This course will introduce the essential topics in multimedia application development. It includes concepts in hypermedia, basic process and techniques in multimedia application development such as effective combination of audio, video, animation and graphics. Beside that, the implications of data storage and retrieval methods and also the role of teamwork in multimedia application development will also be highlighted. It will also discuss on multimedia computer hardware, current multimedia software packages, multimedia application concepts, data manipulation, file formats, media storage and memory management and configurations. Applications of multimedia for mobile and the Internet will also be emphasized.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Describe the basic elements of interactive multimedia
- Demonstrate teamwork skills in multimedia application project
- Constructs multimedia project with authoring tools
Course Syllabus
| Topic | Remarks |
|---|---|
| WEEK 1 (11/10 – 15/10) Course introduction | Start Entrance Survey (11-24 October) |
| WEEK 2 (18/10 – 22/10) Chapter 1 – Introduction 1.1 Basic definition 1.2 Media of Delivery 1.3 Common Usage of Multimedia 1.4 Understanding Virtual Reality | Lecture note 1: Introduction Lab 1 & 2: Adobe Photoshop/Photopea (Installation) |
| WEEK 3 (25/10 – 29/10) Chapter 2 – Text 2.1 Importance of Text 2.2 Attribute of Text 2.3 Usage of Text in Multimedia 2.4 Usage of Text in Computer 2.5 Font Editing and Design Tools | Lecture note 2: Text Lab 3 & 4: Adobe Photoshop/Photopea |
| WEEK 4 (1/11 – 5/11) Chapter 3 – Graphic & image 3.1 Beginning to Create Images 3.2 Creating Still Images 3.3 Understanding Colors 3.4 File Formats | End Entrance Survey Lecture note 3: Graphic Lab 5, 6 & 7: Adobe Photoshop/Photopea |
| WEEK 5 (8/11 – 12/11) Chapter 4 – Sound 4.1 Introduction to Sound 4.2 Multimedia System Sound 4.3 Digital Audio 4.4 MIDI Audio 4.5 Comparing Digital to MIDI Audio 4.6 Creating and Editing Digital Audio Files 4.7 MIDI versus Digital Audio 4.8 File Formats 4.9 Applying Sound to Multimedia Project | Start Individual Assignment- 20% Lecture note 4: Sound Lab 8: Audacity |
| WEEK 6 (15/11 – 19/11) Chapter 5 – Animation 5.1 Introduction to Animation 5.2 Principles of Animation 5.3 Traditional Animation? 5.4 Computer Animation 5.5 File Formats 5.6 Creating Animation | Lecture note 5: Animation Lab 9 & 10: Audacity |
| (22/11 – 26/11) | CUTI KHAS PERAYAAN |
| WEEK 7 (29/11 – 3/12) Chapter 6 – Video 6.1 Introduction to Video 6.2 How Video Works and Displayed 6.3 Playing Back Digital Video Files 6.4 Shooting and Editing Video 6.5 File Formats | Submit Individual Assignment- 20% (3/12/2021) Lecture note 6: Video Lab 11: Adobe Premier/Filmora |
| WEEK 8 (6/12 – 10/12) Chapter 7 – Multimedia development 7.1 Stages of Multimedia Project 7.2 Project Requirements 7.3 Team and Skillsets | Test 1 (Topic 1 – 6) – 10% (8/12/2021) Start Group Project- 20% Lecture note 7: Multimedia development Lab 12: Adobe Premier/Filmora |
| WEEK 9 (13/12 – 17/12) Chapter 8 – Hardware for development 8.1 Popular Platforms 8.2 Various Type of Connections 8.3 Memory and Various Storage Devices 8.4 Various Input and Output Devices | Lecture note 8: Hardware for development Lab 13: Adobe Premier/Filmora |
| WEEK 10 (20/12 – 24/12) Chapter 9 – Software for development 9.1 Text Editing and Word Processing 9.2 OCR Software 9.3 Painting and Drawing Tools 9.4 3-D Modeling and Animation Tools 9.5 Image-Editing Tools 9.6 Sound Editing Tools | Submit project storyboard- 5% (24/12/2021) Start Student Feedback Online (SuFO) Lecture note 9: Software for development Lab 14: Adobe Animate/Flash |
| (27/12 – 31/12) | CUTI KHAS PERAYAAN |
| WEEK 11 (3/1 – 7/1) Chapter 10 – Authoring multimedia elements 10.1 Introduction to Authoring Systems 10.2 Types of Authoring Tools 10.3 Choosing Authoring Tools 10.4 Testing 10.5 Preparing for Delivery | Lecture note 10: Authoring multimedia elements Lab 15: Adobe Animate/Flash |
| WEEK 12 (10/1 – 14/1) Chapter 11 – The internet and multimedia 11.1 History of Internet 11.2 Internetworking 11.3 Making Multimedia for the Web | Lecture note 11: The internet and multimedia Lab 16: Group project preparation |
| WEEK 13 (17/1 – 21/1) Chapter 12 – Mobile multimedia 12.1 Digital Revolution 12.2 Mobile Hardware 12.3 Various Types of Connections 12.4 Mobile Platform 12.5 Programming Mobile Applications | Submit Group Project- 20% (25/1/2022) Start Exit Survey (17-30 January 2021) Start Exit Student Feedback Online (SuFO (20/12/2021 – 6/2/2022) Lecture note 12: Mobile multimedia Lab 17: Group project preparation |
| WEEK 14 (24/1 – 28/1) Group project presentation | Test 2 (Topic 7 – 12) – 10% (26/1/2022) Video Project submission (25/1/2022) Exit Survey Exit Student Feedback Online (SuFO) |
| (31/1 – 4/2) | Study week |
| WEEK 15 (7/2 – 11/2) Final assessment- 40% | Final examination (10/2/2022) Example of past year questions |
SESI OKTOBER-MAC 2021
