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Terms, Abbreviations & Icons

• Bookwork = work through the chapter, performing all exercises. Bookworks are graded assignments. The first class session of each week will be used for bookwork. (In evening classes, the 1st 1/2 of the class will be used for bookwork.)
• Readings = articles or chapters that should be completed BEFORE the class session
• Topics = short graded papers or projects
• Quizzes = short multiple-choice quiz on a specific .
• Activities = ungraded assignments done in class that expand on material on the textbook or from lecture.
• References = documents provided for additional information. You will never be tested on a reference document. If you're falling behind in class, the reference documents should be ignored.
• Admin = administrative items needed to make the class run more smoothly.
• Notes = tips on how to handle particular assignments.
• Dreamweaver HOT = Dreamweaver Hands-On Training, your textbook.
• WOW = Web Design Wow Book, your textbook.
  = Content posted after we've covered associated material in class.
  = Gallery of web sites serving as examples of techniques or concepts discussed in class
  = Viewlet (short movie) demonstrating a software technique. Hoover over the icon to see the show's title. Please remember that a Viewlet's content does notreflect all the material in a chapter.
  = Link to a web site used in lecture. Hoover over the icon to see the site's name or URL.
  = Supplemental reading

  Type	Details
  Wednesday January 15
  Reading	What is Web Multimedia?
  Project	Panoramic Pictures
  Object Panorama: Chia Professor
  Ideas for project
  Survey of existing class skills
  Reading	SMIL: Multimedia for the Masses (first page only, remainder optional)
  Project	RealText
  Wednesday January 22
  Project	Quarbon Viewlets
  Reference	Viewlets on creating Viewlets (plus other creation information) available at Quarbon.com
  Wednesday January 29
  Admin	Syllabus, Lab & Web Policies
  Reading	NLC Computer Graphics Copyright Guidelines
  Quiz	NLC Computer Grapics Copyright Guidelines
  Reading	Real G2 Basics RAM & RPM Example
  Lecture	What Is PowerPoint?
  Lecture	Bad Power Point
  Project	PowerPoint Customization - Make a short 5-slide PowerPoint presentation with a custom background and a custom slide master. Save As GIF images.
  Project	Realpix RealPix Authoring Guide
  Reading	Jakob Nielsen's Guidelines for Multimedia on the Web
  Reading	Don't Be Scared of Bandwidth Math
  Project	BraveNet and HumanClick software
  Wednesday February 5
  Starter	For your Start-Of-Class activity, please visit download.com and download & install FruityLoops and CoolEdit. Also download and install WebCam32 on ONE PC.
  Project	Web Cams & Interactive Video pt. 1
  Reading	MP3 Overview, What is MIDI?
  Project	Basic Sound Editing in CoolEdit Record your voice, clean it up, record audio from an audio CD, fade the audio in and out, and and "mix paste" the two segments..
  Project	Sound Loops Everyone needs to create one loop, exported as an MP3. Don't worry about placing them on your web page at this time.
  Reading	QuickTime Basics
  Reading	History of the Plug-In
  Reading	Media Player Update
  Reading	Windows Media Basics
  Wednesday February 12
  Starter	Check to see if your PC has Windows Media Player 7.0. If not please upgrade. Next, please download & install Helix Producer Basic and Windows Media Encoder 8.0, and Yahoo Messenger.
  Project	RealAudio / Windows Media Player Audio
  Reading	Hot Multimedia Tips
  Project	News Feeds
  Reading	Animation Tutorial
  Project	Voice over IP with Yahoo Instant messenger.
  Wednesday February 19
  Please bring a resume on disk to class.
  Quiz	Over Real G2 Basics, QuickTime Basics, Windows Media Basics
  Reading	RealOne -- what is it, what does it do?
  Project	Blogs
  Project	Adobe Acrobat
  Project	Scanning Tricks & Tips, Scanograms, Abbyy FineReader
  Project	Web Cams pt.2 - hold off on this
  Homework	Listen to a live online radio broadcast. I don't care from where, or what, just listen to one.
  Wednesday March 19
  Project	Real Presentation Storyboard
  Project	Shoot Video
  Info	Buying gudies for Digital Cameras and DV Cameras. This guide covers both.
  Info	Right Editor, Right Firewire
  Project	Transfer video to PC
  Please move to the front row of the classroom. Install RealProducer Basic on the machine you choose.
  Project	RealVideo Encoding
  Project	Windows Media Video Encoding
  Project	Premiere Basics
  Project	SMIL Files -- download this SMIL template and create a simple SMIL presentation using RT, RP and RV.
  Wednesday March 26
  	Continue shooting / editing video & developing your RealPresentation
  Wednesday April 2
  Info	RealNetworks Logos Introduction to Streaming Media RealNetworks Production Guide
  Lab - develop a nice, well-rounded SMIL page
  Download	The Macromedia Exchange has a Real Media suite to help you place SMIL files on your web pages.
  Wednesday April 9
  Still working on SMIL RealPresentation.
  Wednesday April 16
  Quick look at a cheap video editor - ULead's Video Studio
  Download	Camtasia from download.com, install on one PC
  Lecture	Embedding the Player
  Live Streaming Audio & Video
  Wednesday April 23
  Project	Alternative Graphics
  Project	Director or Flash Chat Room
  Project	Image Programs -- Morphing, simple 3D, and more.
  Skinning Windows Media Player and RealOne Player
  Wednesday April 30
  VRML
  Project	3rd Party Web Services
  Wednesday May 7
  Lab	Developing an eCard site