MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION I

MDIA122-01

Syllabus

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. William J. Au Coin

OFFICE: T 329 OFFICE HOURS: M,W,F 9:00 - 11:00 PHONE: Ext. 1829

MASSASOIT WEBSITE: http://www.massasoit.mass.edu/faculty/waucoin

PERSONAL WEBSITE: http://billaucoin.com

EMAIL: waucoin@massasoit.mass.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will introduce students to the various tools and systems necessary to produce electronic media with an emphasis on integration of multimedia formats on web pages, media production, multimedia integration, electronic hardware, and multimedia delivery systems. It will be a hands-on course, which will have the students primarily involved in developing actual multimedia production skills and less emphasis on audio production theory.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. Students will learn to integrate Multimedia and Web Pages.

2. Students will learn to create, edit and display a Digital Images.

3. Students will learn to create, edit and display Animated Graphics.

4. Students will learn to create, edit and display Audio files.

5. Students will learn to create, edit and display Video files.

6. Students will learn to produce Multimedia displays.

TEACHING PROCEDURE:

Lecture, Hands-on Production

TEXT: (Optional)

Mack, Streaming Media ISBN: 0-7645-3650-8

REQUIREMENTS and GRADING:

12 Projects 50%

Mid-term 25%

Final exam 25%

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students must attend all classes.

COURSE CONTENT:

Week 1

Introduction to Multimedia

Create a Multimedia (Text) Web Page

System logon

Week 2

Text, Web Page and Multimedia

Headers

Ascii

Fonts

Paragraphing

Font Coloring

Subscripts

Project #1

Week 3

Introduce Images

Web Page Display

Background Image

Text Image

Text Color Gradient

Project #2

Week 4

Image Capture Hardware

Using Digital Camera photographic image on web page.

Using Scanner to capture and display image on web page.

Using Screen capture program to capture images

Project #3

Week 5

Animated text

Paint Program

Project #4

Week 6

Animation software

Gif Construction

Project #5

Week 7

Introduction to Digital Audio

Create and Edit a Wave File

Project #6

Week 8

Mid-term Exam

Week 9

Spring Break

Week 10

File Compression and CD Burning

MPEG

MP3

Project #7

Week 11

Create Music

Flash

Hammerhead

Project #8

Week 12

Introduction to MIDI

Project #9

Week 13

Introduction to Digital Video

Create, Edit and Convert digital (Audio Video) movies

Remove and replace an audio track from a provided movie.

Cam Studio

Resound

Project #10

Week 14

Introduction to Powerpoint

Project #11

Week 15

Introduction to Microsoft Agents

Project #12

Final Review