Multimedia Systems and Design Course Outline - University of Sargodha

Course Title: Multimedia Systems and Design

Course Code:CS-3743
Course Structure: Lectures: 3/ Lab: 0
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: None

Course Objectives:

The course introduces students with the complete process of multimedia system specifications,
formats, design, testing, and prototyping, including the tools and techniques for integrating
multimedia content into a product.

Course Syllabus:

What is Multimedia? Text, Multimedia Authoring and Tools, Multimedia Authoring, Multimedia
Production, Multimedia Presentation, Automatic Authoring; Editing and Authoring Tools-
(Adobe Premiere, Macromedia Director, Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver), VRML, Handling
Images, Sound, Making Animation and Video, Making Multimedia, Multimedia Skills, Planning
and Costing, Designing and Producing, Content and Talent, The Internet and Multimedia,
Designing for the World Wide Web, Delivering Multimedia Product.

Course Outline:

1.     What is Multimedia? Text [TB1. Ch. 1, 2]

2.      Multimedia Authoring and Tools: Multimedia Authoring, Multimedia Production,
Multimedia Presentation, Automatic Authoring; Editing and Authoring Tools- Adobe
Premiere, Macromedia Director, Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver; VRML. [TB2: Ch. 2]

3.      Handling Images. [TB1. Ch. 3]

4.      Handling Sound. [TB1. Ch. 4]

5.      Handling Animation. [TB1. Ch. 5]

6.      Handling Video. [TB1. Ch. 6]

7.      Making Multimedia. [TB1. Ch. 7]

8.      Multimedia Skills. [TB1. Ch. 8]

9.      Planning and Costing. [TB. Ch. 9]

10. Designing and Producing [TB1. Ch. 10]

11. Content and Talent. [TBI. Ch. 11]

12. The Internet and Multimedia [TB1. Ch. 12]

13. Designing for the World Wide Web; [TB1. Ch. 13]

14. Delivering. [TB1. Ch. 14]

[Instructors need to devise a content delivery and Lab work plan using a multimedia Authoring
tool in line with the contents of the textbook]

Textbook(s):

•         Multimedia Making It Work Eighth Edition by Tay Vaughan, McGraw-Hill Osborne
Media; 8^th Edition (October 29, 2010). ISBN-10: 0071748466

•         Fundamentals of Multimedia by Z. M. Li and M. S. Drew, Prentice Hall (2004), ISBN:
0-13-127256-X

Reference Material:

•         Digital Multimedia by N. Chapman and J. Chapman. 2^nd Edition, Wiley (2004). ISBN: 0-
470-85890-7

•         The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming by David Austerberry, Focal Press; 2^nd
Edition (2004). ISBN-10: 0240805801

•         Multimedia Security: Watermarking, Steganography, and Forensics by Frank Y. Shih, CRC
Press; 1^st Edition (2012). ISBN-10: 1439873313

•         Multimedia Computing by Daniel Cunliffe and Geoff Elliott, Lexden Publishing Ltd.
(2005). ISBN-10: 1904995055

•         Multimedia Foundations: Core Concepts for Digital Design by Vic Costello, Ed
Youngblood and Susan Youngblood, Focal Press; 1^st Edition (2012). ISBN-10:
0240813944

Note: This content is obtained from official documents of University of Sargodha and applied on BS Computer Science for Main Campus, Sub Campuses, and Affiliated Colleges.