Instructor: Kevin Boggs

Course Description:

Design IA/B : Designing and Multimedia Development

(ACCN# AD01, AD02)

 1/2 Credit Each

Today's world requires the informed person to be literate in more than the traditional media. Ink on paper is still an extremely powerful means of communication but is not all things to all people. In Multimedia and Design (My preferred name for the course) we will be exploring ways that the modern digital citiizen can both consume as well as create content for the information age. We will be studying the use of sound, graphics, animation as well as virtual "spaces" to augment the use of more traditional media.

Students will be expected to complete homework assignments, complete assigned projects, to take all required tests and quizes, and to participate in online "class meetings". You will also need to effectively manage the time required to complete assignments.

Learners will:

• Use modern multimedia methods to communicate with the instructor and other students on a regular basis.
• Understand the impact that multimedia has, and will have, on various aspects of society.
• Identify the components of multimedia.
• Create an effective multimedia presentation.
• Create a web page/site incorporating multimedias.

By the end of the course students will meet the following standards:

Foundations of Multimedia

• Demonstrate an understanding that technology has strongly influenced the course of history and continues to do so.
• Describe how mathematics, creativity, logic, and originality are all needed to improve technology.
• Demonstrate an understanding that social and economic forces strongly influence which technologies will be developed and used.
• Identify people who have carried out significant technological feats.

Creation of Multimedia

• Demonstrate an understanding that design usually requires taking constraints into account.
• Identify inputs, outputs, and feedback as part of almost all control systems.

To learn more about the course, take a look at the Home Page.

Hawaii Department of EducationU. S. Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant