1. APPLIED MULTIMEDIA HIGHER
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS
APPLIED MULTIMEDIA HIGHER

2. CONTEMPORARY USES AND MEANS OF DELIVERY
MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
Three main areas:
Business (e-commerce, presentations)
Training ( CBT, simulations)
Home ( edutainment, shopping)

3. DELIVERY MEDIA CD-ROM DVD-ROM Kiosk WWW Mobile communications Hybirds
Virtual reality

4. ADVANTAGES / DISADVANTAGES OF DELIVERY MEDIA RELATING TO:
Data capacity
Data transfer rate / bandwidth
Window size
Ease of update

5. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT: Analysis
Description of project brief
Description / contents of requirements specification
Requirements specification goals

6. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT: Design of Navigational Structures and HCI
Description of:
Linear Structure
Hierarchical Structure
Web Structure
Hybrid Structure

7. ‘LOST IN HYPERSPACE’ Description of: Backtracking Highlighting History
Bookmarks
Breadcrumbs

8. DIFFERENT USER INTERFACES
Command Line Interface
Menu Driven
Form Fill-In
Graphical User Interface
Use of Metaphors

9. GOOD USER INTERFACE DESIGN METHODOLOGY
Consistency
Providing feedback
Avoid information overload
Human–computer interaction

10. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT: Design of Screens and Media Elements
Layout of screen elements
Transitions between screens
Navigational issues
(evaluation of each design)

11. STORYBOARDS TEXT FEATURES
Outline storyboard
Detailed storyboard
TEXT FEATURES
Kerning
Anti-aliasing
Embedded fonts
Graphical text

12. COLOUR AND GRAPHICS Using different platforms Gamma correction
Dithering
Web palettes
Progressive displays

13. STREAMING AUDIO STREAMING VIDEO
Description
Advantages / disadvantages
STREAMING VIDEO

14. VIDEO IMPLICATIONS Health issues (epilepsy) User-controlled
Streaming video vs downloading video

15. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT: General Implementation
Software for creating and delivering multimedia applications:
Creation (authoring, web page)
Delivery (stand-alone, players)
Advantages / disadvantages

16. PERSONNEL SKILLS Project manager Multimedia designer Media specialists
Programmers
Webmaster

17. GRAPHIC FILE TYPES TIFF, jpeg, GIF Colour depth Resolution File size
Compression
Appropriate uses

18. AUDIO FILE TYPES
MP3, MIDI
File size
Compression
Appropriate uses

19. VIDEO QUALITY
Frame rate
Window size
Compression
File size
MPEG

20. STRUCTURE OF A URL
Absolute pathnames
Relative pathnames

21. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT: TESTING
Analysis of different types:
Screen testing
Integration testing
Acceptance testing
Usability testing

22. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT: DOCUMENTATION
Project development documentation:
Navigational maps, storyboards, etc.
User documentation: hardware and software requirements, etc.

23. COPYRIGHT ISSUES Description of Copyright Design & Patent Act
Fair use policy
Protection of personal materials

24. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT: EVALUATION
Fitness for purpose
Accessibility issues
Clarity of presentation

25. LEARNING OUTCOMES Outcome 1: Outcome 2:
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles, features and purposes of multimedia applications
Outcome 2:
Demonstrate practical skills in the context of multimedia applications using contemporary hardware and software