| Aim of Module | Students will develop Introductory skills for a multimedia application for use in the commercial field, education field or preparing graphics for the WWW and other presentations. |
| Credits | 7 |
| Student Learning hours | 70 |
| Content Revised | 2000 |
| Prescription Expiry Date | Nov 2007 |
| Topics | Highest Skill Level | Suggested Assessment Percentage | |
| 1 Features of Computer Graphics, Multimedia and the World Wide Web (WWW) | C | 50 | |
| 2 Create Presentations | A | 50 | |
| 100 | |||
| LEARNING OUTCOMES The Student Will | ||
| C | 1 | Describe the features of computer graphics, multimedia and web pages. |
| A | 2 | Use the features of at least one computer graphics package, and at least one web page authoring tool to create presentations. |
| 1 | Features of Computer Graphics, Multimedia and the World Wide Web (WWW) |
| > | Scanning. | |
| > | Bitmap and Vector images | |
| > | Resolution (and it’s relation to picture and file size). | |
| > | Choice of colour (256, RGB, CMYK). | |
| > | Graphic File Formats (For example; BMP, TIF, GIF, GIF89a, JPEG, PNG, TARGA, WMF, and HTML, or other current formats). | |
| > | The role of Standards Bodies (For example; W3C, MPEG or other current standards bodies). | |
| > | SoundFile Formats (For example; WAV, MIDI, MP3, and RA/RM or other current formats). | |
| > | Copyright. | |
| 2 | Create Presentations |
| > | An introduction to authoring will require students to: | |
| - Create and incorporate pictures, icons, symbols, sound, video and animation | ||
| - Create and incorporate sound and animation | ||
| - Create HTML coding for images and embedded objects | ||
| Note | ||
| > | The software packages employed must reflect the packages currently used in the educational or commercial environment. | |
| > | The presentations created need not be www-based, but could take many forms including distance learning packages on CD-ROM and standalone advertising packages. | |