Multimedia Authoring COM315

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Multimedia Authoring COM315

• Week 7
• Assignment 2 3

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Assignment submission dates

• Assignment 2 Week 12 (12/12/08) 12.00
• Assignment 3 Week 12 (11/12/08)

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Assignment 2 Overview

• Assignment II - Individual Assignment
• Mark Allocation 40 Total Module Mark
• Individual Project
• Adobe (Macromedia) Flash focus!!

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Assignment 2 Mark Allocation
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Assignment 2 Brief

• Adobe (Macromedia) Flash is now the default
  presentation tool for the web.
• Each recent evolution of the Flash platform has
  increased the functionality of the package.
• Actionscript is now a mature scripting language.

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Flash uses
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Assignment 2 Brief

• The brief for this assignment is to design an
• interactive game in Adobe (Macromedia) Flash
• optimised for delivery over the web.
• A high level of user control and interaction is
• expected (Actionscript).

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Assignment 2 Objective

• Utilize good multimedia design and Human Computer
  Interaction principles
• Construct a storyboard and develop a multimedia
  prototype (CDROM and SWF) based on the project
  brief.
• Dual final delivery modes will highlight the
  constraints inherent in the development of
  multimedia projects with different delivery
  platforms.

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Assignment 2 Deliverables

• Digital copy of planning/storyboarding/rough
  material and multimedia prototype on CDROM
  (Executable).
• Flash presentation available on students website
  (and on CDROM).
• Flash source code (Fla)

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Learning outcomes

• Dual final delivery mode
• Highlight and contrast the constraints inherent
  in the development of multimedia projects with
  different delivery platforms.
• Focus of last assignment CDrom
• Focus of this assignment Web

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Constraints

• Optimisation of content for web delivery
• Size/download restrictions
• Plan for optimisation

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Assignment 3 Class test

• Assignment III - Individual Assignment
• Mark Allocation 25 Total Module Mark
• A Class Test will take place during Week 11. This
  is based on lecture/laboratory content and is
  designed to assess basic knowledge related to use
  of Multimedia Authoring packages.

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Multimedia Authoring COM315

• Week 7
• Assignment 2 3