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Handbook 2010

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY

Unit: Introduction to Multimedia and the Internet

Introduction to Multimedia and the Internet (ICT108)

Points: 

3

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-internal, S2-external
Rockingham: S2-internal

Description: 

The focus of this unit is multimedia and its delivery on the Internet and the Web. It introduces multimedia as a combination of text, graphics, video, animation and sound for the purposes of information access, storage and dissemination. Topics: the nature of multimedia and types of multimedia objects, Web authoring, multimedia delivery tools, multimedia applications and societal implications of multimedia. Students will have the opportunity to create multimedia applications using HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, animation, sound and video.

Contact time: 

Lectures and practice sessions: up to 4 hours per week.

Prerequisites: 

Nil.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Used in these Courses: 

Business Information Systems (BSc)
Cyber Forensics, Information Security and Management (BSc)
Information Technology Management (BITMan)
Internet Software Development (BSc)
Graduate Diploma in Education Studies

Used in these Minors: 

Digital Marketing
Internet and Multimedia Computing
Internet Computing
Science Communication

 


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