WELCOME TO WELCOME TO MULTIMEDIA & MULTIMEDIA & COMMUNICATIONSCOMMUNICATIONS

Computer Science 1033

“Education: Being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.” William Feather

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Overview of Today’s TopicsOverview of Today’s TopicsIntroduction to the lecturer and find

out about you.Introduction to the courseWhat will you need to purchaseGo over course outlineVisit the course website:

◦http://owl.uwo.ca Closing RemarksLOTS OF VALUABLE INFORMATION

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Introduction to the LecturerIntroduction to the LecturerMonday Night Class

◦ Instructor: Laura K. Reid ◦ Email: lreid@csd.uwo.ca ◦ Office: Middlesex College Room 416 (hard to

find, you need to use the south stairs or the south elevator)

◦ Office Hours: Mondays 2:00pm – 3:00pm Thursdays 2:00pm – 3:00pm Other available by email appointment

The best way to contact me is via email:◦ Make sure you put CS1033 in the subject line.◦ Email me with your @uwo.ca account◦ I may email the entire class sometimes, check

your UWO email at least every 72 hours.

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Introduction to YOUIntroduction to YOUHow many of you are:

◦In first year?◦In MIT?◦In BMOS?◦In computer science?

How did you hear about this course?◦From a friend or relative◦From a counsellor◦Read about it in the calendar or on the

web

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Introduction to YOUIntroduction to YOUHow many of you have used:

◦Photoshop?◦Dreamweaver?◦FTP?◦Flash?◦Sound editing software (like Audacity)?◦Movie making software (like Microsoft

Movie Maker)?REMEMBER: I am assuming you don’t

know any of the above software!

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Introduction to the CourseIntroduction to the CourseWhat is this course all about?

◦Communication on the world wide web! What to communication up to you How to communication up to you but with

some guidance from me

Communication on the Communication on the WebWeb

Communications Multimedia

Convey thoughtsExchange Ideas

◦ Make sure you are: Articulate Clear Easy to understand

How to do I put those thoughts on the Internet?◦ Text

◦ Images

◦ Video

◦ Sound

◦ Animation

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What will I learn?What will I learn?

LECTURES Multimedia Components◦ Text◦ Graphics◦ Animation◦ Video◦ Sound

LABS (10 labs) ◦ File Transfer (1)◦ Photoshop (2)◦ Dreamweaver (3)◦ Flash (2)◦ Audacity (1)◦ Moviemaker,

integration (1)

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What do you need to What do you need to purchase?purchase?Perhaps nothing No textbookLecture notes are available on the websiteSoftware is available in MC230 and NC105

(perhaps MC235 also....SORT OF!)Following software is free:

◦Windows Movie Maker comes with the Windows operating system (but not with Windows 7 but you can get a newer free copy and download it yourself at: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker )

◦Audacity ◦FTP Software (WinSCP is available from ITS, Mac

users can use Fugu)

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What will I need?What will I need?Can purchase Adobe CS6 Creative Suite Web

Premium from Campus Computer Store for $435.00 (Photoshop, Flash and Dreamweaver)

NOTE: MC230 and NCB105 have CS6, MC235 has CS3

You can get free versions for 1 month of Photoshop and Dreamweaver

Older versions are fine!Our labs are open 24/7 as long as there is no

lab being conducted in them. You need your student card to get into the building and into the lab rooms. (North entrance of the building)

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Let’s go over the Course Let’s go over the Course OutlineOutlineREAD THE COURSE OUTLINE, it is a

contract between you and me!LecturesLabs worth 10% of final gradeAssignments

◦Assignment 1 5 %◦Assignment 2 10 %◦Assignment 3 15 %◦Major Assignment 20 %

Exam worth 40%

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Both professors have consulting hoursEach of our 20 teaching assistants must consult 1 hour a week, thus there are

over 22 hours a week of extra help if you need itConsulting by teaching assistants is done in MC4 ??? (not quite sure yet), please

notify me if the t.a. is missing!Consulting hours are posted on the door of the room and on the cs1033 website.

ConsultingConsulting

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LecturesLecturesMake sure you come to classes, notes may be incomplete ON PURPOSEWe (both you and I) expect “civility” in the use of/with respect to:◦Laptops◦Cell Phones◦Punctuality◦Class Discussion/Noise Levels◦Emails

CheckingSubject heading

◦“Helping” on assignments is fine and ENCOURAGED, “Cut/Paste” is not fine!

