George Mason University

Summer 2004

 

Professor:	Kamaljeet Sanghera (Kammy)
Office:	PW campus, Room - 328F
Phone:	703.993.4716
Email:	ksangher@gmu.edu
Class Hours:	Tuesday and Thursday @ 4:30 pm
Office Hours:	TBA

 

Introduces tools to configure graphical user interfaces (GUIs), multimedia authoring systems, graphical and multimedia components, and data types and provide web design principles.

 

COURSE DETAILS:

Through lecture, class demonstration, class discussion and hands-on lab experience students are introduced to Multimedia and Web Computer Graphics.  This course will focus on the development of web-enabled multimedia products from a practical business perspective.  Technological, aesthetic and human factors will be introduced and discussed.  Students will receive hands-on training experience in the use of Macromedia Fireworks, Dreamweaver and Flash.  Students successfully completing this course will have a good understanding of how a multimedia product is created from both the business perspective and hands-on design and engineering perspectives.

 

Project (40%), Lab Exercises (15%), Lab Midterm Exam (5%), Lab Final Exam (5%), Lecture Midterm (15%), and Lecture Final Exam (20%).

 

Project includes:

Paper (5%),

Storyboards (10%),

Logo (5%),

Web-enabled Multimedia Site (15%),

Flash Project - Multimedia Commercial (5%).

 

Extra Credit - Students can add up to 2% in their final grades by taking pop quizzes in lab and lecture. Pop quizzes in lab (1%) and pop quizzes in lecture (1%).

 

The scores may be curved at the instructor discretion at the end of the term.  The "A"
student attends all classes and completes all units.  All deliverables will be delivered on the due date.

 

Students who anticipate absences are discouraged from taking the class.  No make-ups for exams for any reason.  Lab work needs to be completed as directed.  Contact the instructor in advance if you have a serious problem that prevents you from meeting course requirements.

 

READINGS:

Shelly Cashman Kosteba, Web Design Introductory Concepts and Technoques, ISBN: 0-7895-5960-9

Kirsti Aho. Macromedia, Studio MX 2004 Step-by-Step. ISBN: 0-619-18390-X

Adobe Photoshop CS ImageReady CS for the Web by Tanya Staples. ISBN: 0-321-22855-3

 

Each student is expected to do his/her own work.  Any student caught cheating on exams or project deliverables will be turned in to the Honor Committee.  Help is always available.  See your instructor or TAs if you have any problems or concerns.  We want everyone to learn a lot and do well!

 GMU Honor Code

 GMU Responsible Use of Computing Policy

 

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

TBA