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(IT)
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Leader: Dr Des Casey
Offered:
Berwick First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Caulfield First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Clayton First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Gippsland First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Peninsula First semester 2006 (Flexible)
Peninsula SA-02 2006 (Day)
Berwick Second semester 2006 (Flexible)
Caulfield Second semester 2006 (Flexible)
Clayton Second semester 2006 (Flexible)
Gippsland Second semester 2006 (Flexible)
Peninsula Second semester 2006 (Flexible)
South Africa Second semester 2006 (Day)
Synopsis: Introduction to the physical structure of the Internet. W3C and its role. Document markup: HTML and XHTML. Hypertext. Web site structure, navigation, and elements (text, graphics, media, design and principles). Web graphics: vector and bitmap images, image constraints, digitising images, design. Plug-ins. Multimedia: audio and video capture and streaming. Scripted multimedia using SMIL with text, images, audio and video media. Embedding multimedia. Planning bandwith. Introduction to the use of scripts. Site development life cycle. Legal and ethical considerations. XML: structure of XML documents, validating XML documents, Web design using XML.
Objectives: The physical structure of the Internet; The role of mark-up languages, especially XHTML; The features of XHTML; The use of graphics and multimedia in web applications; The basic principles of web site design, implementation and maintenance;Some of the legal and ethical issues associated with the Internet, especially the area of copyright; writing syntactically correct XHTML code; developing graphics suitable for web use; developing scripted streaming multimedia presentations; developing structurally correct web sites with intuitive navigational paradigms
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Assessment: Unit participation: 5%; Practical Work: 35%; Final Examination: 60%. Students must gain a satisfactory result in both the practical work and the exam to gain a pass in the unit.