2009 Fall ISIS 140-01
Bulletin Course Description Multimedia information systems, including presentation media, hypermedia, graphics, animation, sound, video, and integrated authoring techniques; underlying technologies that make them possible. Practice in the design innovation, programming, and assessment of web-based digital multimedia information systems. Intended for students in non-technical disciplines. Engineering or Computer Science students should take Engineering 150 or Computer Science 196. Instructor: Lucic
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Title WEB-BASED MULTIMEDIA COMM. Department ISIS Course Number 2009 Fall 140 Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Lucic,Richard A Prerequisites Course Homepage www.isis.duke.edu/curriculum/courses.html#isis140
Synopsis of course content
This course explores issues related to planning and deploying Web-based
multimedia communications solutions. It is a required course for the
Information Science + Information Studies (ISIS) Certificate, satisfying both
the information technology skills and programming requirements of the
Certificate. It is intended primarily for non-technical students. Engineering
and computer science students are strongly encouraged to take a computer
science 196 or engineering 150 to satisfy the ISIS skills requirement.
Learning is accomplished via lecture, written critical case analysis of real web
multimedia communications systems, practical hands-on laboratory
exercises, and the development of a multimedia semester project. Using
experience in web multimedia development, database constructions, and
surprisingly basic principles of web programming, students will identify the
skills, capabilities, and competencies all successful Web multimedia
developers need to know. In this course, we adopt a student-centric learning
environment.
To fully appreciate issues related to multimedia communications, students
perform a broader role, interacting with each other, and seeking more
involvement than is typical in the professor-centric class setting. Everyone
should come to teach and learn from each other. Classes are organized as
guided discussions, research explorations, breakouts, exercises, projects,
writing reviews, and critical analysis sessions.
The Apple Macintosh is the platform of choice for most multimedia designers,
and in this course, we will utilize the resources of the Mobile Multimedia Mac
Cluster (M3C), The Arts Warehouse Multimedia Lab, and the Multimedia
Project Studio (Old Chemistry 016) facilities.
Deliverables
During practical experience lab sessions, students develop a personal
webpage to display a portfolio of their multimedia programs and
communications projects. The sites are instrumental to our real goals: to
uncover multimedia communications principles that scale, work across space,
and adapt as features and functionality inevitably change in this rapidly
advancing technology. Throughout the semester, each lab exercise will build
upon your skills and capabilities as you progress toward completion of your
semester project (interactive multimedia website).
Textbooks
•Head First HTML, with CSS and XHTML by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman.
O'Reilly Media Inc., 2005. (ISBN: 13: 978-0-596-10197-8).
•The Non-Designer’s Web Book (3rd Edition), by Robin Williams and John Tollett.
Peachpit Press, 2006. (ISBN: 0-321-30337-7).
Assignments
During practical experience lab sessions, students develop a personal
webpage to display a portfolio of their multimedia programs and
communications projects. The sites are instrumental to our real goals: to
uncover multimedia communications principles that scale, work across space,
and adapt as features and functionality inevitably change in this rapidly
advancing technology. Throughout the semester, each lab exercise will build
upon your skills and capabilities as you progress toward completion of your
semester project (interactive multimedia website). In addition, a semester
project proposal, project final report, and weekly laboratory exercises that
stress critical inquiry and analysis are required.
Term Papers
Your Final Project Report & Presentation must be a demonstration of your
functional interactive Multimedia Website. In addition to discussing how the
website communicates your message, you must also present and explain the
technology you used to drive the site, the resources incorporated, and how you
will determine the success of your project.
Grade to be based on
Course Grading
5% Class Participation
10% In-Class Labs
30% Home Work Assignments
15% Project Proposal
40% Semester Project
Not including extra credit, there are 1000 points possible for the course.
Grading is done on an absolute, but adjustable scale. This means that there is
no curve. Anyone earning 900 points or more of the total 1000 points
available will receive a grade in the A range; 800-899 guarantees a grade in
the B range, 700-799 guarantees a grade in the C range, 600-699 results in
a grade in the D range. This scale may slide down, but it will not go up.
Semester Multimedia Project Grading
25% Creativity of Design/Quality
15% Usability and Web Standards Validation
20% Utilization of Multimedia/Technology
20% Communications Effectiveness
10% Presentation
10% Final Report
