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COMP5415: Multimedia Design and Authoring (2020 - Semester 2)
| Unit: | COMP5415: Multimedia Design and Authoring (6 CP) |
| Mode: | Normal-Evening |
| On Offer: | Yes |
| Level: | Postgraduate |
| Faculty/School: | School of Computer Science |
| Unit Coordinator/s: |
Dr Wang, Xiu Ying
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| Session options: | Semester 2 |
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| Campus: | Camperdown/Darlington |
| Pre-Requisites: | None. |
| Brief Handbook Description: | This unit provides principles and practicalities of creating interactive and effective multimedia products. It gives an overview of the complete spectrum of different media platforms and current authoring techniques used in multimedia production. Coverage includes the following key topics: enabling multimedia technologies; multimedia design issues; interactive 2D & 3D computer animation; multimedia object modelling and rendering; multimedia scripting programming; post-production and delivery of multimedia applications. |
| Assumed Knowledge: | SOFT2412 OR COMP9103. It is assumed that students will have experience with software development as covered in SOFT2412 or COMP9103 (or equivalent UoS from different institutions). |
| Lecturer/s: |
Dr Wang, Xiu Ying
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| Timetable: | COMP5415 Timetable | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| T&L Activities: | Tutorial: Students are expected to attend all scheduled tutorials. Independent Study: Students are expected to undertake prescribed reading and practical work besides understanding lecture contents. |
Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. They are listed according to the course goal supported by each. See Assessment Tab for details how each outcome is assessed.
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Lab skills Assignment: Assignment (individual) Final Exam: Written Examination |
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| Policies & Procedures: | IMPORTANT: School policy relating to Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism. In assessing a piece of submitted work, the School of Computer Science may reproduce it entirely, may provide a copy to another member of faculty, and/or to an external plagiarism checking service or in-house computer program and may also maintain a copy of the assignment for future checking purposes and/or allow an external service to do so. Other policies See the policies page of the faculty website at http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/student-policies/ for information regarding university policies and local provisions and procedures within the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies. |
| Note on Resources: | NO assigned textbook. However, lecture & lab notes and suggested readings provide a sufficient coverage over all materials. Lecture and lab notes are given during the lecture and lab sessions. Details of specific unit of study readings are given on the course website. Othe resources and material may be specified through the unit of study web page. |
Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
| Week | Description |
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Digital Images and Retouching |
| Week 3 | Multimedia Design Issues |
| Week 4 | Basic Design Principles |
| Week 5 | Computer Animation Fundamentals |
| Week 6 | 3D Computer Animation (I) |
| Week 7 | 3D Computer Animation (II) |
| Week 8 | Digital Audio / Video Production |
| Week 9 | Post-Production |
| Week 10 | Post-Production Workshop |
| Week 11 | Multimedia Integration & Development |
| Week 12 | Multimedia Production Presentation & Demos |
| Assessment Due: Assignment | |
| Week 13 | Review and Reflection |
| Exam Period | Assessment Due: Final Exam |
Course Relations
The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.
Course Goals
This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:
These goals are selected from Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018 which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018 for details of the attributes and levels to be developed in the course as a whole. Percentage figures alongside each course goal provide a rough indication of their relative weighting in assessment for this unit. Note that not all goals are necessarily part of assessment. Some may be more about practice activity. See Learning outcomes for details of what is assessed in relation to each goal and Assessment for details of how the outcome is assessed. See Attributes for details of practice provided for each goal.
