School of Computing · ANU College of Systems and Society
This course introduces the construction of web sites and web interface/interaction design. There is a key focus on the on new media / multimedia and its delivery on the world wide web. The course introduces multimedia as a combination of text, graphics, video, animation and sound for the purposes of information access, storage and dissemination. Topics such as the nature and types of multimedia objects, components of a multimedia system, Web authoring, delivery tools, multimedia applications, spam, podcasts, RSS, web spam and societal implications of the web. Students will create multimedia applications using some or all of HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, animation, sound, video and 3D. The course provides an introduction to the latest web technologies.
Assignment in 3 components
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Communications skills (Active Participation 15% + Report 15%)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Examination
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lectures and laboratory sessions, plus experimental participation or user interface evaluation (or equivalent) and self study to reach a total of 130 hours.
None Preliminary Reading Web resources such as W3C, W3Schools