Building a Prototype Multimedia Presentation using Adobe Flash CS5. Deadline:
4pm Friday April 26th 2013. THE BRIEF. You are required to design a ...
ITNP80: Multimedia Assignment
Building a Prototype Multimedia Presentation using Adobe Flash CS5 Deadline: 4pm Friday April 26th 2013
THE BRIEF You are required to design a multimedia presentation and build a prototype version of it. This prototype presentation must satisfy the following criteria: (1) It must be built using Adobe Flash CS5 (2) The presentation must include: 1. Text elements 2. Images: still and/or movies -‐ GIF, PNG and JPEG are suitable for still images -‐ FLV is the only format suitable for movies (use the Flash Video Encoder) 3. Simple animation -‐ tweening of your multimedia objects -‐ NOT frame-‐by-‐frame cartoon animation! 4. Audio tracks -‐ AIFF, WAV, MP3 are the most suitable 5. Interactivity -‐ must include examples of the use of ActionScript (3) The topics for the presentation are (each student must choose a different ONE each): 1. A tourist’s view of Stirling 2. William Wallace, or another historical figure 3. Your favourite hobby 4. An interactive instructional course, e.g. learn the guitar 5. An introduction to a software package 6. Studying computing science at the University of Stirling 7. Your favourite TV personality If you have an idea for an additional topic that you wish to present that is not covered above, it may be possible to use this topic instead. For approval of any additional topics, please email Prof Amir Hussain (
[email protected]) or Andrew Abel (
[email protected] ) with a short description. Students should communicate their decision on topic on or before the lecture on Tuesday March 26th 2013, 12pm in 2V3. (4) The deadline is 4pm, Friday April 26th 2012 Use the work of the ITNP80 Flash practicals as a guide to the kinds of features we expect you to incorporate but by all means use any other multimedia presentations that you are aware of as sources of ideas. Web pages often incorporate this kind of material. The assignment is worth 50% of your overall marks for the module. University of Stirling
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ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION There are TWO components to the hand-‐in for the assignment: 1. A design report (worth 50% of the assignment mark) 2. A prototype multimedia presentation (worth 50% of the assignment mark) THE REPORT The report should be in the form of a short design document (no more than 10 pages in length. It should contain the following elements: • Your student ID number (NOT your name – we will try to keep marking anonymous, but this will obviously depend on the distinctiveness of your presentation) and the presentation title and the file name of your presentation .swf or .exe file (see below) • A description of the general concept of the presentation – What is it? Who is it aimed at? How would you deliver it? etc. (50-‐100 words) • Storyboards of major screen layouts, navigation maps and general design choices for the presentation (50-‐100 words) • A hierarchical task analysis of one goal a user might try to achieve – justify your level of analysis in terms of tasks and actions (100-‐200 words) • A description of what the full product would contain, and justify why you have implemented the parts that you have to create the prototype version (300-‐400 words) • A plan of the testing (functionality, usability) you would use, highlighting specific aspects of your presentation that need particular attention (100-‐200 words) • A list of all sources for any media used in the prototype (i.e. web addresses, references scanned from, etc.) Your report should detail a consistent design process. The report should be specific to your multimedia presentation. General information about design and testing procedures should NOT be included. This report should be placed in the box outside room 4B89, with the ITNP80 label, by 4pm on Friday April 26th 2013.
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THE PRESENTATION PROTOTYPE The prototype should meet the following criteria: • Show examples of all presentation styles to be used in the final product. • Use examples of all types of navigation to be employed. • Clearly indicate when material is missing or will be different in the final system e.g. never have a clickable button that does nothing! At least have a text box describing what should happen. As the final part of your submission you will create a standalone flash movie (a .swf file) of your prototype presentation. Publishing standalone files will be covered in the practical sessions. Work on your flash presentation in your CS home directory as usual, then copy the finished file to \\wsv\ITNP82\YourIDNumber for marking. Copy your finished flash file to \\wsv\ITNP82\YourIDNumber where it will be checked at 4pm on Friday April 26th 2013. Ensure that your Flash file runs successfully! NOTES ON REPORT AND PROTOTYPE 1. Adobe Flash CS5 is available in 4X5 for use on the assignment. 2. The emphasis in the prototype is NOT on the quality of media you have available, but on the sensible integration of different media (text, graphics, animation etc) and the usability of the system (e.g. is it easily navigable). So DO NOT spend long on producing original media. Where you would use different media in the final product, this should be indicated in the prototype (e.g. a still image in place of a video, with some text indicating this). This is JUST A PROTOTYPE, remember. Also, remember it is not a presentation that you will be able to talk in front of (like a lecture). It has to stand alone without human explanation. 3. You may be able to find suitable media on the Web, or in books, magazines etc. Be sure to reference your sources in your report. 4. Capturing video clips from videotape, for example, is beyond the scope of this exercise (we do not have the facilities in the department, for a start!). 5. You have LIMITED file space, so use suitable compressed file formats and graphics resolutions of 72dpi at most (JPEG is good for photographic images, PNG or GIF for drawings). Video or sound clips will have to be VERY SHORT (you can always play them repetitively). Video clips must be in .flv format -‐ use the Adobe Flash Encoder tool to convert your clips. 6. Common sound file formats are “.aiff”, “.wav”, and “.mp3”. Flash CS5 will import all of these. The "Audacity" program will allow you to convert between formats, if you have to. It will also record from CD, to extract music clips, or from a microphone, for voiceovers etc. Audacity is available in the labs. Headphones can be borrowed from 4B81 on production of your student card. If you would like to do a voiceover, see Sam or Graham to arrange a time to get a microphone plugged into one of the computers. Free programs such as Windows Media Player will also allow recording from CDs to MP3 files. 7. A trial version of Adobe Flash CS5 is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/whatsnew/ This may be useful if you want to work at home, but make sure that you have the ability to transfer large files (several megabytes) from home to the university computers.
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Plagiarism Work which is submitted for assessment must be your own work. All students should note that the University has a formal policy on plagiarism which can be found at: http://www.quality.stir.ac.uk/ac-‐policy/misconduct.php Plagiarism means presenting the work of others as though it were your own. The University takes a very serious view of plagiarism, and the penalties can be severe. Specific guidance in relation to Computing Science assignments may be found in the Computing Science Student Handbook. We check submissions carefully for evidence of plagiarism, and pursue those cases we find. Several students received penalties on their work for plagiarism last year. Penalties range from a reduced grade, through a grade 5 for the module, to being required to withdraw from studies. Late submission If you cannot meet the assignment hand-‐in deadline and have good cause, please see the module coordinator (Prof Amir Hussain, E-‐mail:
[email protected]) to explain your situation and ask for an extension. Coursework will be accepted up to five days after the hand-‐in deadline (or expiry of any agreed extension) but the grade will be lowered by one grade point per day or part thereof. After five days the work will be deemed a non-‐submission and will receive an X (no grade), resulting in a no grade for the module overall. For any queries on the assignment, please contact the module coordinator (Prof Amir Hussain, E-‐mail:
[email protected]) or the Teaching Assistant: Dr Andrew Abel (
[email protected] ).
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