Course: Multimedia Technology

Topic outline

Multimedia Technology
Instructor: Jonathan ak Sidi

Course Synopsis

This course objectives are:
- To identify a range of concepts, techniques and tools for creating and editing the interactive multimedia applications.
- To identify the current and future issues related to multimedia technology.
- To identify both theoretical and practical aspects in designing multimedia systems surrounding the emergence of multimedia technologies using contemporary hardware and software technologies.
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Topic 1: Introduction to Multimedia
Learning Outcomes:

Define what is multimedia.

Discuss the effects of multimedia in your daily life.

Identify five multimedia components.

Explain why multimedia is so powerful to encrease human-computer interaction.

Examine multimedia applications in several areas.
- Topic-1-Introduction to Multimedia File
Topic 2: Multimedia Hardware and Software
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand analog and digital conversion process
- Discuss the hardware requirement of multimedia system
- Classify multimedia software based on its function
- Topic-2-Multimedia Hardware and Software File
Topic 3: Text and Graphics
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe how to use text-related element in multimedia design correctly.
- Compare and contrast between bitmap and vector graphic.
- Examine how to find graphics and about editing software.
- Topic-3-Multimedia Text and Graphics File
Topic 4: Audio, Video and Animation
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss about audio digitization, audio file format and audio software.
- Explain about digital video standards, formats and technology.
- Examine basic principles behind animation and techniques
- Topic-4-Multimedia Audio Video and Animation File
Topic 5: Multimedia Project Development
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss 4 main steps in multimedia project development.
- Discuss 7 Processes of Making Multimedia.
- Create a storyboard for the animation project.
- Topic-5-Multimedia Project Development File
Topic 6: Multimedia Authoring and Scripting
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand about multimedia authoring, paradigm and tools
- Discuss about multimedia scripting and programming
- Topic-6-Multimedia Authoring and Scripting File
Topic 7: Web-based Multimedia Applications
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe about the characteristics of web-based system
- Examine the examples of web-based multimedia applications.
- Discuss online issues such as copyrights and cybercrime.
- Topic-7-Web-Based-Multimedia-Applications File
Topic 8: Multimedia Communications and Compressions
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the development in multimedia communication.
- List out five basic type of communication networks.
- Examine technological advancement and challenges in communication.
- Discuss why do we need compression.
- Differentiate between lossy and lossless compression.
- Explain several image and video compression techniques.
- Topic-8-Multimedia Communications and Compressions File
Topic 9: Emerging Multimedia Research
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify how multimedia research has contributed to our lives.
- Topic-9-Emerging Multimedia Research File
Topic 10: Multimedia Future
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the future multimedia computing technologies.
- Discuss how we will interact with the future computers.
- Topic-10-Multimedia Future Direction File