CLASS DESCRIPTIONS WEEK BY WEEK:

• WEEK 1: Month 26th  
• WEEK 2: February 2nd  
• WEEK 3: February 9th   :::: NOTE: NO CLASS FEB 16
• WEEK 4: February 23rd   
• WEEK 5: Month 1  
• WEEK 6: Month 8  
• WEEK 7: Month 15  :::: NOTE: NO CLASS Month 22
• WEEK 8: Month 29  
• WEEK 9: Month 5  
• FLASH LINKS
• WEEK 10: Month 12 - ::::: NOTE: NO CLASS Month19 and 26 (spring break)
• WEEK 11: Month 3
• WEEK 12: Month 10 (last class)
• WEEK 13: Month 17 (presentation of your final project)

BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The City University of New York
MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMMING & DESIGN
Spring 2008

Title of Course: MMP 100 (Multimedia Design)
Professor: Viviana Espinosa email
Lecture Hours / week: 2
Lab Hours / week: 2
Credits: 3
Time:
MMP 100-531    F   6:00-9:45   S167   ESPINOSA
MMP 100-721   TTH   7:45-10PM    S153    ESPINOSA

After hours help: TBD

A. Description:

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of multimedia production. In a hands-on class, students will learn the essentials of program design and authoring software in an integrated computer environment. Students will learn how to combine graphics, audio and text to create programs for industrial and educational applications.

B. Prerequisites/Co-requisites:

ENG 088, ESLO62, RDG 062, MAT O10/011

BMCC calendar - Fall 2008

C. Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

• Define multimedia and state its importance.
• Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate uses of multimedia.
• Understand the syntax of an html document.
• Create and modify a multimedia project using a graphical editing program.
• Work with multimedia elements including:
  - Design
  - Text
  - Graphics
  - Animation
  - Sound
  - Video
  - Interactivity
  
• Identify the steps in creating a multimedia project, including developing the concept, specifying the objectives, creating storyboards, and producing the project.
• Discuss the relevant trends and issues surrounding multimedia, such as copyright, privacy, and censorship.
• Demonstrate an understanding of project management strategies for multimedia projects.

D. Required Texts and/or Supplemental Material:

Title: The Web Collection Revealed: Premium Edition (Revealed) (Paperback)
Author: Jim Shuman & Elizabeth Eisner Reding Sherry Bishop
ISBN: 1-4283-4083-1

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL: this list will keep growing as the class progresses.... keep checking it out!
Free Adobe 30 day tryouts - I recommend downloading tryouts 30 days before your finals
It is also good to have a good HTML editor when learning web design:
Free TEXT editor for PC     Free text editor for MAC
Free program to do 3D design - not necessary for the class but good to know just in case
you can download picture/flash/video files from here to use for your projects

Log in to classroom computer:
user name: cis167
password: bmcc
scroll to classroom name

E. Evaluation and Requirements of Students:

Homework assignments: 20%
Midterm project 20%
Final project: 30%
Teacher evaluation and class performance: 30%

Use of Technology:

Software used:
Adobe Dreamweaver or GoLive, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash CS2 or later version,
If time permits: Sound Forge for PC or Audacity for MAC, Windows Movie Maker or iMovie or FinalCut Pro.

Portable media for storing projects, such as a flash drive, iPODS - for storing your documents (no music can be played during class) or CD ROMs will be necessary.

The school provides you with two labs available at different times:
The lab at the end of the hallway open from Monday - Friday from 9am to 10pm
Friday and Saturday 9am to 9:30pm
Sunday from Noon to 5pm

The lab in room N-212 open 24 hours

We will be working on our computers during class, but the rest of the assignments should be done at the labs mentioned above. Expect to spend at minimum two additional hours outside of class in your assignments.

F. Attendance Policy

The College's attendance policy states: ″At BMCC, the maximum number of absences is limited to one more hour than the number of hours a class meets in one week. In the case of excessive absence the instructor has the option to lower the grade or assign an 'F' or 'WU' grade.

NOTE FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENTS

All of the assignments should be emailed before class, any emails delivered during and after class time, will be marked as LATE and will loose one whole grade.
Make sure your name is inside each document and if necessary, put page numbers.
All assignments should be answered in Word, and saved as a .doc file.
Your document should have the name of the assignment and your last name.

Week 1: Month 26th TOP

Introductions
Class Structure and Overview
Class Introductions

LECTURE NOTES

Week 2: February 2nd TOP

Intro to HTML. Dreamweaver.

Week 3: February 9        :::: NOTE::::: NO CLASS next week - FEB 16 - TOP

DURING CLASS:
• Folder organization for the web and documents
• Photoshop composition 1:
Shapes, coloring, type, layers, composition, adding external images, saving.

Week 4: Feb 23TOP

Class will be held as usual

Week 5: Month 1TOP

1. HTML Review

ASSIGNMENT due Month 8th (Week 6)(HW# ):

Keep working on your html design of your site

Remember to type the assignment and email it as an attachment. All assignments should be emailed to me BEFORE class. Remember to type the assignment and upload it to blackboard BEFORE class.