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LabsLabsNeed your student card to open the door to

the labs in Middlesex CollegeLab attendance is mandatoryYou MUST attend the lab you registered for,

you may NOT switch labs during the term.Labs 1-9 are worth 1% eachLab 10 is worth 2%, thus don’t miss lab 10!Lab marks add up to 11, you will get either

10 or the total of all your lab marks, which ever is lower.

Your lab mark will be updated every week in Owl by your teaching assistant.

You can not make up a lab, that is why we mark it out of 10, so you have a bit of wiggle room in case you are sick one week!

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AssignmentsAssignmentsAssignment 1 Pick an advertisement and

recreate it (Photoshop)Assignment 2 Design a poster for a given

scenario (Photoshop)Assignment 3 Design a website for a

given scenario (Dreamweaver, Photoshop)Major Assignment Design a website for

something you are interested in (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Moviemaker)

Here are some examples from previous years…

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Previous Assignment 1sPrevious Assignment 1s

Recreate an advertisement or create your own ad

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Previous Assignment 2sPrevious Assignment 2sCreate a poster for The Grad Club Pub at Western

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Previous Assignment 2sPrevious Assignment 2sCreate a poster for the Computer Science Department

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Previous Assignment 2sPrevious Assignment 2sCommunity Service Learning http://www.servicelearning.uwo.ca

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Previous Assignment 3sPrevious Assignment 3sCreate a website for a given scenario Remembrance Day, Theatre Company, Native Family Healing Centre (Community Service Project)

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Previous Assignment 4s Previous Assignment 4s (Major)(Major)

Design an online resume website, or a website about one of your interests:

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Assignment 4 (Major Assignment 4 (Major Assignment)Assignment)Had to contain video and animation,

here are some samples from previous years:

Brescia Move-in Day

Simon The Dog Video

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~lreid/AnimationExamples/flashbasketball.swf http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~lreid/AnimationExamples/welcome.swf http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~lreid/AnimationExamples/freighttrain.swfhttp://www.csd.uwo.ca/~lreid/AnimationExamples/puggie2.swf

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~lreid/cs1033/samplemajor

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AssignmentsAssignmentsStudents will lose 15% off the

assignments grade for each day it is late. Thus an assignment that is 2 days late and was marked at 85% would receive 55%

No assignments more than 3 days late will be accepted

Saturday and Sunday count as 1 dayNO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GIVEN

FOR ASSIGNMENTS unless instructed by the student’s dean’s office.

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Handing in your AssignmentHanding in your AssignmentYou will be using Owl to submit your assignment

onlineOwl records the date and time you hand in the

assignment. Even 1 minute late is LATE You will get an email from Owl when your

assignment has been received. SAVE THIS EMAIL!The teaching assistant will return your assignment

mark breakdown sheet to you via Owl (it will be an .xls document) after he/she has marked your assignment. READ YOUR MARK BREAKDOWN SHEET

Remarks are for the entire assignment, not just the section you request.

You have 2 weeks to read over the mark breakdown and get back to me if you feel the t.a. made a mistake (NOTE: Some marks in this course are subjective!)

THERE IS NO PAPER USED IN THIS COURSE!

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ExamExamThere is only a final exam in this course, no

midtermExam period is the last 3 weeks after classes

finish. DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL PLANS OVER THOSE DATES

Final Exam is about 150 multiple choice and true or false questions…LOTS OF MEMORIZATION REQUIRED

Worth 40% of final markFinal exam mark combined with the major

assignment mark must be over 45% to pass the course.

See your deans office if you can not attend the exam, DO NOT SEE ME, I can’t do anything about final exams!

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Let’s Look At The WebsiteLet’s Look At The WebsiteCourse Website (announcements,

lab information) http://owl.uwo.ca

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Some advice to do well in this Some advice to do well in this course:course:Prepare for and attend all your labsAttend lecturesDo all your assignments, especially

the last oneThe final exam is mostly

memorization, review your notes every week.

Then you have an excellent chance of doing very well in this course

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Closing Remarks:Closing Remarks:For next week:

◦Print off the lecture notes and bring them to class

◦Remember labs are cancelled for this week, the first lab starts NEXT WEEK.

◦SAVE THE EMAIL you will receive from our department. It contains your password for our labs (the GAUL/Middlesex College labs). SAVE THIS EMAIL! You will need it for the next 13 weeks!

ANY QUESTIONS? Something to entertain you before you

leave: http://www.drawminos.com/