Course title and number

تكنولوجيا وسائل الاتصال والعرض الالكتروني

Multimedia Communications & Video conferencing Technologies 132432

Instructor(s) name(s)

Mohammed Abdel Khaliq Dwikat

Contact information

(dwikatmo@najah.edu, office: 14G2260, phone ext: 2259)

Semester and academic year

First Semester 2011/2012

Compulsory / Elective

 Compulsory

Prerequisites

 133204   or  132225

Course

Contents

(description)

Multimedia basics, types, hypermedia, Multimedia Authoring tools, Coloring Systems, data representation for Images, audio and video,   and Compression Techniques.

The course will include a practical multimedia application as Macromedia Flash and/or Macromedia Director

Course Objectives

Student will be able to understand the basics of multimedia, understand and use the coloring systems properly, understand the theories of compression/decompression, know the types of images in addition to be able to create multimedia application using a multimedia authoring tool.

Intended learning

Outcomes and

Competences

At the end of this course students should be able to;

1-Handle coloring systems according to the needs

2-Understand the data representation in Multimedia

3-Differentiate between image types and use them properly

4-Use Images, Text, Audio and Video in a Multimedia application

5-Ability to use Authoring Language in Multimedia

6-Ability to create a Multimedia Application

7-Ability to Manage Multimedia Projects

Textbook and  References

(Online Resources)

1. Fundamentals of Multimedia, Drew, Mark S.Li, Ze-Nian

2. Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Director, Power Point

Assessment Criteria

Activity

Percent (%)

First Exam

25

Second Exam

25

Homework and  quizzes

10

Other criteria (Research, Discussion..etc)

Final Exam

40

Week

Subject

1

Multimedia Systems, Hypermedia/Multimedia, Overview of Multimedia Software Tools

2

Multimedia Authoring Metaphors, Content Design, Visual Design

3

Technical Design, Graphic/Image File Formats

4

Color in Image and Video, Basics of Video

5

Coloring systems AS RGB,CMYK, HSL,HSB …: theories and applications

6

Multimedia Development Team, Development life cycle.

7

MIDTERM EXAM 1

8

Introduction to  Macromedia Flash ,Tweening, graphics, animation in Macromedia Flash

9

Action Script Coding in Macromedia Flash

10

Basics of Digital Audio, digital audio types & formats

11

Temporal, Spatial, Spectral and Psycho-Visual Compression Classifications lossless vs. lossy compression, Simple Repetition Suppression, Run-length Encoding, Pattern Substitution, Token Assignment

12

Compression, need to compression, comparing data size needed for images, audio and video on different systems.

13

MIDTERM EXAM 2

14

Compression algorithms as predictive coding algorithm, Shannon-Fano Algorithm Huffman Coding, Huffman Entropy, Entropy Coding, LZW Algorithm

15

SMIL Language, Sounds, Images programming, Object oriented & distributed Multimedia

16

FINAL EXAM