Module Descriptors
MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS
COWB60146
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Russell Campion
Email: R.J.Campion@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Resources
Notes on web.
Video cameras / Video editing software such as Adobe Premiere
QuickTime Professional
Module Learning Strategies
The tutorial session will support the lectures. Group discussions will take place in these sessions, which will include students being given a topic to research and discussing this with the rest of the group in the following week. (1:20)
Module Indicative Content
This module will address:
Multimedia in Learning
Multimedia in Games
Multimedia in Marketing / Advertising
Multimedia In Social Situations (Second Life / VR)
Multimedia Design / Methods
Multimedia Interactions
Business, Legal and Copyright issues
The roll of new media (HD, podcasts, media downloads)
Prototyping Multimedia Applications / Software for building multimedia
Module Additional Assessment Details
100% assignment assessing Learning Outcome 1-3

The assignment will involve students producing a podcast to demonstrate their design and research for the prototype application. A demonstration of the prototype application, followed by a question and answer session will also be required. The report will back up and document all of the above.
Module Texts
Notes for all areas and referenced reading will be given. Suggested background reading:
Multimedia: Making It Work, Vaughan, T. (2007), Osborne/McGraw-Hill,U.S., 7Rev Ed edition, ISBN-10: 0072264519