Comprising of:-
A practical, weighted at 60%
and
A multiple choice, a 6 answer per question method, weighted at 40%.
[Learning Outcomes 1-4)

Key Information Set:
100% coursework

Windows 2003 Media Servers
Flash Media Server, Adobe Flash Professional, Flash Media Encoder

Lectures and laboratory sessions
(1:30)3
Learning on all aspects of the module will be facilitated by lecture/tutorials, problem solving exercises and student centred learning.
A mini lecture will take place in the tutorial and problems will be given to the students.

Key Information Set:
24% scheduled learning and teaching activities
76% guided independent learning

The students will study

- Media service requirements over Intranets
- Media service requirement over the Internet and coping with internet and
- limitations
- Media authoring and showcasing for streaming
- Media Encoding
- Streaming servers (technology, tradeoffs, setup and management)
- Streaming non audio/Video content (text, images and animations)
- Study and implementation of a media streaming website using Flash and Windows based technologies
- Planning and managing live broadcasts
- Management of media rights, authentication and conditional access

Mack, S., (2002), Streaming Media Bible, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0764536508
Gill, T. and Birney, B., (2003) Windows Media Resource Kit, Microsoft Press, ISBN:0735618070
Menin, E., (2002), The Streaming Media Handbook, Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN: 0130358134
Lawson, (2010), Introducing HTML 5 (Voices that Matter), New Riders, ISBN-13: 978-0321687296
Reinhard, (2009), Video with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Studio Techniques, Adobe, ISBN-13: 978-0321606235
Richter, (2007), Hands-on-Guide to Flash Video: Web Video and Flash Media Server, Focal Press, ISBN: 0240809475