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.auNominal 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> |
Topic<o:p></o:p> |
1<o:p></o:p> |
12.02.07<o:p></o:p> |
Orientation week<o:p></o:p> |
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<o:p> </o:p> 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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<o:p> </o:p> 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
Not applicable
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