Unit of Study COMP6003 Contemporary Multimedia Resources (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

Provides students with methods, skills and tools to analyse, contextualise, develop, optimise and manage contemporary multimedia resources for enhancing user experience. It takes students through the creative production of multimedia resources to build functional interactive applications. Students also examine issues related to performance, privacy, security and cultural aspects of multimedia products.

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction to digital media, animation and graphics

Module 2: Audio and video effects and encoding

Module 3: Designing for multi-modal interactivity

Module 4: Storage and delivery of multimedia products

Module 5: Managing multimedia production

Module 6: Performance, privacy, security and cultural aspects of multimedia products

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term4	Term4
Melbourne	N/A	Term4
Perth	N/A	Term4
Sydney	N/A	Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

analyse various types of contemporary multimedia resources and distinguish their characteristics.

contextualise, develop and optimise contemporary multimedia resources for interactive applications.

manage team-based creative production.

evaluate and propose solutions to performance, security, privacy and cultural aspects of multimedia resources.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Project	40%
Project	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Project	40%
Project	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Project	40%
Project	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Project	40%
Project	40%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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Domestic

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