ISC 325 - Multimedia/Hypermedia Design and Authoring

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I. COURSE NUMBER AND CREDIT:

     ISC 325 - 3 S. H.

II. COURSE TITLE:

     Multimedia/Hypermedia Design & Authoring

III. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

     This course focuses on the design and authoring techniques ofmultimedia and hypermedia.

IV. PREREQUISITES:

     ISC 110 or CSC 101 AND CSC 212 or CSC 120 OR permission of instructor

V. JUSTIFICATION:

     This course will be a required course in the Computer InformationSystems minor.
      This course will complement courses dealing with retrievalof data and information
      such as ISC 220 and ISC 329.  This course will provide the students with the ability
      to design multimedia and hypermediasystems for the World Wide Web (Internet) as well
      as on single user PCs. It will be taught once a year and a class size of 35 students
      is anticipated.

VI. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

     As a result of this course, students will be able to:
      A.Understand the types of software and hardware required for
        multimedia systems.
       B.Understand the concepts of hypermedia and multimedia.
      C.Understand the design concepts needed for multimedia systems.
      D.Understand and implement methods of traversing an information space.
      E.Understand how to organize information on a multimedia system.
      F.Integrate images, sound, animations and video into a system.
      G.Implement a multimedia project for a single user system and on the
        Internet.
      H.Understand an authoring language.

VII. COURSE OUTLINE:

      A.What is Multimedia/Hypermedia
        1.Definitions
        2.History
        3.Examples of applications
      B.Introduction
        1.Hardware
        2.Software
        3.Creativity
        4.Organization
      C.Concepts of hypermedia and multimedia
        1.Structure
        2.Authoring languages
        3.Browsing
        4.Indexing, Navigating, search
      D.Design Concepts
        1.Analysis of projects
        2.Organization of text
        3.Creating Hyperlinks
        4.Navigation techniques
        5.Structure design
        6.Media integration
      E.Authoring
      F.Prototype Development
      G.Working with Images
      H.Working with Sound
      I.Working with Video
      J.Animation
      K.Implementation
      L.Copyright Issues
      M.Advanced Interactive Capabilities     

VIII. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

     The primary modes of instruction will be lecture, classdemonstration, and discussion.

IX. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

     Assigned readings, papers, and projects (group and individual).

X. MEANS OF EVALUATION:

     Examinations, Projects and papers.

XI. RESOURCES:

     No additional resources are necessary. 

XII. BIBLIOGRAPHY:

     The Guided Tour of Multimedia.  2nd Edition.  San
      Francisco:  Graphic Zone, 1995.
     Hall, Tom L.  Utilizing Multimedia Toolbook 3.0.
     Danvers, CT:  Boyd & Fraser, 1996.
     Hofstetter, Fred.  Multimedia Literacy.  New York:
     McGraw-Hill, 1995.
     Perry, Paul.  Multimedia Developer's Guide. 
     Indianapolis, IN:  SAMS, 1994.
     Savola, Tom.  Special Edition Using HTML.
     Indianapolis, IN:  QUE, 1995.
     Vaughan, Tay.  Multimedia, Making it Work.
     Berkeley, CA:  Osborne McGraw Hill, 1995.
     Wilson, Stephen.  World Wide Web Design Guide.
     Indianapolis, IN:  Hayden Books, 1995.