Course Title: Author a Multimedia Product

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2007

Course Code: COSC5149C

Course Title: Author a Multimedia Product

School: 345T Creative Media

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6048 - Advanced Diploma of Multimedia

Course Contact : Josiane Meuller

Course Contact Phone: 99254585

Course Contact Email:josiane.mueller@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Course Contact: Nicole Lawther

Course Contact Phone: 99254110                                                                                                        

Course Contact Email: nicole.lawther@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 50

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This semester-long course is delivered in the class called Design 3. It builds upon the principles of design practised within Design 1 and Design 2. It covers the skills and knowledge required to author a complete multimedia product using industry standard software. It also encourages skill development through experimentation and analysis. 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CUFMEM02A Author a multimedia product

Element:

CUFMEM02A/01 Identify multimedia elements

Element:

CUFMEM02A/02 Identify scope of authoring software

Element:

CUFMEM02A/03 Use authoring software

Element:

CUFMEM02A/04 Create multimedia sequence

Element:

CUFMEM02A/05 Evaluate multimedia prototype

Element:

CUFMEM02A/06 Transform prototype into final product


Learning Outcomes


   


Details of Learning Activities

Teacher guided instruction, class exercises, group projects, presentations,  excursions, online research, simulated workplace activities and individual assignments


Teaching Schedule

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Week Commencing<o:p></o:p>

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1<o:p></o:p>

12.02.07<o:p></o:p>

Orientation week<o:p></o:p>

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN VISUAL SEQUENCE<o:p></o:p>

2<o:p></o:p>

19.02.07<o:p></o:p>

Course Overview & Introduction to Workshop Series<o:p></o:p>

3<o:p></o:p>

26.02.07<o:p></o:p>

Typography as Image, Abstraction & Experimental Composition <o:p></o:p>

4<o:p></o:p>

05.03.07<o:p></o:p>

Major Project Storyboard/Prototype Workshop<o:p></o:p>

5<o:p></o:p>

12.03.07<o:p></o:p>

Major Project Visual Treatment Workshop<o:p></o:p>

Labour Day Public Holiday 12.03.04<o:p></o:p>

6<o:p></o:p>

19.03.07<o:p></o:p>

Major Project Design Document Workshop<o:p></o:p>

7<o:p></o:p>

26.03.07<o:p></o:p>

Visual Story Telling, Intuitive Design & Disconnecting Form from Content<o:p></o:p>

8<o:p></o:p>

8<o:p></o:p>

02.04.07<o:p></o:p>

09.04.07<o:p></o:p>

Sound & Visual Sequence <o:p></o:p>

Mid Semester Break 05.04.07 – 11.04.07 <o:p></o:p>

9<o:p></o:p>

16.04.07 <o:p></o:p>

Industry week<o:p></o:p>

10<o:p></o:p>

23.04.07<o:p></o:p>

Colour, Tone & Mood<o:p></o:p>

Anzac Day Public Holiday Wed 25.04.07<o:p></o:p>

11<o:p></o:p>

30.04.07<o:p></o:p>

Colour, Tone & Mood in Visual Sequence<o:p></o:p>

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN NAVIGATION & INTERFACE DESIGN<o:p></o:p>

12<o:p></o:p>

07.05.07<o:p></o:p>

Information Architecture & Navigation Design<o:p></o:p>

13<o:p></o:p>

14.05.07<o:p></o:p>

Interface Design <o:p></o:p>

14<o:p></o:p>

21.05.07<o:p></o:p>

Communicating Interactivity & Hierarchy<o:p></o:p>

15<o:p></o:p>

28.05.07<o:p></o:p>

Work on Assignment 03 & Feedback<o:p></o:p>

16<o:p></o:p>

04.06.07<o:p></o:p>

Studio week<o:p></o:p>

17<o:p></o:p>

11.06.07<o:p></o:p>

Assignment 3 Presentations<o:p></o:p>

Queens Birthday Public Holiday Mon 11.06.07<o:p></o:p>

18<o:p></o:p>

18.06.07<o:p></o:p>

Presentation week<o:p></o:p>

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Last day of Semester 1: Fri 22.06.07. First day of Semester 2: Mon 09.07.07<o:p></o:p>


Occasionally to accommodate the principles of flexible learning, minor adjustments may be made to this schedule. Check the course website here: http://adom.rmit.edu.au/courses


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Not applicable


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is based on a series of in-class tutorials and design-based digital assignments. All involve creative responses to a brief with an emphasis on visual design and communication.

Assignment 01 – worth 30% of the overall mark for this course.
Assignment 02a – worth 10% of the overall mark for this course.
Assignment 02b – worth 10% of the overall mark for this course.
Assignment 02c – worth 10% of the overall mark for this course.
Assignment 02d – worth 10% of the overall mark for this course.
Assignment 03 – worth 30% of the overall mark for this course.


Assessment Tasks

Assignment 01: Concrete Poem<o:p></o:p>

Create a level for the ‘Choices’ game using Isometric Pixel Art as visual style

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Assignment 02: Workshop Series<o:p></o:p>

A series of in-class workshops that develop skills in sequence design & abstraction.

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Assignment 02: Interface design<o:p></o:p>

Design the interface & user experience for a website.


Assessment Matrix

Not applicable

Other Information

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