Week 6: Month 8TOP

Instructions to log on the MMP server to access your BMCC webspace:

Logging on to your BMCC Account

To log on to your BMCC account to ftp (file transfer protocol) from a PC browser:

1. Type into the url bar on Internet Explorer: ftp://mmp.bmcc.cuny.edu/. You will then be prompted for a userid and password.
2. Your userid is the first character of your first name concatenated with the first four characters of your last name concatenated with the last four digits of your social security number. For example, if my name is John Thompson and my social security number is 111-11-1111, my userid would be jthom1111.
3. If your last name is shorter than 4 characters, your userid is the first character of your first name concatenated with your last name concatenated with the last four digits of your social security number. For example, if your name is John Oh, your userid is joh1111.
4. Your password will be given to you by your instructor. Memorize it or bring it with you to all of your MMP classes.
5. To put a file in your account, simply drag the icon of the file onto the browser window once you have logged on to the account through ftp with your userid and password. This browser window should show you all the files in your account.
6. Remember, every directory on the web has a default page, which is the homepage of that directory, or the page that the directory defaults to opening. In this server you must call this file index.htm.
   
7. To see your index page in the browser, type http://mmp.bmcc.cuny.edu/userid.
   For example, http://mmp.bmcc.cuny.edu/jthom111.
   
8. To see any other page in the browser, type http://mmp.bmcc.cuny.edu/userid/filename.
9. Make sure to close your your ftp account window when you are done working. For security reasons, Only one ftp account can be open on one computer at a time.
10. To log on to your account using Dreamweaver enter the following information in the Site Definition window:
    • Access: ftp
    • FTP host: mmp.bmcc.cuny.edu
    • Host directory: (leave blank)
    • Login: your userid
    • Password: your password
    • Check Use passive ftp
      
11. At home, if you cannot log on from the browser, use Dreamweaver to access your server account.

Week 7: Month 15th TOP

ASSIGNMENT due (Week 8) (HW#3-last chance to finish it):

Make sure you handed in all of your assignments. Finish your whole website layout and page linking into html. (dreamweaver). Put them on Blackboard (your name and title HW#3)

Week 8: Month 29thTOP

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS:
FLASH intro

• Flash Review
• How to embed a flash file into HTML
Begin downloading 30-day tryouts on your computers in order to practice and finish your final.

ASSIGNMENT due (Week 9)(HW#4):

• Read from pages 312 to 313, and 320 to 321
• Do a 10 second animation in Flash, present it in front of class
  - make sure you have different symbols doing different things
  - make it a story of some sort, don't just have looping stuff going on endlessly, that will not count as a completed assignment.
  - upload both files, the .fla and the .swf file. I will look at your layers.
  - have fun!!!

(UPLOAD IT TO BLACKBOARD WITH YOUR NAME AND DATE DUE -before class-)

Week 9: Month 5thTOP

ASSIGNMENT HW#4 due from (Week 8) (presentation)

Week 10: Month 12thTOP

Week 11: Month 3rdTOP

Week 12: Month 10th TOP

Prepare for your presentation next week:
Since the BMCC server has been having problems, there is no way to know if it is going to work for next week's presentation. Therefore you should be prepared to present your site from the BMCC url, or from your Flash drive.
If you cannot FTP (file transfer) to the web with the instructions on week 6, then try doing it by installing FireFTP on your Firefox Browser at home or school. We have done it twice during class, so if you have any connection questions, read the instructions from the same link above.

You also have to send me a message from BLACKBOARD with your url. See instructions here on how to log in (no excuses for non-emailed files the way I have been asking you to).

All of the above instructions constitute part of your grade. I will deduct points for instructions not followed. If you had problems with any of the above (either BLACKBOARD, or FTPing, you should have solved them before class. You have had weeks to address these issues.

Lastly, all of your files and links should have been tested and uploaded before class, so give yourself plenty of time to do all these testing. Be ready to present your layered/flash/actionscript files if requested.

Week 13: Month 17th TOP

FINALS: FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION - 10 minute minimum -

::::: PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND A MESSAGE TO ME -FROM BLACKBOARD-
WITH YOUR LATEST LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE :::::::

 

 

 

 

G. Disability Accommodation Policy

Students with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations or academic adjustments for this course must contact the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (Room N769; Telephone # 220-8180). BMCC is committed to providing equal access to all programs and curricula to all students.

H. BMCC Policy Statement on Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else's ideas, words, or artistic, scientific, or technical work as one's own creation. Using the idea or work of another is permissible only when the original author is identified. Paraphrasing and summarizing, as well as direct quotations, require citations to the original source. Plagiarism May be intentional or unintentional. Lack of dishonest intent does not necessarily absolve a student of responsibility for plagiarism.
Students who are unsure how and when to provide documentation are advised to consult with their instructors. The library has guides designed to help students to appropriately identify a cited work. The full policy can be found on BMCC's web site, www.bmcc.cuny.edu.

I. Outline of Topics:

1. Multimedia and the Internet: client/server protocols, http, ftp
2. Creating html documents
3. Graphical editors for the web: DreamWeaver
4. Formatting text in Multimedia
5. 2D Graphics for Multimedia: RGB color, Photoshop
6. Project development for Multimedia: storyboards, flowcharts, wire frames
Midterm Project 7. Animation in Multimedia: Flash interface, vector graphics
8. Sound for Multimedia: recording, editing in SoundForge
9. Designing for Interactivity
10. Video for Multimedia
11. Issues (intellectual property rights, copyright laws)
12.Project Management
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