Interactive Multimedia Systems

Bachelor of Science in E-Business & Commerce

EC 290

Breyer State University

Instructor: Oz Inanli, Ph.D., M.S., B.S.

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: This is a five-hour Bachelor Level course in the curriculum for the Bachelor Degree in E-Business & Commerce. The course aims to provide you with an overview of the interactive multimedia technology through working with various multimedia tools. You will have an opportunity to learn various tools concentrating on different aspects of the technology: text, graphics, audio, animation, and video, and you will also be able to develop an understanding of interactive multimedia related design principles and are to apply them in developing interactive multimedia-based application. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to have knowledege of different concepts of interactive multimedia technology and instructional design theories and principles related to multimedia. You should also be able to use a variety of multimedia tools and design interactive multimedia-based programs.

TIME FRAME: This is a five-semester hour course. It is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course. Upon successful completion of this course, you will earn five semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOK/MATERIALS: The following textbook is required in this course.

Book 1: Multimedia: Making It Work. (4th ed.) Vaughan T. Berkeley, CA: Osborne McGraw-Hill: 2004. ISBN # 0-07-223000-2

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RECOMMENDED READINGS:

1). Multimedia Development

2). Adobe Tips and Techniques

3). Photoshop and Design Tips

4). Instructional Design for Multimedia

5). Authoring, Design, & Multimedia Information

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: Your performance will be evaluated on the following course requirements:

1). Chapter Summaries from the textbook: (400 points total- 80 points each) Summarize 5 (five) chapters of your choice in the textbook. Each summary should not be longer than 2 (two) pages.

2). 2 (two) individual assignments. (200 points- 100 points each) See the assignments section of this course for the details.

3). Research Project: (400 points) You are required to complete a small project on one interactive multimedia technology. Select a topic and write a 5-page research paper. It should be double spaced and approporiate references should be cited. Topic is subject to my approval.

GRADING SCALE: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

900-1000  = A
800-899    = B
700-799    = C
Below 700 = F

COURSE TOPICS:

1). Introduction of Multimedia and Hypermedia: HTML; JavaScript;Java; CGI.
2). Issues in Multimedia Application Design: Hardware Components and Platforms; Authoring Tools and Interface Systems; Operating Systems Support.
3). Multimedia Compression Techniques and Standards: Text Compression, Huffman, Arithmetic, and LZW; Speech and Audio Coding; Still Image Compression, DPCM, Transform.
4). Coding, VQ, JPEG; Video Compression, MPEG-1/2, H.261/263.
5). Case Studies of Multimedia Applications.

COMMUNICATION: I prefer communication through e-mail. However, I am also available for conversation by phone if you would like. I have two e-mail addresses and you can use. Upon registration, you will receive both of my e-mail addresses. When e-mailing, always include your name and the course name in your e-mail message to me, as I may not recognize your e-mail name.

COURSE POLICIES: These are my course policies.

Late Work: In fairness to everyone in the class, late work is not acceptable. All assignments must be completed during the assigned times. If a conflict exists and there is an acceptable justification for it, you are responsible to contact me about making up the work. Late assignments/works automatically lose one (1) letter grade. Make ups need to be completed within one week of the missed deadline.

Extra Credit: If it is your desire to do more than I require for the course, I will accept assignments for extra credit. You must request an extra credit assignment by email. Each extra assignment will be worth 40 points. Select up to 2 recommended readings and summarize them. You may obtain a maximum of 80 extra credit points. All extra credit assignments are due by weekend 10.

Academic Honor/Integrity: You are expected to do your own work on all assignments. By being a student at Breyer State University, you pledge that you will neither knowingly give or receive any inappropriate assistance in academic work, thus affirming your personal commitment to honor and integrity.

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