Code

COMPGC14 (Also taught as: COMP6008)

Year

MSc

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have a strong foundation in personal computing skills. If necessary, students should attend appropriate courses organised by UCL Information Systems (see www.ucl.ac.uk/is/training/student/index.htm for details)

Term

2

Taught By

Ingemar Cox (100%)

Aims

The course focuses on content creation for the web and multimedia. The content creation covers HTML, Java Script, 2D and 3D image manipulation, audio and video, animation and tools such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Maya. The course contains a major practical element, and students will undertake a demonstration multimedia as a project. The target audience is students from across UCL who have a good level of computer literacy and should be particularly attractive to undergraduate students from the Arts and Humanities. As background, students are expected to have a strong foundation in personal computing skills.

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, attendees will be able to create substantial and well-engineered web sites, 2D and 3D media, audio and video, animation, involving a variety of media, through the use of a number of key professional tools.

New Media Engineering

New Media Artefacts, Applications, Processes for Planning, Design, Development, Maintenance and Use

Technology Underlying the Internet

Networks, Data Communications, TCP/IP, HTTP, ISPs, Web Servers

Creating a Web Page

Web Authoring, Markup Languages, HTML, XML, Tools, Going OnLine

2D Image Creation and Manipulation

Digital Image File Formats, Compression, Colour, Photoshop

3D Graphics for the Web

3D Objects, Shapes, Textures, Transformations, VRML, 3D Studio

Audio/Video

Introduction to Audio and Video, Setting up Audio and Video Files

Web Programming

Java Script, CGI, Web Databases

Multimedia Authoring and Production

Developing and Packaging Movies, Director Shockwave Studio, Flash

Industry Perspectives

Guest Speakers (past speakers have been drawn from various digital media industries, such as Interactive TV, Computer Games and Internet-Enabled Devices)

Lecture presentations and practical work.

The course has the following assessment components:

• Written Examination (2.5 hours, 60%)
• Coursework Section (2 pieces, 40%)

To pass this course, students must:

• Obtain an overall pass mark of 50% for all sections combined

The examination rubric is:
Answer 3 questions out of 5. All questions carry equal marks