FIT3084 : Multimedia Programming and the WWW
Course Outline 2010
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Lecturers:
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Dr.
Alan Dorin Rm. 144, Bldg. 63 (1st floor, South Wing)
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Lecture
time & location:
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1-3pm, Tuesdays, semester 1, 2010
Clayton
campus, CL_13D/M1
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| Tutorial
& consultation times: |
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/courses/FIT3084/labTimes.html
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Assessment:
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3hr
examination 70%, assignment excercises 30%
A pass grade in each of: the
examination and assignment excercises and peer-assessment
task is a hurdle requirement
for successful completion of this unit.
Online project group selection closing date:
5pm, Thursday, 1 April 2010
Assignment
Due Dates:
5pm, Friday, 16 April 2010 for Assignment part 1 (Design Document)
5pm, Friday, 28 May 2010 for Assignment part 2 (Implementation)
Peer-assessment
Task Dates:
Week of 19 April -> 23 April for task 1
Week of 31 May -> 4 June for task 2
In
the case of unsatisfactory performance in the examination, assignment
work or peer assessment exercises, the student's final grade will be the
lowest of either (i) the weighted sum of the two formally assessed
components or (ii) a total mark of 44%.
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Course
Co/Pre-requisite knowledge:
- Pre-requisite:
FIT1008, CSC1030 or CSE1303 or equivalent
Assumed knowledge includes: (i) programming to first year Computer Science
level in an object-oriented programming language such as C++ or Java (ii)
programming within a UNIX environment (iii) effective use of FTP, telnet/rlogin
under UNIX.
- Communication
Skills: Effective written and spoken English communication skills are
required. If your communication skills in English are not of a high standard,
you must seek assistance from language and learning officers (access via the Monash library). Students
will be assessed on their ability to write in English.
- Co-requisites:
nil
- Prohibitions:
CSC2252, CSC3252, SFT2200, CSE2325, CSE3325
- Payment
of fees: All students must have paid their university fees as
required. Students who have not done this on time will not be able to
complete
the assessment / hurdle requirements and will therefore not pass the
course. This is university policy, the lecturer
cannot make exceptions for students who fail to pay their fees.
Course
materials:
URL:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/courses/FIT3084/index.html
Course
overview:
This
course is aimed at those students wishing to produce innovative web-based multimedia.
The World Wide Web provides an international audience for multimedia developers
and has become a vital global resource. Students successfully completing this
course will have an understanding of the practical and theoretical issues relevant
to web site design and the online presentation of information using multiple
media.
Practical
assignments and excercises provide ample scope for creative expression and utilization
of the theory presented in lectures. Students will be assessed on their ability
to think and design innovatively, as well as on their understanding of the theoretical
issues presented in lectures.
Course
topics include:
The course material
can be divided into three major areas applicable to multimedia production:
Design
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Tools
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Media
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- Cognitive
models for design
- Information
design
- User
interfaces
- Information
architecture
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- (Dynamic)
XHTML
- Javascript
- CGI programming
- Perl
- PHP
- Ajax
- Cookies
- mySQL
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- Animation
- 2D &
3D graphics
- Sound
- Layout
- Typography
- Colour
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A full lecture-by-lecture
topic listing is available.
A
note on texts:
Texts
written about Multimedia and the WWW become outdated at an alarming rate. A text
book is not necessary for the successful completion of this course. However, it
is highly recommended that some texts be consulted during this course to further
your own knowledge and clarify points made in lectures. The first text below is
good for this purpose. The next two texts make good reference books also.
If
you would like to consult specific technical manuals on some of the topics covered
in this course, the remaining technical manuals are recommended. Be sure to
consult the latest editions. Those listed here will probably be out of date
before you read this document! The WWW is frequently the best source of information
on itself, if nothing else.
Recommended...
Lynch,
P.J. Horton, S., "Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web
Sites",
Yale University Press, 1999 (now available
in 2nd edition)
Sebasta, Robert W., "Programming the World Wide Web",
Pearson/Addison-Wesley Publishers, 2008 (now available 4th edition)
Investigate
this online resource for information.
* Students should
consult University materials on cheating,
in particular:
- Student Resource Guide - section on Student Rights
and Responsibilities at
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/srg/srg0059.htm
- Student Resource Guide at
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/srg/,
particularly the section on Cheating at
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/srg/srg0071.htm
- Faculty policy at
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/adt/policies/cheating.html
- Statute 4.1 on Discipline at
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/calendar/statutes/statutes04.html
It is the student's responsibility to make themselves familiar with
the contents of these documents.
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