615-380 Multimedia Design for Info. Systems

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

615-280 Multimedia and Communications.

Multimedia systems on the web are now important features of information systems in a wide variety of industries: commerce, education, communications, media, health, government, hospitality and others. In this subject students will explore some of the current and new technologies that support multimedia systems on the web as well as some of the theoretical issues that underlie their development and use. Students will improve their existing technical skills and learn new skills in digital media using streaming technologies such as Flash, QuickTime and the Synchronised Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) and have an opportunity to explore issues relating to new technologies (for example DHTML, XML). The subject will present some of the cognitive underpinnings of the use of multimedia and apply these in a practical project. In recognition of the rapidity with which multimedia technologies are changing, students will have some choice in the technical aspects of some of their assignment work.

Students should improve their ability to work and collaborate as a team as well as to write a report. Seminar classes will support the development of skills in critical reading and analysis of the research literature in this area as well as in presenting an oral review of such literature.

Continuous assessment contributions from seminars and workshops (35%). Seminar attendance is compulsory. Assignment relating to learning technical skills in a new technology (30%); assignment relating to appropriate application of multimedia (35%).