COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: IMED - Instructional Media Technology
IMED 1191. SPECIAL TOPICS IN EDUCATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA DESIGN (1-0-1) 13.0501
Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. Designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency. Suggested prerequisite: ITSC 1405.
IMED 1301. INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA (2-4-3) 11.0801
A survey of the theories, elements and hardware/software components of multimedia. Topics include digital image editing, digital sound and video editing, animation, Web site development and interactive presentations. Emphasis on conceptualizing and producing effective multimedia presentations. Prerequisite: ITSC 1301.
IMED 1305. MULTIMEDIA COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT I (2-4-3) 13.0501
Instruction in courseware development. Topics include interactivity, branching, navigation, evaluation techniques and interface/information design using industry standard authoring software. Course offered in the Fall semester only. Prerequisites: ITSC 1301, IMED 1301.
IMED 1316. WEB PAGE DESIGN I (2-4-3) 11.0801
Instruction in Web page design and related graphic design issues including mark-up languages, Web sites and browsers. Prerequisite: ITSC 1405. Course offered in the spring semester only.
IMED 1345. INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA I (2-4-3) 11.0801
Exploration of the use of graphics and sound to create time-based interactive multimedia animations using industry standard authoring software. Suggested prerequisite, IMED 1305. Course offered in the fall semester only.
IMED 2301. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN (2-4-3) 13.0501
An in-depth study of the instructional design process based on learning theories including evaluation of models and design examples. Prerequisites: ITSC 1301, IMED 1305.
IMED 2305. MULTIMEDIA COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT II (2-4-3) 13.0501
In-depth coverage of programming/scripting using an icon-based authoring system with emphasis on advanced development of courseware products. Concepts of object-oriented programming in a multimedia environment will include the use of animation, the editing of audio files and video graphic images in the development of a multimedia program. Advanced techniques using a script language are presented to handle computer hardware events form other media devices such as CD-ROM and audio devices. Advanced scripting used to handle navigation, text presentation and manipulation of graphic images. Media presentations are developed that are nonlinear and have access to information sources from peripheral devices. Includes a "hands-on" laboratory. Course offered in the Spring semester only. Suggested prerequisites: IMED 1345 and 2301.
IMED 2309. INTERNET COMMERCE (2-4-3) 11.0801
An overview of the Internet as a marketing and sales tool with emphasis on developing a prototype for electronic commerce. Topics include database technology, creating Web sites in order to collect information, performing online transactions and generating dynamic content. (Offered in the Spring Semester only) Prerequisite: IMED 1345. Suggested prerequisites: ITSE 1402, ITSC 1405 and IMED 2415.
IMED 2311. PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT (2-4-3) 11.0801
Emphasis on preparation and enhancement of portfolio to meet professional standards, professional organizations, presentation skills and job-seeking techniques. Prerequisite: IMED 2305.
IMED 2313. PROJECT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (2-4-3) 11.0801
Introduction to the multimedia planning process for multimedia or Web including costing, preparation, production legal issues and guidelines for pre-production preparation and creation of a comprehensive design document including target audience analysis, purpose and goals, objectives, content outline, flow chart and storyboard. Emphasis on content design and production management. Prerequisite: IMED 2305.
IMED 2349. INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS (2-4-3) 11.1004
Web server software installation, configuration and maintenance. Includes scripting, website planning, testing, security, production and marketing. Course offered only in the Spring semester. Suggested prerequisites: ITSC 1405, ITNW 1454.
IMED 2351. MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMMING (2-4-3) 11.0801
Advanced topics in multimedia programming including custom scripts for data tracking. Emphasis on developing multimedia programs customized to the client's needs. Prerequisite: IMED 1305 and ITSE 1402 or COSC 1436. Suggested prerequisite: IMED 2305.
IMED 2415. WEB PAGE DESIGN II (3-3-4) 11.0801
A study of hypertext mark-up language (HTML) and interesting layout techniques for creating engaging well-designed Web pages. Emphasis on identifying the target audience and producing a Web site according to physical and technical limitations, cultural appearance and legal issues. Interactive database-driven Web sites developed to accomplish this, using Access, BV.NET, ASP.NET, Javascripts and Personal Web Server technologies. Prerequisites: IMED 1301 and 1316. Suggested prerequisites: ITSE 1402 and ITSC 1405.
IMED 2459. INTERACTIVE WEB ELEMENTS (3-3-4) 13.0501
Production of projects using current Web development tools that may incorporate dynamic data, Web graphics, animation, video and audio streaming. Producing and editing video and sound for multimedia and Web projects using a desktop digital video workstation. Suggested prerequisite: IMED 1301.