CSE2MA

Course Outline

Unit description

In this subject, students will focus on developing applications that integrate text, video, sound, 2D and 3D images and animations. They will learn the basic principles of each media type including digital representation and issues that arise when media are combined. Students will deal with ethical and legal issues, design considerations including usability, hardware and software that enables multimedia, data representation and file types, data storage, data transmission, intelligent interfaces and emerging issues in multimedia. Multimedia scripting will be included in the course. An understanding of basic IT skills such as those acquired in the prerequisite are assumed.

Academic and support staff

John McCullagh	Peter Somerville
j.mccullagh@latrobe.edu.au	p.somerville@latrobe.edu.au
5444 7985	5444 7489

                         

Assessment

Assignment 1	Due: Monday 8th September	25%
Assignment 2	Due Thursday 24th October	25%
Examination		50%
Total		100%

Students must gain a minimum of 45% on the exam to pass this subject.                                              
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit the student should be able to ..

• Understand the ethical and legal issues involved with multimedia
• Understand the hardware and software that enables multimedia
• Understand data representation, file types and data storage issues
• Understand multimedia design considerations including usability
• Be able to analyse multimedia content
• Be able to develop digital movies, 2D and 3D images, sound and animations.

 

and should have acquired:

• skills in developing digital movies, 2D and 3D images, sound and animations
• self-learning techniques and inter-personal skills through problem solving,  team activities and on-line support.

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Generic skills

• Communication Skills: Discussion groups organised on Assignment topics.
• Computer Literacy: Lectures and practical tutorials on a number of multimedia packages.
• Problem Solving Skills: Relating work completed in tutorials to assignment tasks.
• Ethical and Legal Issues: Ethical and legal issues are embedded in topics throughout unit.

Enrolment information

CSEITF IT Fundamentals

Learning resources
Vaughan, T. (2008) Multimedia: Making it Work. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Webpage for this subject:

http://webct.latrobe.edu.au

Organization and Timetables

The subject will consist of two one hour lectures and two hours of tutorials.

Laboratory classes

All lab classes will be held in the Computer Labs.

 

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is not acceptable (see Chapter 2 of your Assignment Manual).  While it is acceptable (and indeed desirable) that students work together on tutorial problems and exercises, when it comes to an assessable task, such as an assignment, the student (or group) should work alone.  Any assistance received must be suitably acknowledged in the text of the submission.  Unacknowledged assistance is plagiarism, as is the copying of another's work, in part or whole.  Evidence of plagiarism will generally result in a mark of zero for that item of assessment (for all concerned), and more severe penalties, through the Faculty’s Academic Misconduct Committee, for repeated offences.  So that it is clear that students are aware of these provisions, all submissions must be accompanied by a signed statement of authorship on the form available from the Computer Science and Computer Engineering Department’s office.  Assignments will not be accepted without the statement.

For further details select Plagiarism for La Trobe University’s plagiarism policy at:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/plagiarism/

Feedback on Assessment
Marked assignments will be handed back to students at least a week before the next assignment is due.

 

 

Penalties for late assignments

Assignments must be handed in by 4pm on the due date or incur the following late penalties.

Days Late	Penalty	Clarification of Days and Times
1-2	5%	Between 4pm Monday and 4pm Wednesday
3-4	20%	Between 4pm Wednesday and 4pm Friday
5-7	40%	Between 4pm Friday and 4pm Monday
7+	100%. Not Accepted	After 4pm on the Monday after it is due

When calculating the final mark for a late assignment, the late penalty is calculated based on the maximum possible mark for the assignment. For example if a student hands the assignment in at 1pm Friday (4 days late) and they achieve a raw mark of 75% on the assignment, then a late penalty of 20% is applied and they get a final mark of 55% (75% - 20%) for the assignment.