Overview

The main focus of this course is to design and to develop instructional materials for traditional and non-traditional learning environments. The course lists includes:

Semester 1


• Productivity Tools:
         Wordprocessing; Spreadsheet; Database; Presentation Software; E-Mail; Internet
• Entrepreneurial Studies:
          Entrepreneurial Process; Business Plan Techniques; Strategic Planning Options;
          Protecting Intellectual Property; International Markets; Economic Feasibility Conclusion
• Using Windows95/NT:
         Windows '95; Windows Explorer; DOS Applications; Windows NT;
         Windows NT Workstation as a Server; Network Administrators Workstation
• Instructional Design I:
         Instructional Design; Perception, Communication, and Learning Theories; Identifying
         Specific Occupations and Prerequisites; Identifying and Analyzing Student
         Competencies; Writing and Sequencing; Terminal Performance Objectives; Developing
         Performance and Written Tests
• Authoring Systems:
         Designed to introduce students to the various authoring tools available for creating
         multimedia applications. Includes icon based systems, scripting and screen design
         utilities.
• Computer Hardware Fundamentals:
         Basic PC Components; Storage Devices; I/O Devices; PC Management
• Introduction to the Internet:
         History of the Internet; Global Area Networks; E-Mail.Listserve; Usenet,
         News-groups; Gopher and Veronica; Telnet and QUT; FTP; WAIS Indexes
         and Databases; Browsers; Internet Security
  
  
  
  

Semester 2


• Software Project Planning:
         Methodologies for defining and planning the operating parameters of a multimedia
         project - time lines, milestones and cost estimations.
• Instructional Design II:
         Allows students to apply principles and practices learned in Instructional Design I to
         practical applications
• Communication Skills:
         Review of Sentence and Paragraph Construction; Characteristics of Technical
         Writing; Technical Descriptions; Introduction to Oral Reporting; Technical
         Abstract; Technical Correspondence
• Multimedia Design & Authoring I:
         Project Management and Design; Stages of Authoring; Authoring Navigation Basics;
         Branching; Interactions; Decisions; Variables; Functions; Expressions and Operators
• Media Acquisition, Digitization & Editing:
         Sound Acquisition and Editing; Video Acquisition and Editing; Digital Photograph
         Acquisition and Editing; Scanned Image Acquisition and Editing
• Multimedia Marketing:
         Manufacturing, distribution, retailing, service and financial sectors
• Graphic Art & Design:
         Provide training in modern methods of graphic design and state-of-the-art
         production technology, techniques and equipment
  
  
  

Semester 3


• Multimedia Design Project:
         Concept Research and Development; Courseware Design
  
  
  

Semester 4


• Website Development:
         Conduct Business; Develop Presence; Introduction to HTML; Intermediate HTML;
         Imagemaps; forms and Scripts; Frames; Web Graphics; Creating Web Graphics;
         Leading Edge Applications.
• Oral Communications:
         Listening Skills; Oral Presentation Skills; Interpersonal Skills
• Multimedia Authoring II:
         Project Management and Design; Animation; Sound; Interaction; Functions and
         Variables; Reusing Content and Logic
• Digital Audio Techniques:
         Digital Audio; MIDI Audio; Audio File Formats; Working with Sound and Windows;
         Adding Sound to Multimedia; Studio Recording and Editing
• Multimedia Lab I:
         Allows students to apply principles and practices learned in Multimedia
         Authoring II to practical applications
• Computer Animation 2D:
         Introduction to 2D Animation; Character Animation; Pings and Pops;
         Text Animation; Morphing; Animation File Formats
• Computer Graphics 2D:
         Graphics System; 2D Graphics Primitives; 2D Transformations; Palettes
         and Colors; Editing a 2D Drawing; Bitmaps; Scanned Image Editing
  
  
  

Semester 5


• Perl:
         The basics of Perl - an interpreted high-level programming language
• Digital Video Techniques:
         Introduction to Video; Broadcast Video Standards; Integrating Computers and
         Television; Shooting and Editing Video; Recording Formats; Video Tips; Video
         Compression
• Multimedia Authoring III:
         Project Management and Design; Animation; Sound; Video; Functions and
         Variables; Linking External Files and Functions; Preparing for Distribution
• Multimedia Lab II:
         Allows students to apply principles and practices learned in Multimedia
         Authoring III to practical applications
• Computer Animation 3D:
         3D Animation Concepts; Keyframing; Motion-Path Animation; Lighting Animation;
         3D Morphing; Special Effects
• Computer Graphics 3D:
         Introduction to 3D; Creating 3D Objects; Viewing 3D Objects; Transformations
         in 3D; Editing 3D Solids; Rendering
• Multimedia Production:
         Preparing Software Projects for Delivery; Producing a Compact Disk Application;
         Producing a Floppy Disk Application

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