Multimedia

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Multimedia

• Teaching as a branch of Computer Science

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Who am I?

• Fiona Knight f.l.knight_at_staffs.ac.uk
• Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University
• Module leader and teach on HND, undergraduate and
  post graduate
• Subjects include multimedia and internet
  technologies

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What is Multimedia?

• Stephen McGloughlin
• The presentation of a computer application,
  usually interactive, that incorporates media
  elements such as text, graphics, video, animation
  and sound..
• melds the sensory power of television with the
  data manipulation and interactive powers of the
  computer

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What is Multimedia? (Cont)

• Multimedia these days is not a one person job
• Different things to different people - three
  blind men and the elephant
• Graphic designer
• Interaction Designer
• Information Architect
• Computer Scientist
• Media Expert

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Why Computing?

• Programming
• Integration
• Computer Delivery network, CD, mobile, web etc.
• HCI and Usability
• Compression / Storage
• Not design perspective more on technologies and
  usability

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At Staffordshire

• Multimedia is across all levels from HND to
  postgrad
• Our undergraduate is a 4 year thick sandwich
• So this is how we teach multimedia at
  undergraduate level.

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Level 1

• Start at the basics
• Introduce to concepts
• Simple editing and creating media elements
• Combination into a multimedia application using
  Multimedia Builder

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Level 2 - CD

• Build on level 1..
• Multimedia Methods
• Usability
• Using packages to get underlying principles
• Advanced Editing
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Premier
• Macromedia Director
• Basic Lingo

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Level 2 - Web

• Introduce new delivery platform..
• Web Page Creation
• Compression for the web
• Streaming Media
• Panoramas
• Flash
• Basic Action Script
• Introduction to SVG using Jasc WebDraw

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Level 3

• Bring it all together with reflection
• Usability / Accessibility
• Advanced Flash and Director
• Advanced Lingo and Action Script
• Practical Compression
• Wearables

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Level 3 - Cont

• SVG scalable vector graphics XML based
  technology for graphics
• http//www.soc.staffs.ac.uk/flk1/svg/tiger.svg
• SMIL Synchronized Multimedia Integration
  Language XML based
• Coding using XML

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Level 3 - Cont

• Agents (and coding them!)

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Level 3 - Cont

• Comparison of different delivery method
• First assignment CD and second web

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The Future

• Mobile Multimedia
• Ubiquitous computing
• More combination of other areas such as advanced
  technology
• Sound studios / film studios / editing suites
• One way or the other
• Balancing the areas of multimedia so the students
  do not see just one area
• Specialist in areas such as animation, computer
  games

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To Finish.

• Reference from Multimedia Concepts and Practice
  Stephen McGloughlin 0-13-057506-2 - 2001