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 Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Computer Science |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Description:
| Aims: The course aims to make students aware of the underlying technology and the methods of creating and organising digital media. Learning Outcomes: After studying this unit a student should be able to * discuss hypermedia as a background to multimedia; * understand a variety of CD-ROM formats, the compression techniques needed for various source media and the consequences of each; * understand the basic legal and ethical consequences of publishing; * explain digital media in the context of typical applications. Skills: An understanding of the software and hardware aspects of digital media storage and delivery (T, F, A); an appreciation of the legal and ethical aspects of media publishing (T); the ability to place digital media in context (T, A). Content: Hypertext and hypermedia: formats and mechanisms; static and dynamic media. Digital media formats; image, sound, video formats and compression. CD technology and the storage of digital media. Web technology and the delivery of digital media. Legal and ethical considerations. Applications: selected from games, films, special effects, sound. |
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CM40198 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Computer Science
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