University of North Alabama
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Communication and Theatre
Course Syllabus
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Multimedia and Internet Authoring 3 semester hours An introductory course in the process of creating and distributing Multimedia productions and internet web pages. Prerequisite: COM 240, or 241, 242. Or departmental approval. Spring 2004 MWF, 9:00 -- 9:50 pm Avon Edward Foote, Ph.D. Associate Professor Room 108 Office: (256) 765-4489 E-mail: aefoote@una.edu FAX: (256) 765-4839 Office Hours: M, 10-2; TU, 12:30-1:30; W, 10-12; TH, 12:30-3:30. And by appointment when necessary. Vaughan, Tay, Multimedia: Making it Work, 5th edition Osborne, 2001. Committee on Broadband Last Mile Technology, Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits, National Academy Press, 2002. This book is available free on the web. Please use the free electronic edition. The student is expected to complete the following objectives: Assigned readings in regular textbook and second online textbook, lectures, virtual attendance at on-line broadband event if available, guest speakers, class discussion, major multimedia project, and festival attendance. The following are methods by which the course objectives will be evaluated: Three exams will count 20% each. 25% of grade will come from multimedia project. Class participation will count 10%. Attendance at festival will count 5%. A=90-100, B=80-89, C=70-79, D=60-69, F=<60 Attendance: Required by University policy. After four weeks of absences your grade will be become an "F" as announced in University literature. Grade may be lowered for excessive absences over five. Because of the importance of being on-time and meeting deadlines, tardiness will be noted on the roll and may affect the grade if it becomes a problem. January 19 --- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day February 20 to 22 --- University closed for Winter break March 5 --- Middle of term March 5 --- Last day to apply for 2004 Fall graduation March 22 to 28 --- Spring Holidays April 9 --- University closed May 6 --- Study Day May 7 to 13 --- Semester Exams The Nature of Multimedia, Chapters 3 and 13 Servers, Browers, Plug-ins, and Authoring Software, Designing and Producing, Chapter 17. Test 1 on March 3. Getting Multimedia to the Target Audience, Chapter 19 In the Beginning there were Text and Images, Chapter 15 To Make or Elsewhere Acquire, Chapter 18 Delivering Broadband Sound and Moving Images, Other Broadband Issues, Reading from on-line textbook Students will be assigned to one of two teams to work on one major multimedia project for the semester. Students will be asked to choose a writing, design, or production/technical task assignment. By midterm, Professor Foote will select one student from each group for the job of producer. The producer will take on the primary leadership role in the group. All projects will consist of images and text by midterm and broadband audio/video will be added to the project by the end of the semester. Each group will decide the nature of the project during the first three weeks and report that decision to the professor before starting the project execution. |
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