MULTIMEDIA and COMMUNICATIONS Computer Science CS1033ab Laura Reid Sec 001

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MULTIMEDIA and COMMUNICATIONSComputer Science
CS1033a/b Laura Reid (Sec 001) Vivi
Tryphonopoulos Sec (002)
A Vision of Students Today
Education Being able to differentiate between
what you do know and what you don't. It's
knowing where to go to find out what you need to
know and it's knowing how to use the information
once you get it. ? William Feather
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HAPPY NEW YEARHolidays Over!!

• Partying too much?
• Stay awake for todays lecture
• Valuable information

Course Website (case sensitive)
www.csd.uwo.ca/courses/CS1033
Lecture Notes, Lab Handouts EVERYTHING
Announcements, Assignments
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Lecture 1 Overview
GOAL 1 HR

• Introduction
• Find out about the Lecturers
• Intro to the course - So whats this course all
  about?
• Samples assignments from previous years
• What do you need to purchase
• Required Software
• Course Outline (hand-out)
• Where to find weekly course info
• Labs vs. Lectures
• Software
• Office Hours
• Assignment Due Dates
• Mark Evaluations

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Lecturers

• MONDAY Class (Section 002) 1230 pm 230 pm,
  Natural Science 1
• Vivi Tryphonopoulos
• Office MC 366
• Office Hours email me or set up an appointment
• Email vtryphon_at_uwo.ca
• The best way to contact me is via email
• Make sure you put CS1033 in the subject line.
• Ie. CS1033 - Assignment 2 problem
• Ie. CS1033 My dog ate my assignment
• Email me using your _at_uwo.ca account
• WE email the entire class sometimes in emergency
  situations
• check your uwo email at least every 72
  hours(check spam)
• Check the Announcements webpage

Monday Class(Sec001)700 pm 900 pm
MC110 Instructor Laura Reidlreid_at_csd.uwo.ca
LECTURES cover the same topics - Notes look
different AND PACE MAY BE DIFFERENT!!
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Getting to know YOU ?

• What year are you in?
• 1st year? Vs upper years
• MIT?
• BMOS?
• Other ?
• How did you hear about this course?
• Heard from friends?
• Academic Counsellor?
• Came across it?

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How well do you know the software?

• Photoshop?
• Dreamweaver?
• Flash?
• Sound Editing Software (ie.Audacity?)
• Movie Making Software (ie. Windows MovieMaker?)
• Secure Shell and Secure FTP?

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First Year Computer Science Courses

• Courses for entry to CS degree programs
• CS1026A/CS1025B
• CS1027B
• Interest Courses offered by Computer Science to
  non-computer science students
• CS1032A/B
• CS1033A/B

Introduction to basic programming and problem
solving skills using Java
Using spreadsheet and database packages
Introduction to multimedia packages and concepts
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So what is this course all about?

• Communication on the Internet
• How to put ideas on the Internet?

MULTIMEDIA Explore multimedia components Text,
Images, Animation, Sound Video
COMMUNICATIONS Convey thoughtsExchange of
ideas ArticulateEasy to understandClearMake
an impression!
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What will I learn?
Lectures
Labs (total 10 labs)
MULTIMEDIA Text Graphics Websites Animation Sound
Video
SOFTWARE Server File Transfer (1) Photoshop
(2) Dreamweaver (3) Flash (2) Audacity
(1) Moviemaker Integration(1)
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What do you need to purchase?

• Perhaps nothing ?
• No textbook
• Lecture notes are available on the website
• Software is available in MC235 and MC230
• Following software is FREE
• Moviemaker ? comes with the windows operating
  system
• Audacity (from internet free)
• Secure Shell and FTP (available from ITS)

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What will I need?

• Can purchase Adobe CS4 Creative Suite Web
  Premium from Campus Computer Store for 360.00
• Consider buying
• Dreamweaver only (220)
• Photoshop ( 160)
• Our labs have CS3 (older version)
• You can get free trial versions for 1 month of
  Photoshop and Dreamweaver (WAIT until its time)
• Older versions! are fine
• Our labs are open 24/7 as long as there is no
  class being conducted in them.

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Lets go over the Course Outline

• READ THE COURSE OUTLINE, it is a contract between
  you and me!
• YOUR GRADE
• Labs ? worth 10 of final grade
• Assignments
• Assignment 1 ?5
• Assignment 2 ?10
• Assignment 3 ?15
• Major Assignment ? 20
• Exam ? worth 40

TOTAL MARK 100
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Lectures

• Make sure you come to classes, notes may be
  incomplete ON PURPOSE

Consulting

• Both professors have consulting hours
• Each of our 14 teaching assistants must consult 1
  hour a week, thus there are over 14 hours a week
  of extra help if you need it
• Consulting by teaching assistants is done in
  MC230 or MC235, please notify me if the TA is
  missing!
• Consulting Schedule will be posted on course
  website.

