ISYS 568 Multimedia Business Application Development
Information Systems elective
Use of multimedia applications
Graphics, Animation, Desktop Publishing, Audio, Video, Web
Content creation and licensing
Business models
6. Multimedia Applications
The experiment
Software needed for the class: Approx. $200
Will a student at a public university spend $200 on software
for a semester?
Can FOSS tools adequately fill the need?
Important: Choice of tool should be based on the curriculum and
not the other way around.
7. Applications
GIMP Bitmapped graphics
Blender 3D rendering
Inkscape Scalable Vector Graphics
Audacity Audio editing and manipulation
Scribus Desktop Publishing
Tux paint Fun for kids...and grown ups!
Kino Non-linear Digital Video Editor
Drupal * Web 2.0 CMS
*Server-side 8. Examples
Elephant's Dream
CG animation made entirely with FOSS
9. Assignment
ccmixter.org
Audio assignment based on ccmixter.org samples and loops
Students download vocals, drum loops, effects, etc. and use
Audacity to mix and recreate tracks.
Learn audio tools and legal aspects via Creative Commons
licenses
10. Lab
Communication and Advanced Computing Lab
Limited/specialty software lab
Dual-boot Windows XP and Linux
Windows XP
Simulation
Statistical Analysis
Linux
GIMP, Inkscape, Audacity, etc.
11. Lab
Dual boot Ubuntu Edgy (upgraded from Dapper) and Windows
XP.
Installation and upgrades are labor-intensive.
Actively exploring LTSP on Edubuntu platform
Multiboot environment: PXE boot for Linux with Windows XP on
local disk
Target date: Fall 2007
More details at:http://opensource.sfsu.edu/medusa
12. Adoption
Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (1973). Attitudinal and normative
variables as predictors of specific behavior. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 27, 41- 57.
Rogers, Everett M. (1962). Diffusion of Innovation. New York,
NY: New York: Free Press.
Moore, G. C. and I. Benbasat (1991). Development of an
instrument to measure the perceptions of adopting an information
technology innovation. Information Systems Research Vol 2 No 3 pp
173-191.
Adoption& Use Intent Beliefs Perceptions 13. Perceptions
influence Adoption
Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (1973). Attitudinal and normative
variables as predictors of specific behavior. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 27, 41- 57.
Rogers, Everett M. (1962). Diffusion of Innovation. New York,
NY: New York: Free Press.
Moore, G. C. and I. Benbasat (1991). Development of an
instrument to measure the perceptions of adopting an information
technology innovation. Information Systems Research Vol 2 No 3 pp
173-191.
