course, student should be able to;
2.1 understand the multimedia basic concept, structure and organisation, and the jobs opportunities in multimedia production
2.2 understand at least four major step to development of multimedia presentation building block;
2.2.1 discussion and plotting the outline of multimedia presentation and to distribute work in each members in the group
2.2.2 prepared all kind of media element needed like to find out the sources, selection and to capturing and editing all the element through the special software before going to the next step ďż˝ integrate to becoming the multimedia application
2.2.3 preparation to build-up the storyboard
2.2.4 Integrate the entire media element (sound, video, audio, graphic, text, animation and etc.) with followed the plot and logic flow chart of the application or presentation.
2.3 learning through the experience how they rate the presentation and the setting. The student also can request their recommendations for improving future presentations of the same application or others
2.4 gather quantitative and qualitative data, use some kind of evaluation form.
| Topic | Week | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Multimedia and history of Multimedia.
Definition:
| 1 |
| 2 | Terminology and Multimedia elements
| 2 |
| 3 | Technology and Application
Multimedia usage;
| 3 |
| 4 | Planning Preparation of proposal;
| 4-5 |
| 5 | Design Preparation of storyboards;
| 6-8 |
| 6 | Development
Production of Multimedia Building Block
Authoring (software:Directors)
| 9- 11 |
| 7 | Packaging and preparation of presentation
| 12-13 |
| 8 | Project Presentation
| 14 |
Lectures
Tutorial
Practical exercises
Individual:
Resume project (20 marks)
Test (30 marks)
Group:
Proposal (10 marks)
Storyboard (10 marks)
Final project (30 marks)
(remark: Marks will given 60% through the individual/group editing and authoring effort and 40% from the import sources multimedia element)
John Villamil-Casanova, Lois Molina (1996).An Interactive Guide to Multimedia, Miami: QUE-E&T, 1996.
Win & Mac (1997). Macromedia Director 6 and Lingo Interactive, US: macromedia press, 1997.
Holsinger, Erik (1994). How multimedia works. California: Ziff-Davis Press, 1994
Multimedia Literacy
Multimedia Technology and Application
Multimedia, Making It work
An Interactive Guide to Multimedia
Multimedia in Action