IT6473 Multimedia Applications - Summer Term 2004
8:05PM until 10:00PM Mondays and Wednesdays, Room J110

Rich Halstead-Nussloch
is solely responsible for this page.

email: Rich Halstead-Nussloch is rhalstea@spsu.edu N154 Architecture Building Building voice (770)528-5509. Fax: (770)528-5511 Office/Lab Hours: 3:40PM until 4:55PM and 10 PM until 11 PM Monday and Wednesday; --Please always call before you come (770)528-5509, and by Appointment--(770)528-5509.

Last Changed 5/21/04

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Class Schedule | Journal | Class Attendance | Graded Work | Policies | Hyperlinks
Disabilities (ADA) |

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Class Notices:

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Description and Objectives

Catalog Description

This course introduces students to current practices, technologies, methodologies, and authoring systems in the design and implementation of systems that incorporate text, audio, images, animation and full-motion video. Students will complete multimedia projects using state-of-the-art tools.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, each student will be able to:

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Projects Assignments and Graded Work

Four concept papers covering research into best practices, tools/technologies, methodologies and authoring systems for the design and implementation of systems that incorporate text, audio, images, animation and full-motion video and a final project (requiring submission of working application or prototype, and a project report) are required for the course. Participation in and contribution to class discussion is required. Thus, in addition to participating and contributing in the class, you will be required to:

Note: All written work must be typed, preferable using a wordprocessor and spell-checker. Deductions will be taken for persistent misspellings, etc.

Note: Verified plagiarism or academic misconduct on any assignment in this course will result in zero credit for that assignment at the minimum or an F for the course at the maximum.

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Useful Documents and Handouts

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Class Schedule

Class

Class Activity

Project Activity

Concept Paper Exercise

24-May

Class Intro

Project Description & Requirements

1) Identify multimedia PC/PDA platforms

26-May

Project Requirements

Multimedia PC/PDA Platforms (Hdw, Sfw)

31-May

Holiday

Holiday

2-Jun

Platforms Discussion

Internal Checkpoint - Platform(s)/Proposal

Due

7-Jun

Images and Text Introduction

Float

2) Images and text

9-Jun

Presentation - Platform(s) & Concept Proposal

14-Jun

Digital and Chemical

Acquire Hardware/Software

16-Jun

21-Jun

Images Discussion

Initial Prototype

Due

23-Jun

Audio Introduction

3) Audio

28-Jun

30-Jun

Presentation - Initial Prototype

5-Jul

Holiday

Holiday

7-Jul

Audio Discussion

Internal Checkpoint - Prototype

Due

12-Jul

Animation/Full Motion Video Introduction

2nd Iteration Prototype

4) Animation and full-motion video

14-Jul

19-Jul

Presentation - 2nd Iteration Prototype

21-Jul

Final Design and Development

26-Jul

Animation/Full Motion Video Discussion

Due

28-Jul

Last Class - Final Presentation

Note--to achieve the goals of the course, the instructor reserves the right to deviate from the above schedule.

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Journal

Keeping a journal is highly recommended for this course. Include in it descriptions of your readings, your reviews of your readings, tips and techniques for doing web development, the results of your research, logs of, e.g., Internet activity, etc.

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Class Attendance

Class participation and contribution will account for a significant portion of your grade. Since one cannot contribute to and participate in the class without attending, attendance is recommended. Regardless of attendance, each student is responsible for keeping up with materials and information from each class period. This means it is up to the student to arrange with another class member, obtaining notes, handouts, etc., from any class meeting, or portion thereof, missed.

NOTE: All students are expected to attend the final presentation sessions in their entirety. Any un-excused absences during this period will result in the loss of a whole letter grade from your final course grade. If you're going to miss either of those classes, let me know ahead of time!!!

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Policies

  1. No late submissions for full grade credit except for documented emergencies.
  2. All work assigned to be turned in is due at the beginning of the class.
  3. Assignments turned in late will be accepted, but at a grade discount. Multiple late assignments will result in additional discount applied to your final course grade.
  4. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated.
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Useful Hyperlinks

Note that you will be leaving the Southern Polytechnic website by taking these links, and neither Southern Polytechnic nor Richard Halstead-Nussloch has control over what you will encounter.

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Disabilities--Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance

Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the counselor working with disabilities at (770) 528-7226 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

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