615-380 Multimedia Design for Info. Systems

615-280 Multimedia and Communications

Multimedia and the web are becoming increasingly important in the application of information systems to commerce, education, communications, media, health, government, hospitality, manufacturing, distribution and other industries. In this subject, students will examine, develop and implement multimedia for information systems in these contexts and consider future trends.

The subject will consider theoretical foundations of multimedia, multimedia development processes (for example, design and evaluation, management and planning), issues relating to new technologies (for example, streaming video, SMIL, DHTML, XML), and applications of multimedia. Students will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in some of these areas.

Part of the work over the semester will be carried out in teams which assess the needs of industry groups for multimedia treatment of their information systems and devise appropriate solutions.

Continuous assessment contributions from seminars and workshops. End-of-semester 3000-word project report or equivalent and presentation. An electronic folio that will include material compiled during the subject. Details of the weighting of the assessment components will be made known at the beginning of the subject.