James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2002

CP5280:03

Interactive Multimedia Principles

Townsville

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 39 hours practicals. Semester 1 and 2.

Staff: Dr K Knibb.

This subject focuses on multimedia development and delivery; media issues including use, representation, storage and transmission of multimedia signals; audio and video concepts; data network considerations; multimedia services; authoring systems.

Learning Objectives:

  1. ability to demonstrate a degree of understanding and appropriate use of multimedia technologies for the creation, storage, transmission and use of multimedia content.

Students should be able to demonstrate the required capabilities at a level appropriate for postgraduate studies, including analysis and design.

On-course assessment in the form of assignments, a major project and an examination.