FIT3084 : Multimedia Programming and the WWW

Course Outline 2010

Lecturers:

Dr. Alan Dorin Rm. 144, Bldg. 63 (1st floor, South Wing)

Lecture time & location:

1-3pm, Tuesdays, semester 1, 2010
Clayton campus, CL_13D/M1

Tutorial & consultation times: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/courses/FIT3084/labTimes.html

Assessment:

3hr examination 70%, assignment excercises 30%
A pass grade in each of: the examination and assignment excercises and peer-assessment task is a hurdle requirement for successful completion of this unit.

Online project group selection closing date:
5pm, Thursday, 1 April 2010

Assignment Due Dates:
5pm, Friday, 16 April 2010 for Assignment part 1 (Design Document)
5pm, Friday, 28 May 2010 for Assignment part 2 (Implementation)

Peer-assessment Task Dates:
Week of 19 April -> 23 April for task 1
Week of 31 May -> 4 June for task 2

In the case of unsatisfactory performance in the examination, assignment work or peer assessment exercises, the student's final grade will be the lowest of either (i) the weighted sum of the two formally assessed components or (ii) a total mark of 44%.

Course Co/Pre-requisite knowledge:

Course materials:

URL: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/courses/FIT3084/index.html

Course overview:

This course is aimed at those students wishing to produce innovative web-based multimedia. The World Wide Web provides an international audience for multimedia developers and has become a vital global resource. Students successfully completing this course will have an understanding of the practical and theoretical issues relevant to web site design and the online presentation of information using multiple media.

Practical assignments and excercises provide ample scope for creative expression and utilization of the theory presented in lectures. Students will be assessed on their ability to think and design innovatively, as well as on their understanding of the theoretical issues presented in lectures.

Course topics include:

The course material can be divided into three major areas applicable to multimedia production:

Design

Tools

Media

  • Cognitive models for design
  • Information design
  • User interfaces
  • Information architecture
  • (Dynamic) XHTML
  • Javascript
  • CGI programming
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • Ajax
  • Cookies
  • mySQL
  • Animation
  • 2D & 3D graphics
  • Sound
  • Layout
  • Typography
  • Colour

A full lecture-by-lecture topic listing is available.

A note on texts:

Texts written about Multimedia and the WWW become outdated at an alarming rate. A text book is not necessary for the successful completion of this course. However, it is highly recommended that some texts be consulted during this course to further your own knowledge and clarify points made in lectures. The first text below is good for this purpose. The next two texts make good reference books also.

If you would like to consult specific technical manuals on some of the topics covered in this course, the remaining technical manuals are recommended. Be sure to consult the latest editions. Those listed here will probably be out of date before you read this document! The WWW is frequently the best source of information on itself, if nothing else.

Recommended...

Lynch, P.J. Horton, S., "Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites",
Yale University Press, 1999 (now available in 2nd edition)

Sebasta, Robert W., "Programming the World Wide Web",
Pearson/Addison-Wesley Publishers, 2008 (now available 4th edition)

Investigate this online resource for information.


* Students should consult University materials on cheating, in particular:

  1. Student Resource Guide - section on Student Rights and Responsibilities at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/srg/srg0059.htm
  2. Student Resource Guide at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/srg/, particularly the section on Cheating at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/srg/srg0071.htm
  3. Faculty policy at http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/adt/policies/cheating.html
  4. Statute 4.1 on Discipline at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/calendar/statutes/statutes04.html
It is the student's responsibility to make themselves familiar with the contents of these documents.



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