615-180 Multimedia Technologies in Mass Communication

Note

This subject is regarded as a non-science subject for students enrolled in the single BSc and combined BSc courses.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

No formal prerequisites but basic competency in using a computer will be assumed.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject deals with the application of multimedia, networking and related technologies to communications, and the way in which these technologies are changing the way we communicate.

During the subject students will create multimedia documents by using tools for the manipulation of text, sound, graphics, movies and World Wide Web documents. Skills developed will be used for the presentation of data and lead into an exploration of the benefits that digital technologies offer learning and communication.

Through the use of on-line methods for learning, collaborating and communication, students will form a critical evaluation of the way in which these technologies are changing the way we communicate.

A project component of the subject will allow students to focus on a major subject interest. A feature of the subject will be the use of multimedia and the Internet in its presentation and students will be expected to spend time "on-line" during the progress of the subject. Computing facilities will be made available for this.

Assessment

An electronic folio to the equivalent of 3000 words which will include material compiled during the subject. The assessment will take into account skills developed in creating multimedia documents and specifically in using tools for the manipulation of text, sound, graphics, movies and Web documents, and a critical approach to the application of such technology for science communications. Details of the weighting of the assessment components will be made known at the beginning of the subject.