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Labs
LABS BEGIN WEEK OF JANUARY 11

• Need your student card to open the door to the
  labs
• Lab attendance is mandatory
• You MUST attend the lab you registered for, you
  may NOT switch labs during the term.
• Labs 1-9 are worth 1 each
• Lab 10 is worth 2, thus dont miss lab 10!
• Lab marks add up to 11, you will get either 10 or
  the total of all your lab marks, which ever is
  lower.
• Your lab mark will be updated every week in webct
  by your teaching assistant.
• You can not make up a lab, that is why we mark it
  out of 10, so you have a bit of wiggle room in
  case you are sick one week!
• YOU WILL BE GETTING A GAUL ACCOUNT - allows you
  to get on the lab machines
• - it will be emailed to you prior to lab
  check spam folder

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Assignments

• Assignment 1 ? Pick an advertisement and recreate
  it
  (Photoshop)
• Assignment 2 ? Design a poster for a given
  scenario
  real application (Photoshop)
• Assignment 3 ? Design a website for a given
  scenario
  (Dreamweaver, Photoshop)
• Major Assignment ? Design a website for something
  you
  are interested in (Dreamweaver,
  Photoshop, Flash,
  Moviemaker)
• Here are some examples from previous years

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Previous Assignment 1s
Recreate an advertisement or create your own ad
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Previous Assignment 2s
Create a poster for The Grad Club Pub at Western
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Previous Assignment 2s
Create a poster for the Multimedia Course
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Previous Assignment 2s
Create a poster for the Computer Science
Department
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Previous Assignment 3s
Create a website for a given scenario ?
Remembrance Day, Theatre Company
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Previous Assignment 4s (Major)
Design an online resume website, or a website
about one of your interests
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Sample videos from previous years Sound and Video
Had to contain video and animation,here are some
samples from previous years
http//www.csd.uwo.ca/lreid/AnimationExamples/fla
shbasketball.swf http//www.csd.uwo.ca/lreid/An
imationExamples/welcome.swf http//www.csd.uwo.c
a/lreid/AnimationExamples/freighttrain.swf
http//www.csd.uwo.ca/lreid/AnimationExamples/pu
ggie2.swf
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Assignments

• Students will lose 15 off the assignments grade
  for each day it is late. Thus an assignment that
  is 2 days late and was marked at 85 would
  receive 55
• Saturday and Sunday count as 1 day
• No assignments more than 3 days late will be
  accepted
• NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GIVEN FOR ASSIGNMENTS
  unless instructed by the students deans office.

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Handing in your Assignment

• Using Webct to submit your assignment online
• Webct records the date and time you hand in the
  assignment. Even 1 minute late is LATE ?
• Assignment mark breakdown sheet to you via webct
  (it will be an .xls document) after he/she has
  marked your assignment.
• Challenge the mark? - Remarks are for the entire
  assignment not just the section you request.
• You have 2 weeks to read over the mark breakdown
  and get back to me if you feel the t.a. made a
  mistake (NOTE Some marks in this course are
  subjective!)
• THERE IS NO PAPER USED IN THIS COURSE!

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Exam

• There is ONLY a final exam in this course, no
  midterm
• Exam period is April 12-30thDO NOT MAKE TRAVEL
  PLANS OVER THOSE DATESSee your deans office if
  you can not attend the exam, DO NOT SEE ME, I
  cant do anything about final exams!
• Final Exam is about 150 multiple choice and true
  or false questionsLOTS OF MEMORIZATION REQUIRED
• Worth 40 of final mark
• IMPORTANT to pass the course!Final exam mark
  combined with the major assignment mark must be
  over 45 to pass the course. (See course
  Syllabus)

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Labs begin Week of January 11

• Lab 1 Topics
• Intro to the lab room and software
• Introduction to Secure Shell (File Transfer
  program)
• Publish area and uploading assignments
• Setting file protections

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So whats next?

• Check Course website for lecture notes and lab
  handouts? http//www.csd.uwo.ca/courses/CS1033
• Go to course website and download material as
  indicated under
• Announcements
• Lectures
• Lab Materials
• Go back frequently to course Website since we
  will be adding new material as needed.
• Start a Junk Box
• Collect junk mail and magazine pages that have
  interesting shapes

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So is this a course?

• Some advice
• Come to lectures (WYSINWYG)
• Prepare for and attend ALL labs
• Do your assignments(3 assignments Major
  assignment)
• No midterm
• Study hard for the exam

And you should do very well!
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Thats it!

• Make sure you
• Print off and READ OVER lab notes
• Lecture notes will be posted a few days prior to
  lecture
• Figure out which lab you are in and start
  attending the CORRECT lab of week JANUARY 11
• SAVE the email you will be getting from our
  department with your Gaul (Middlesex College)
  computer password and account. YOU WILL NEED IT
  FOR THE NEXT 11 WEEKS, DO NOT DELETE THIS EMAIL

See you next week