FIT5940

Multimedia authoring

(IT)

6 points + Thirteen 2-hour lectures + Summer semester, Caulfield/Clayton + Summer semester, Gippsland (distance) + Prerequisites: FIT5900, FIT5910 and FIT5920, or equivalent, or permission + Prohibitions: CSE5940, GCO5940 + Note: Students will enrol in this subject under the codes CSE5940 or GCO5940

Synopsis: Multimedia system development lifecycle, the issues and possible solutions. Conceptual design tools: storyboard, extended entity-relationship model and object-oriented approaches. Multimedia authoring tools and how they help to implement CD-ROM based, Internet-enabled and hybrid CD-ROM multimedia systems. Content development skills for multimedia applications for business, education and the general public. Critiques of commercial multimedia applications.

Assessment: Examination (2 hours): 50% + Assignment: 50%