Multimedia Authoring COM315

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Multimedia Authoring COM315

• Module Overview

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Times and Locations

• Lecture
• Thursday 9.15 - 11.05 Room MBO1O
• Practical
• Thursday 14.15 17.15 Room MF124/5

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Contact Details

• Michael Callaghan
• MG121D
• Email mj.callaghan_at_ulster.ac.uk
• Tel [phone]

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Online Resources

• Details of Module specification, learning
• outcomes, marking schemes and other
• resources can be found online here
• Module handout
• http//isrc.infm.ulst.ac.uk/michael/mma/modulehand
  out/Module_handout2008.doc
• Module specification
• http//www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/scis/modules/com314m1.
  htm

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Multimedia Authoring Skills

• Adobe (Macromedia) Director
• Lingo
• Second Life 3D modeling/programming
• Adobe (Macromedia) Flash
• Actionscript

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Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate an understanding of multimedia
  authoring systems.
• Develop applications using an interactive
  multimedia scripting language

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Learning Outcomes

• Identify and apply approaches to design and
  implementation of interactive multimedia systems
• Learn requirements gathering, storyboarding, and
  planning
• Learn to critically evaluate multimedia
  presentations

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Learning Outcomes

• Learn project management/planning skills
• Develop co-operative working skills

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Module Schedule
Proposed sequence of topic presentation,
circumstances permitting
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Assignment Weighing
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Submission Deadlines

• Assignment 1 31/10/08 (Week 6)
• Assignment 2 12/12/08 (Week 12)
• Assignment 3 11/12/08 (Week 12)

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Assignment 1 Overview

• Assignment I - Group Work
• Mark Allocation 35 Total Module Mark
• Macromedia Director delivery platform
• Second Life content creation medium

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Assignment 1 Overview

• Adobe Director delivery platform
• Industry standard authoring tool
• Used for CDROM/DVD creation
• More powerful than Flash with support for more
  features

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Assignment 1 Overview

• Second Life is an Internet-based virtual world
  launched in 2003
• Developed by Linden Research
• Users a downloadable client program called the
  Second Life Viewer enables its users, called
  "Residents", to interact with each other through
  motional avatars

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Second Life Metaverse

• Provides an advanced level of a social network
  service combined with general aspects of a
  metaverse
• Residents can explore, meet other residents,
  socialize, participate in individual and group
  activities
• Create and trade items (virtual property) and
  services from one another

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University of Ulster
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Assignment 1

• Team based assignment
• Create a multi-media CDROM in Director
• CD content based on group work carried out in
  Second Life
• Ranges of assignment tasks

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Assignment 1

• Create a virtual you (Avatar) in Second Life
• Its physical appearance is discretionary but its
  face must be clearly recognised as you!

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Choosing a Virtual You

• Like an email address, think carefully about your
  Second Life identity and name
• What seems like a good idea at 15 can be
  embarrassing when it comes to job applications
  etc..
• You have being warned!

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Assignment 1

• Work together as teams, collaborate virtually to
  create a building from the Magee Campus on the
  University of Ulster island
• Have to create inside and outside of building
• Inside can be basic (empty rooms)
• Then create a CDROM cataloguing the entire
  experience from start to finish

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Assignment 1 Deliverables

• Digital copy of storyboard/planning process in
  powerpoint CDROM/Building (on CDROM)
• This includes concept sketches/plans/photos
• Macromedia Director CDROM presentation
• Director source code
• Bio/images of Team Avatars
• Images/video of construction process of building
  in Second Life
• Video of walkthrough of completed building
• Copy of group presentation from Week 7

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Assignment 1 CDROM Content

• Flash animation
• Video
• Edited sound
• Graphics
• Captured material form Second Life (Images and
  movies)
• Director MX delivery platform!

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Team presentations

• There will be a team presentation of completed
  work on Week 7, 06/11/08 _at_ 9.30 in MBO10
• 20 Minutes per team, 15 minutes presentation, 5
  minutes questions
• Each team member must attend, participate and
  present!

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Buildings for Construction

• MC Building
• Library Building
• Northbrook Building
• Foyle Arts Building
• Main Building
• Aberfoyle building

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Assignment 1 Structure

• Group split into competing teams
• Divide work load evenly among team members

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Assignment 1 Mark Allocation
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Declaration of Contribution
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Group meetings

• Use time period between and after practicals to
  meet with group/team for project planning and
  development

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Mini group presentations

• Mini group presentations will take place in week
• 3, 9th October 2008 (12.15 13.05) MD007
• Initial storyboards and ideas
• Project planning
• Allocation of responsibilities

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Team 1 Main Building

• To be finalised after todays class

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Team 2 MC Building

• To be finalised after todays class

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Team 3 Library

• To be finalised after todays class

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Team 4 Northbrook Building

• To be finalised after todays class

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Team 5 Foyle Arts Building

• To be finalised after todays class

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Team 6 Aberfoyle Building

• To be finalised after todays class

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Submission Details

• Assignment 1 31/10/08 (Week 6)
• School office (MG230) 4PM

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Assignment 2 Overview

• Assignment II - Individual Assignment
• Mark Allocation 40 Total Module Mark
• Individual Project
• Macromedia Flash 8 based

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Assignment 2 Overview

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

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Assignment 2 Overview

• The brief for this assignment is to design an
• interactive game in 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 Mark Allocation
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Submission Details

• Assignment 2 12/12/08 (Week 12)
• School office (MG230) 4PM

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Assignment 3 Overview

• Assignment III Class test
• Mark Allocation 25 Total Module Mark
• A Class Test will take place during Week 12.
• 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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Deliverables for Week 2

• Individual home page on your website
• Identify and meet other group members
• Allocation of responsibilities
• Create team name identity
• Links to other team members website

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Deliverables for Week 2

• Create/customise Second Life Avatar
• Put picture of your Avatar on your website
• In week 2 we will take a class photo on Island
• Link avatars and share permissions

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Lab for Week 1 _at_ 2.15 MF124

• Lecture on Second Life/virtual worlds
• Finalise assignment 1 teams
• Creation of Second Life accounts
• Second Life tutorial

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Recommended Reading

• Macromedia Director MX and Lingo Training from
  the Source
• Phil Gross
• Publisher Macromedia
• ISBN 0321180968
• Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX
• Gary Rosenzweig
• Publisher Que
• ISBN 0789729032
• Game Development with ActionScript
• Lewis Moronta
• Paperback 424 pages
• Publisher Premier Press
• ISBN 1592001106
• Macromedia Studio 8 Training from the Source
  (Training from the Source S.) (Paperback)
• by Jeffrey Bardzell
• Publisher Macromedia (1 Feb 2006)

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Recommended Reading

• Second Life The Official Guide
• Author Philip Rosedale
• Publisher John Wiley Sons Pap/Cdr edition (8
  Dec 2006)
• ISBN-10 047009608X
• ISBN-13 978-0470096086
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• Creating Your World The Official Guide to
  Advanced Content Creation for Second Life
• Author Aimee Weber
• Publisher John Wiley Sons Pap/Cdr edition (1
  Nov 2007)
• ISBN-10 0470171146
• ISBN-13 978-0470171141

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Recommended sites

• http//www.adobe.com/
• http//www.secondlife.com

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Games Anime Society
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Multimedia Authoring COM315

• Module Overview