Calendar for ITSW 1401.7xxx Web Multimedia / Spring 2003
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 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 GuideLab - 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
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