Module Descriptors
INTRODUCTION TO RICH INTERNET APPLICATIONS
COIS50465
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Susan Bailey
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
(1:N)1 (1:20)2
The lecture will be used in the traditional sense and in the form of discussions. The lab session will be a combination of group work and also lab work. These sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module, and will be facilitated with booklets, course texts, and the internet.
Module Indicative Content
- What rich internet applications are
- Uses / Conversion of media for the web ¿ Open standards v proprietary
- Media Servers and their Uses
- Cloud Computing
- Target Audience Analysis
- Content Design
- Effect of social networks on marketing
- E-Commerce
Module Additional Assessment Details
100% assignment (Learning Outcome 1-3)

- A Design, Implementation and Testing of a high media web site
- A 2000 word report on Rich Internet Applications
Module Texts
Success Secrets of Social Media Marketing Superstars by Entrepreneur Press (Author), Mitch Meyerson Publisher: Entrepreneur Press ISBN-10: 1599183773 ISBN-13: 978-1599183770
Flash CS5: The Missing Manual by Chris Grover Publisher: Pogue Press; 1 edition (25 May 2010) ISBN-10: 1449380255 ISBN-13: 978-1449380250
The Facebook Era: Tapping Online Social Networks to Market, Sell, and Innovate by Clara Shih Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (29 July 2010) ISBN-10: 0137085125 ISBN-13: 978-0137085125
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Resources
Adobe Master Collection
Media Servers - Flash Servers
Media Encoders