COURSE OUTLINE GHANA COMMUNICATIN TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MODULE LEADER George Kodjo Anni OFFICE Mobile and Pervasive Department, Graduate School Building G14 MOBILE 0202698308 / 0272929336/ 0592254585 EMAIL [email protected] OFFICE HOURS Monday: 10 am – 4 pm; Tuesday: 10 am – 2 pm; Thursday: 2pm – 5pm COURSE CODE: CIET 271: Foundation of Multimedia and Web Design LEVEL 300 SEMESTER/ACADE MIC YEAR: 1 nd Semester / 2024 Academic year CREDIT HOURS: 3
COURSE DESCRIPTION The course demonstrates the importance of planning in a multimedia production environment and some of the tools and techniques used e.g. storyboarding and navigation charts; evaluate techniques used to capture, edit, store and present multimedia data, in particular images, audios, and movies. It also demonstrates competencies in the use of a widely used multimedia authoring tools; evaluate the issues involved in multimedia delivery on the World Wide Web and uses a multimedia scripting language to add further interactivity to their applications. Topics include fundamentals of multimedia (images, audios, and videos), Capturing and editing Multimedia content, HTML5 Video and Audio, and Interactive Multimedia Authoring. AIM This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of computer-based multimedia theory, concepts and applications and trains students to develop simple to fairly complex multimedia content using appropriate tools COURSE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES On completion of the course, the student should be able to: • Understand the underlying concepts of computer terms common to digital media. • Use tools and techniques of digital media application programs. • Make educated decision when using tools and techniques in multimedia application programs. • Capture, edit and publish multimedia content on the web. TOPICS AND COURSE SCHEDULE SESSION NUMBER DATE ACTIVITIES/ TOPICS 1 January Introduction 2 Fundamentals of Digital Imaging 3 Capturing and Editing Digital Images 4 Fundamentals of Digital Audio 5 Capturing and Editing Digital Audio 6 Fundamentals of Digital Video
7 Mid-Semester Examination 8 Introduction to HTML5 9 HTML5 Video and Audio 10 HTML5 Video and Audio 11 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming 12 Inheritance and Polymorphism 13 Revision 14 Final Examination 15 “ 16 ‘’ TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS The course will be delivered through Lecture Notes. Series of Lab Exercises. ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY PERCENT OF GRADE Mid-Semester Examination & Assignments 40% Final Examination 60% TOTAL 100% LITERATURE AND READING MATERIALS Required Textbook(s) • Yue-Ling Wong, Digital Media Primer, 3 nd Edition, (2016), Pearson Education, Inc. Recommended • Multimedia Foundations: Core Concepts for Digital Design, 2nd Edition, Vic Costello (2016), Routledge • PHP and MySQL Web Development 5th Edition, Luke Welling and Laura Thomson (2016), Addison-Wesley Professional • Theoretical Foundations of Multimedia Robert S. Tannenbaum Computer Science Press – Freeman & Company, 1998