| 9a. Catalog Description: |
| This course takes an in-depth look at designing multimedia for the Web. Topics include developing graphic elements such as buttons, background textures and images for a Web site, using Cascading Style Sheets to position graphics, using Dynamic HTML to create web site interactivity, adding audio and/or video to a Web site, and manipulating Web multimedia file formats. |
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| 10. Student Performance Objectives: |
As a result of successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
1. Use the layer feature of a professional graphics program to create and/or manipulate Web graphics
2. Add special effects to Web graphics
3. Appropriately compress and prepare graphics for the Web
4. Embed graphics in a Web page
5. Use Cascading style sheets to position graphics on a page
6. Use Cascading style sheets to manipulate Web graphics, colors, backgrounds, and typography
7. Use Dynamic HTML to determine Web page layout and positioning
8. Create and/or enhance Web animations
9. Publish animations to a Web site
10. Identify and describe hardware and software needed for Web graphics, animations, audio, and video
11. Perform the basic recording steps to capture digital media
12. Perform basic editing of digital audio and video files
13. Identify and describe the different Web audio and video file formats and their requisite players
14. Appropriately compress and publish audio and video files to the Web
15. Describe current streaming media techniques
16. Publish streamed media files to the Web
17. Identify and describe the requirements to ensure that a Web site's multimedia meets ADA Section 508 accessibility requirements
18. Use Web accessibility browser tools
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| 11. Methods of Evaluating Student Achievement: |
1. Written examinations that require students to demonstrate knowledge of current Web multimedia implementation.
2. Hands-on examinations that require students to implement Web multimedia.
3. Lab assignments that require students to demonstrate proficiency utilizing various Web multimedia techniques.
4. Essays and discussions that require the students to analyze benefits and pitfalls of particular multimedia tools and techniques. |
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| 12. Student Assignments (Homework): |
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| a. Required Reading Assignments: |
| Approximately 30-40 pages/week from required textbook(s). |
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| b. Required Writing Assignments: |
1. Development and Web publication of Web multimedia objects.
2. Essays and discussions requiring the analysis of the benefits and pitfalls of particular multimedia tools and techniques
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| c. Other (Terms projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) |
1. Lab assignments requiring the implementation of Web multimedia.
2. Lab assignments requiring the utilization of various Web multimedia techniques. |
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| 13. Course Content Outline: |
Students will be required to analyze, evaluate, compare and contrast the following concepts, characteristics and techniques:
I. Graphics
A. Using a graphics program
1. Working with layers
2. Importing and exporting graphics
B. Preparing Graphics for the Web
1. Working with Web file types
2. Compressing graphic files
3. Embedding graphics on a Web page
4. Addressing accessibility issues
II. Animation
1. Surveying Web animation tools and options
2. Creating and enhancing animations
3. Publishing animations to the Web
4. Addressing accessiblity issues
III. Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
A. DHTML
1. Creating interactivity with DHTML
2. Using DHTML page layout and positioning
B. CSS
1. Working with the CSS selection techniques and formatting models
2. Using CSS to manipulate graphics, colors, backgrounds, and typography
C. Addressing accessibility issues
IV. Audio and Video
A. Identifying media hardware and software
1. Identifying audio and video sources
2. Describing current broadcasting standards
3. Describing capture devices and codecs
B. Recording digital media
1. Identifying the basic steps of recording
2. Capturing recorded audio and video
3. Editing audio and video
C. Publishing audio and video to the Web
1. Compressing digital media
2. Converting digital media to appropriate file formats
3. Streaming media
4. Addressing accessibility issues
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| 14a. All textbooks, resources and other materials used in this course are: |
| College level
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| 14b. EXAMPLE texts, reading and resources:
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James G. Lengel. The Web Wizard's Guide to Multimedia. 1st
Addison-Wesley, 2002
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Waxer, Shuman, Patel & Bishop. The Web Collection: Flash 8, Dreamweaver 8, Fireworks 8. 1st
Course Technology, 2006
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Weakley. Sam's Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes. 1st
Sams Publishing, 2006
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