SRJC Course Outlines

3/29/2024 7:22:26 AMCS 74.91 Course Outline as of Fall 2010

Inactive Course
CATALOG INFORMATION

Discipline and Nbr:  CS 74.91Title:  MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS  
Full Title:  Interactive Multimedia Project Development
Last Reviewed:3/31/2003

UnitsCourse Hours per Week Nbr of WeeksCourse Hours Total
Maximum3.00Lecture Scheduled2.0017.5 max.Lecture Scheduled35.00
Minimum3.00Lab Scheduled017.5 min.Lab Scheduled0
 Contact DHR3.50 Contact DHR61.25
 Contact Total5.50 Contact Total96.25
 
 Non-contact DHR0 Non-contact DHR Total0

 Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00Total Student Learning Hours: 166.25 

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CIS 75.91

Catalog Description:
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The class will include creative brainstorming, storyboarding, flow charts and, creative briefs. Students will work in groups to create and complete a project for a potential client. This project will become part of the each student's multimedia portfolio.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:


Recommended Preparation:
Completion of CS 74.21A (formerly CIS 75.11A), CS 74.31A (formerly CIS 75.31A), AND eligibility for English 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
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The class will include creative brainstorming, storyboarding, flow charts, and creative briefs. Students will work in groups to create and complete a project for a potential client. This project will become part of the each student's multimedia portfolio.
(Grade or P/NP)

Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of CS 74.21A (formerly CIS 75.11A), CS 74.31A (formerly CIS 75.31A), AND eligibility for English 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:Effective:Inactive:
 Area:
 
CSU GE:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 
IGETC:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 
CSU Transfer:Effective:Inactive:
 
UC Transfer:Effective:Inactive:
 
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course



COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
1.  Interpret and apply the skills involved in project and file management
2.  Analyze a target audience for a multimedia project
3.  Determine and state the goals and objectives of a multimedia project
4.  Prepare and coordinate plans and budgets for digital media projects
5.  Participate in a team to create and present a multimedia prototype
   using the video, audio, image editing, and authoring software packages
6.  Determine delivery platform considerations and limitations
7.  Create storyboards and treatments
8.  Apply consistent design conventions
9.  Develop interactive multimedia modules
10. Analyze and evaluate the projects and the team process

Topics and Scope
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1.  Project and file management issues
   a.  Determining client needs
   b.  Structuring realistic timelines
   c.  Analyzing and working within typical budgetary limitations
   d.  Anticipating and communicating cost overrun possibilities to the
       client
2.  Goals and objectives of a project
   a.  Delivering the message
   b.  Determining target audience
   c.  Assessing delivery methods
   d.  Considering file size limitations and requirements
   e.  Analyzing text versus graphics oriented sites
3.  Plan coordination
   a.  Identifying team members
   b.  Establishing effective working relationship parameters
   c.  Creating storyboards and treatments
4.  Determine delivery platform considerations and limitations
   a.  Considering platform specifications and limitations
   b.  Defining processor speed limitations
   c.  Analysis of statistics determining typical and atypical user
       interfaces
5.  Apply consistent design conventions
6.  Develop interactive multimedia modules using the software
       a. Audio
       b. Video
       c. Image editing
       d. Animation
       e. Word processing
7.  Analyze and evaluate the projects and the team process

Assignments:
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1.  Analyze the need for a multimedia project and the audience for which
   the project is designed, making appropriate adjustments for the final
   product.
2.  Write objectives, outline content, select interactive or
   learner-centered activities, and create a storyboard for final
   project.
3.  Produce and author final project.  Produce the media needed for the
   project, including backgrounds and color schemes; capture, edit, and
   manipulate sound, still pictures, video, and animation. Author or
   produce the project.
4.  Complete a multimedia project
   including: meeting deadlines, utilizing organizational, and time
   management skills.
5.  Read 30-50 pages per week.
6.  Quizzes and exams.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.Writing
10 - 20%
Storyboards, budget estimates, and proposals
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.Problem Solving
0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.Skill Demonstrations
50 - 70%
Projects and presentations
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.Exams
10 - 30%
Multiple choice, True/false
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.Other Category
0 - 0%
None


Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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1. "Managing Multimedia Projects", by Roy Strauss - Focal Press 1997
2. "Designing Interactive Digital Media", by Nicholas Iuppa and
  Nick Iuppa - Focal Press 1998
3. "Multimedia: Making it Work", by Tay Vaughn - Osborne McGraw-Hill 1998

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