Creating Interactive Multimedia

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Offered: Semester 2
Staff: Dr Peter Albion
Duration: 14 weeks
 
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Synopsis

This course will introduce students to some technologies, tools and techniques associated with the creation of interactive multimedia. The focus of the course will be on developing the capacity of professional educators to communicate effectively with professionals who contribute to the design and development of interactive multimedia. Students will be introduced to the characteristics of the elements of multimedia and to some tools and techniques commonly used in creation of multimedia. They will develop skills for creating simple examples of interactive multimedia suitable for delivery within a web browser.

Course objectives

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. The assessment item(s) that may be used to assess student achievement of an objective are shown in parenthesis. On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  1. Identify and describe significant characteristics of the elements of multimedia (Criteria for Educational Multimedia)
  2. Demonstrate awareness of the variety of authoring tools and techniques used in the creation and delivery of interactive multimedia (Elements of Mulitmedia Portfolio)
  3. Communicate effectively with multimedia professionals about the design, development and delivery of interactive multimedia for educational purposes (Criteria for Educational Multimedia, Elements of Multimedia Portfolio)
  4. Evaluate the suitability of specific examples of multimedia for educational applications (Criteria for Educational Multimedia, Elements)
  5. Plan, create and deploy simple examples of interactive multimedia in web browser environments. (Elements of Multimedia Portfolio, Flash Portfolio)

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